Spring Hill is in Hernando County in West Central Florida. It is one of the larger cities in its region of the state, with a population estimated at 114,000 in 2017.
Understand
History
After existing as little more than a dot on the map for over a hundred years, in 1967 Spring Hill was founded by the Deltona Corporation and Mackle Brothers as a planned community similar to that of Deltona to the east.
Get in
By car
The Suncoast Parkway, completed in 2001, makes the community easily accessible from the larger metro areas of Tampa and St. Petersburg.
Get around
See
Do
- 1 Weeki Wachee Springs, 6131 Commercial Way, Weeki Wachee, ☏ 1 352 592-5656. 9AM-5:30PM. You can scuba dive at Weeki Wachee Springs, although you won't be getting into the cave—this is the deepest aquifer in America, and the water leaving the caverns has a wicked current. Your family can watch from the underwater theater. $13/adult, $8/child (ages 6-12).
Buy
Eat
- 1 Chulas Mexican Grill, 11061 Spring Hill Dr, ☏ 1 352 600-9905. Tu-Th 11AM-9PM, F 11AM-9:30PM, Sa noon-9:30 PM, Su noon-8PM.
- 2 Taste Good Chinese Restaurant, 11065 Spring Hill Dr, ☏ 1 352 666-5565. Su-M W-Th noon-9PM, F-Sa noon-10PM.