Hampton Springs, Florida
Hampton Springs is a small area four miles from Perry in Taylor County, Florida. It was home to the Hampton Springs Hotel, once known as Dixie’s Famous Spa. The hotel burned down in 1954. It was popular in the early 1900s when railroads brought many visitors, and even Theodore Roosevelt and royalty from Asia came to swim in a sulfur pool fed by a spring near the creek that joins Spring Creek and Rocky Creek and flows to the Fenholloway River. Today the hotel ruins, including the pool, paths, and a goldfish pond, remain. Taylor County turned the site into a park with picnic tables, a walking bridge, parking, and fencing. In 2018 the historic pool was filled in for safety and vandalism concerns, but locals who use the site asked the county to undo the fill so people can continue swimming and sightseeing.
This page was last edited on 2 February 2026, at 06:27 (CET).