But this strange find, a 94-acre abandoned limestone quarry off an Interstate 75 exit in Ocala, is indeed like a cluster of deep canyons. Rocky cliffs, wide blue lakes and towering trees look ...

Loretta Shaffer, Ocala/Marion County Visitors and Convention ... The park is built around a series of old limestone mines ...

The central and western part is defined by a "classic" limestone aquifer system, featuring the rolling hills and agriculturally-rich soil of Ocala's horse country. The eastern portion is a sand ...

And the limestone in Ocala can be very cavernous. As part of the development of the subdivision after 2003, stormwater management ponds were excavated. "Unfortunately, digging these ponds ...