Wekiva WILDERNESS TRUST AWARDED $12,000 GRANT FROM THE REI COOPERATIVE ACTION FUND

We're thrilled to announce that the Wekiva Wilderness Trust (WWT) has been awarded a $20,000 grant from the REI Cooperative Action Fund to support our work in the Wekiva River Basin State Parks. The grant spread over the next two years will enable us to complete a number of much need projects in the parks, said WWT President Don Philpott. 

REI Co-op created the REI Cooperative Action Fund in October 2021. It is a community supported public charity that gives grants to support nonprofits doing the essential work in making the outdoors more accessible and inclusive for everyone.

The Fascinating History of Wekiwa Springs and Rock Springs – Read All About It

02/08/2021 9:45 PM Anonymous

As volunteers with the Wekiva Wilderness Trust, we get asked lots of questions about the state park, and many people want to know more about the history of the springs. Over the last few months, we have done a lot of research and we now have a much better idea about the history of Wekiwa, and what a fascinating history it is. Until 1906, Wekiwa Springs was called Clay Springs and for several years it was a bustling township with its own school, railways station, steamboat jetty, and even a newspaper. A fifty-room, three-story hotel accommodated guests who came in by steamer to swim in the restorative waters of the springs. Wekiwa was also home to the first tourist attraction in Central Florida almost 100 years before Walt Disney World.

To download a free copy of our Wekiwa History Book, please click here.