Gemini Springs is between the town of Enterprise,

Gemini Springs is between the town of Enterprise, which was a busy middle of commerce and government in the early days of the Florida frontier, and the city of DeBary. The land passed through several hands before it was bought by its last private owners, Saundra and Charles Grey, in 1969.

The 210-acre Gemini Springs was bought in 1994 through the combined efforts of Volusia County, the Trust for Public Lands, the St. Johns River Water Management District and the Florida Communities Trust. About 6.5 million gallons of sparkling freshwater bubble up from the springs each day. Swimming is no longer allowed at the park.


Farming operations at Gemini Springs in the 1800's included timber, citrus and tapping longleaf pine trees for turpentine. John H. Padgett, who bought the land around the turn of the century, is believed to have built the story farmhouse and barn they see today. The Padgett relatives raised cattle and grew sugar cane, operating a cane press and selling sugar juice to passengers on the trains as they passed by on the railway to Enterprise.

The Grey relatives gave Gemini Springs its name and raised prize-winning Santa Gertrudis cattle on the property. Under their possession, the earthen dam and reservoir were built, along with the arched bridges, the stone barbeque building and the Spring House.