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Withlacoochee River ( Florida ) - wikipedia Withlacoochee River ( Florida ) This article is about the southern Withlacoochee River . For the northern river , see Withlacoochee River ( Suwannee River ) . Withlacoochee River route Withlacoochee River , looking east in Hernando County , just north of the Pasco County border . The Withlacoochee River ( or Crooked River ) originates in central Florida 's Green Swamp , east of Polk City . It flows west , then north , and then turns northwest and finally west again before it empties into the Gulf of Mexico near Yankeetown . The river is 141 miles ( 227 km ) long and has a drainage basin of 1,170 square miles ( 3,000 km ) . It is believed to have been named after the Withlacoochee River to the north . Along its route are the 46 - mile - long ( 74 km ) Withlacoochee State Trail , the longest paved rail trail in Florida , the Cypress Lake Preserve , a 324 - acre ( 1.31 km ) park with approximately 600 feet ( 180 m ) of frontage , and Nobleton Wayside Park , a 2 - acre ( 8,100 m ) park in Nobleton that includes a boat ramp , shelter , basketball court , and picnic tables . The Withlacoochee River flows through Pasco and Hernando counties , and then forms part of the boundary between Hernando County and Sumter County , and all of the boundary between Citrus County and Sumter County , between Citrus County and Marion County and between Citrus County and Levy County ( including Lake Rousseau ) . The largest city close to the river is Dade City . Contents 1 Etymology 2 List of crossings 3 See also 4 References 5 Further reading 6 External links Etymology ( edit ) `` Withlacoochee '' probably stems from a Muskhogean dialect , which suggests that its application is comparatively recent . It is compounded of Creek we ( water ) , thlako ( big ) , and chee ( little ) , or little big water . This word combination signifies little river in the Creek language , and as we - lako or wethlako may also refer to a lake , it may signify a river of lakes , or lake river . The Withlacoochee flows just to the eastward of Tsala Apopka Lake , and the St. Johns River which flows through a series of large and small lakes was called welaka by the Seminoles . Withlacoochee is an Indian word meaning `` crooked river '' which accurately describes the river as it makes its 70 - mile journey from the Green Swamp in northern Polk County to the Gulf of Mexico at Yankeetown . List of crossings ( edit ) This list is incomplete ; you can help by expanding it . Crossing Carries Image Location Coordinates <Th_colspan="4"> Headwaters ( Green Swamp ) 28 ° 21 ′ 39 '' N 81 ° 49 ′ 8 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 28.36083 ° N 81.81889 ° W ﻿ / 28.36083 ; - 81.81889 SR 33 Lake - Polk County Line . 28 ° 21 ′ 39 '' N 81 ° 49 ′ 8 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 28.36083 ° N 81.81889 ° W ﻿ / 28.36083 ; - 81.81889 140018 SR 471 Sumter - Pasco - Polk County Line . 28 ° 18 ′ 47 '' N 82 ° 3 ′ 21 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 28.31306 ° N 82.05583 ° W ﻿ / 28.31306 ; - 82.05583 140031 SR 575 Lacoochee 28 ° 28 ′ 34 '' N 82 ° 9 ′ 22 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 28.47611 ° N 82.15611 ° W ﻿ / 28.47611 ; - 82.15611 CSX S - Line ( Ocala Subdivision ) 28 ° 28 ′ 39 '' N 82 ° 9 ′ 46 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 28.47750 ° N 82.16278 ° W ﻿ / 28.47750 ; - 82.16278 080030 US 301 28 ° 28 ′ 48 '' N 82 ° 10 ′ 40 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 28.48000 ° N 82.17778 ° W ﻿ / 28.48000 ; - 82.17778 140066 US 98 Trilby 28 ° 28 ′ 36 '' N 82 ° 11 ′ 45 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 28.47667 ° N 82.19583 ° W ﻿ / 28.47667 ; - 82.19583 US 98 - SR 50 Cortez Boulevard Ridge Manor 28 ° 31 ′ 8 '' N 82 ° 12 ′ 34 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 28.51889 ° N 82.20944 ° W ﻿ / 28.51889 ; - 82.20944 <Th_colspan="2"> Confluence with Little Withlacoochee River River Junction State Park 28 ° 34 ′ 21 '' N 82 ° 12 ′ 0 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 28.57250 ° N 82.20000 ° W ﻿ / 28.57250 ; - 82.20000 080026 ( NB ) 080025 ( SB ) Interstate 75 Silver Lake 28 ° 34 ′ 47 '' N 82 ° 13 ′ 2 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 28.57972 ° N 82.21722 ° W ﻿ / 28.57972 ; - 82.21722 184019 CR 476 Nobleton 28 ° 38 ′ 40 '' N 82 ° 15 ′ 26 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 28.64444 ° N 82.25722 ° W ﻿ / 28.64444 ; - 82.25722 184006 CR 48 Bay Hill 28 ° 43 ′ 26 '' N 82 ° 14 ′ 31 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 28.72389 ° N 82.24194 ° W ﻿ / 28.72389 ; - 82.24194 020004 ( EB ) 020003 ( WB ) SR 44 Gulf - Atlantic Highway Rutland 28 ° 51 ′ 6 '' N 82 ° 13 ′ 17 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 28.85167 ° N 82.22139 ° W ﻿ / 28.85167 ; - 82.22139 020008 SR 200 Stoke 's Ferry 28 ° 59 ′ 19 '' N 82 ° 20 ′ 59 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 28.98861 ° N 82.34972 ° W ﻿ / 28.98861 ; - 82.34972 Former San Jose Boulevard Bridge Dunnellon - Citrus Springs 29 ° 2 ′ 34 '' N 82 ° 27 ′ 26 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 29.04278 ° N 82.45722 ° W ﻿ / 29.04278 ; - 82.45722 Dunnellon Trail Bridge Abandoned Seaboard Air Line Railroad line Dunnellon - Citrus Springs 29 ° 2 ′ 34 '' N 82 ° 27 ′ 26 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 29.04278 ° N 82.45722 ° W ﻿ / 29.04278 ; - 82.45722 CSX Citrus Springs - Dunnellon Bridge Citrus Springs - Dunnellon 29 ° 2 ′ 43 '' N 82 ° 27 ′ 51 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 29.04528 ° N 82.46417 ° W ﻿ / 29.04528 ; - 82.46417 Brittan Alexander Bridge 020026 US 41 Main Street Citrus Springs - Dunnellon 29 ° 2 ′ 45 '' N 82 ° 27 ′ 53 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 29.04583 ° N 82.46472 ° W ﻿ / 29.04583 ; - 82.46472 020920 ( NB ) 020005 ( SB ) US 19 98 Red Level - Inglis 29 ° 1 ′ 31 '' N 82 ° 40 ′ 9 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 29.02528 ° N 82.66917 ° W ﻿ / 29.02528 ; - 82.66917 <Th_colspan="4"> Mouth ( Gulf of Mexico ) 28 ° 59 ′ 39 '' N 82 ° 45 ′ 30 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 28.99417 ° N 82.75833 ° W ﻿ / 28.99417 ; - 82.75833 See also ( edit ) South Atlantic - Gulf Water Resource Region References ( edit ) Jump up ^ U.S. Geological Survey . National Hydrography Dataset high - resolution flowline data . The National Map , accessed April 18 , 2011 Jump up ^ Withlacoochee State Trail ( Florida Greenways and Trails ) Jump up ^ Hernando Parks Jump up ^ Simpson , J. Clarence ( 1956 ) . Mark F. Boyd , ed . Florida Place - Names of Indian Derivation . Tallahassee , Florida : Florida Geological Survey . Jump up ^ http://www.freshfromflorida.com/Divisions-Offices/Florida-Forest-Service/Our-Forests/State-Forests/Withlacoochee-State-Forest Further reading ( edit ) Henderson , Rex. 1990 . Withlacoochee River . in Marth , Del and Marty Marth , eds . The Rivers of Florida . Sarasota , Florida : Pineapple Press , Inc . ISBN 0 - 910923 - 70 - 1 . External links ( edit ) Withlacoochee South Paddling Trail and Withlacoochee North Paddling Trail from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection Wikimedia Commons has media related to Withlacoochee River ( Central Florida ) . <Th_colspan="2"> Significant waterways of Florida Larger rivers Alapaha Apalachicola Aucilla Blackwater Caloosahatchee Chattahoochee Chipola Choctawhatchee Econlockhatchee Escambia Hillsborough Indian River Kissimmee Myakka Ochlockonee Ocklawaha Pea Peace Perdido Santa Fe St. Johns St. Marys Suwannee Withlacoochee ( North ) Withlacoochee ( South ) Yellow Lakes Apopka Crescent Blue Cypress East Tohopekaliga George Harney Harris Iamonia Istokpoga Jackson Jesup Kissimmee Manatee Miccosukee Monroe Okeechobee Poinsett Rodman Rousseau Seminole Talquin Tohopekaliga Tsala Apopka Ward Washington Weir Smaller rivers Alafia Alapahoochee Anclote Banana River Braden Carrabelle Chassahowitzka Crooked Crystal Dead East East Bay Eau Gallie Econfina Estero Homosassa Hontoon Dead Ichetucknee Imperial Little ( Biscayne Bay ) Little ( Ochlockonee ) Little Econlockhatchee Little Manatee Little Wekiva Loxahatchee Manatee Matanzas Miami Mosquito Lagoon New ( Broward ) New ( Carabelle ) New ( Santa Fe ) Oleta Orange Pithlachascotee Rainbow Ribault Shark Silver Sopchoppy St. Lucie St. Marks St. Sebastian Steinhatchee Tomoka Trout Waccasassa Wacissa Wakulla Weeki Wachee Wekiva Creeks and streams Billy 's Black Blackwater ( Hillsborough ) Blackwater ( Lake ) Crane Cross Econfina Fisheating Myakkahatchee Orange Pottsburg Shingle Snapper Turkey Canals Canaveral Barge Canal Cross Florida Barge Canal Haulover Canal Hillsboro Canal Miami Canal Mud Lake Canal St. Johns - Indian River Barge Canal Tamiami Canal Tampa Bypass Canal See also Coastal waters of Florida Everglades Intracoastal Waterway Indian River Lagoon List of Florida rivers List of major springs in Florida Okeechobee Waterway Okefenokee Swamp Outstanding Florida Waters Paynes Prairie Coordinates : 28 ° 59 ′ 41 '' N 82 ° 45 ′ 28 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 28.9948 ° N 82.7579 ° W ﻿ / 28.9948 ; - 82.7579 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Withlacoochee_River_(Florida)&oldid=855815132 '' Categories : Rivers of Florida Bodies of water of Hernando County , Florida Bodies of water of Sumter County , Florida Bodies of water of Pasco County , Florida Bodies of water of Citrus County , Florida Rivers of Marion County , Florida Bodies of water of Levy County , Florida Hidden categories : Incomplete lists from August 2008 Coordinates on Wikidata Talk Contents About Wikipedia Français Edit links This page was last edited on 21 August 2018 , at 01 : 24 ( UTC ) . 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