Weeki Wachee Springs State Park 🧜🏻‍♀️

Keep the adventure going on Florida’s America 250 Road Trip! Meet the mermaids at Weeki Wachee Springs State Park! Visitors have been enchanted with live mermaid shows performed in its crystal-clear spring waters since 1947. Plan your adventure here: america250fl.com/roadtrip/

Since 1947, Weeki Wachee Springs State Park has captivated visitors with live mermaid shows performed in its beautiful spring waters. This iconic mark of Florida’s mid-century tourism boom blends natural wonder with Florida heritage and continues to draw in visitors from all over the world. Visit the Weeki Wachee Mermaids on Florida’s America 250 Road Trip: america250fl.com/roadtrip/ @MyFDOT

Weeki Wachee Springs: Photos from 1965-1972 Swimmer Newton Perry opened Weeki Wachee Springs in 1947. The park's imaginative underwater mermaid performances helped define Florida's midcentury roadside tourism boom. In 2008, Weeki Wachee Springs was designated a state park.✴️

"Mermaids on the Moon" performer Trudy (1944-2020) waving “we come in peace” signs through a prop at @WeekiWacheeSpgs, July 1969. The photo was taken just days after Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the Moon during NASA’s Apollo 11 mission.✨

I became a Weeki Wachee mermaid at Sirens of the Deep camp, and you can too tampabay.com/life-culture/h…

Weeki Wachee Springs, 1975: commercial photoshoot featuring mermaids Becki, Linda and Barb. The shoot was for an ad promoting the roadside trifecta of Weeki Wachee Springs, Silver Springs and Cypress Gardens. Becky and Linda are shown performing a “wet hairwhip” for the ad.

Four vivid color photos from @WeekiWacheeSpgs, 1971 - 1973. Discover more photography documenting the evolution of the famed Florida roadside attraction and state park in the Bruce Mozert photographic collection. ✨

Escape the Heat: The Ultimate Central Florida Springs Road Trip - Guessing Headlights guessingheadlights.com/escape-the-hea…

“The Littlest Mermaid,” filmed around 1964 at @WeekiWacheeSpgs, follows Tammy Craig as she teaches aspiring mermaid Jay Jay McDonald how to perform the park's famous underwater shows. By the end, McDonald earns her own mermaid fin tail. ✨ Complete film: floridamemory.com/items/show/253….

WEEKI WACHEE: A MERMAID MECCA & AN OLD FLORIDA TREASURE - Tango Diva tangodiva.com/2025/04/weeki-…

Ten new mermaid statues were unveiled on the Mermaid Tale Trail at Weeki Wachee Springs State Park. baynews9.com/fl/tampa/news/…

Florida's Weeki Wachee State Park Has Mermaids And Manatees southernliving.com/weeki-wachee-s…

Mermaid Bonnie emerging from a Leprechaun's pipe during an underwater St. Patrick's Day photoshoot at @WeekiWacheeSpgs, 1966. Find more festive Weeki Wachee Mermaid photography in the State Archives’ Florida Photographic Collection. ☘️

Rollin on a River. Weather was perfect for a lazy lunchtime float. We saw an eagle's nest, an otter, white and blue egrets, and we floated over 2 manatee 😍 @WeekiWacheeSpgs

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Weeki Wachee mermaids featured in newly digitized photos axios.com/local/tampa-ba…

🧜‍♀️ Dive into the enchanting world of mermaids at @WeekiWacheeSpgs ! 🌊✨ Witness magical underwater performances and explore the beauty of Florida’s iconic state park. Ready to make a splash?

Mermaids performing an underwater version of "The Wizard of Oz" at @WeekiWacheeSpgs, circa 1967. Rita McKenna played Dorothy to Cheryl Rhodes' Scarecrow. Find more innovative underwater photography from the park in the State Archives' Florida Photographic Collection. ✨

Happy New Years from the State Archives of Florida! Ring in 2025 with four festive photos from New Years celebrations at Weeki Wachee Springs, 1962 - 1974!✨