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Crystal Spring springs year round from the Flint Hills limestone water aquifer. The local name for the spring is City Spring. It can yield up to 1000 gallons every minute. The 1949 pumphouse supplies water to Florence. It is home to the "99.96% Pure spring Water" historic water tower. At the rear base, the spring flows through a rusty and moss-covered hatch. You can collect water from the stream by wading into the hatch. Be careful: The spring bank could be slippery. Watch out for sharp stones or broken glass at the creek bed and in the parking area.

Take Bacon Rd. East to Peterson Rd. Follow Peterson Rd. Peterson Rd. is at the end. {will go straight and turn into a gravel road, You will continue straight, and then turn right into South Lake Pleasant Rd. will curve to the right and is paved.|curves to the right, and is paved.|curve to your right and is paved.} You will see a large wooden fence and a house behind the house as soon as the gravel is to your left. It is down in the ditch and has a small bridge across it, a pipe [wrapped in an old washing machine line is coming out of the ground.|It's located in the ditch, and there is a small bridge that crosses it. A pipe wrapped in an old washing machine-line is coming out of ground.|It is located below the ditch with a small bridge over it. The pipe is wrapped in an old washing-machine line and is coming out the ground.} You have 24/7 access. The area is pretty empty, with the exception of the house behind the fence. The locals have been using the spring for years and the water has been tested many, many times. Sometimes, you may need to wait in lines. I spoke to someone who lives near the spring and has done so for years. The State of Michigan also tests water several times per year.