Withlacoochee River Park

4.8 mi

One of the most peaceful and quiet places around. Great santuary for the birds of many species.read more

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John S Burks Memorial Park

5.2 mi

This is a wonderful community park that has something for the whole family. There are picnic areas…read moreand a playground with some very safe things for the kids to play on. There are also large fields to give the older kids a place to play games. For those that want a quiet activity there is a very level walking trail.

This is a very family friendly park. If you have other kids that can't sit still while watching the…read moregame there are plenty of kick ball games for the little ones. If your here for the food...you have to order the hamburger basket. Hamburger and fries for $3.00. Not too bad if you didn't get to eat dinner!

Painted Bunting

Palm Warbler

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Florida Gopher Tortoise

Pasco County of

4.7 mi

Pasco County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. According to the 2010 census, the…read morepopulation was 464,697. Its county seat is Dade City, and its largest city is New Port Richey. The county is named for Samuel Pasco who fought in the Civil War and was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Florida from 1887 to 1999. There are many wonderful parks, lakes and places to visit along the Gulf. My favorite is Robert Rees park.

Florida Hardshell Turtle

Painted Bunting

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Cardinal

Dade City Dog Park

4.1 mi

This is a decent sized dog park near the beautiful historic district of Dade City. We pass through…read morehere on a two hour drive every week or so with our dogs. It's a nice stop for our pups and it had become a ritual. The park is always maintained, foggy bags are always present and the grass is mowed. This dog park does not have a separate area for different sized dogs. We have never seen anyone else here when we have stopped. There are three benches and a wimpy dog fountain. One of the benches is in the only sandy area but all have shade at different times of the day. My doggies love this park. It is worth the stop if you are in the area.

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BJ'S Airboat Adventures

4.3

28.0 mi

Great time. A goid mix of touring the swamp, seeing the various animals and plants, most notably…read morethe beautiful cypress trees. Our captain really knew a greatbdeal and I learned a great deal about the swamps. Saw a real cold-water spring, and he got us into some open water where he could show what anbairboat can do. We came thinking it would be a cute but cheesey way to kill a day. At best a kitchy tourist trap, and at worst an overpriced, boring tourist trap. It was neither. It was fun and also surprisingly informative. We all (there were 6 of us) had a great time and will definitely go back.

IT was fun! I wish we saw more wildlife but it was so flippin hot I understand why the animals were…read morehiding .. we did see a few alligators and flew around the lake! I took my team, and we were able to buy a bucket of Bud Light and drink it on the ride. It doesn't get more MERRICA than this! PS Nice A/C and bathroom facilities where you pay and VERY friendly people who work there!

More happy airboat guest at BJ'S

Turtle alligators at BJ'S

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Airboat Rides Alligator tours

Dade City Dog Park

4.1 mi

Searching for True Love & Forgiveness? Talk to GOD and get a…read moreDOG! #ReflectDogs Love & Forgiveness Cute little dog park with a lot of agility items and a nice concrete double-gated entry area. The park has poop bag dispensers and a nice water feature. It doesn't have a lot of places to sit? It has two benches without covering it does have quite a variety of agility items space around the park. Parking is right next to the dog park

All the corners seem to have burns like Motocross tracks

Park hours and rules

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Nice water facility

Island Paradise Charters

4.2

(15 reviews)

36.8 mi

Captain Larry and crew were awesome!! Boat ride to an island in the gulf where we were stayed for…read morehours with music, fantastic food, and great waves. Highly recommend booking a boat day with Captain Larry - you won't regret it!

We loved our day out on the water with Captain Larry and Sarah! We booked a private cruise. The…read moreboat was clean, comfortable and roomy with two nice bathrooms. We appreciated Captain Larry and Sarah's fun attitude and courtesy. They were attentive and even led our group in singing happy birthday to my adult kids. We loved Anclote Island! Just beautiful. Captain Larry helped us set up and take down our chairs, Sarah set up the lunch we brought and they provided swim noodles and life jackets. I highly recommend booking with them!

Island Paradise Charters

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Skippers Sanctuary

(2 reviews)

34.8 mi

My pup Teddy has been going there for over a year. He is well taken care of and loves to interact…read morewith his friends!

I recently went on vacation for six days and was nervous because the last sitter I had left him out…read moreand he pushed out of his pen. Not with Skippers, she was so great my dog absolutely fell in love with her. Christine goes above and beyond, helped me even fix my door! My new pet sitter!

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Fun 2 Dive Manatee Tours

4.8

(250 reviews)

47.1 mi

We had an amazing time on our manatee tour! We got to see several manatees up close. Our guide,…read moreJohn, was fantastic. He was funny, informative, and just an awesome guy who clearly knows how to make the tour fun for everyone. He shared so much interesting information while keeping us laughing the whole time. Highly recommend this tour, especially if you get John as your guide!

I think it's important to note that there's a good change you will only see one or potentially none…read moreat all. The crew was extremely nice, but for the money, I would have done something else. We went into the cove area and there was 1 manatee that other boats were waiting to see. After one group left, we swam up, saw it for about 5 min before it swam off. That was basically the extent of it. I swam to see one of the springs. But for $500 for a family of 5; I wish there we could have seen others or at least tried to go and see other ones. It also would have been helpful if we could have had an option to cancel if they had tours that didn't see any or really low exposure that day (or been able to reschedule for a colder day).

Ice dream for sale on the water!

Snorkelers

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Rosewoof Dog Park

9.2 mi

Searching for True Love & Forgiveness? Talk to GOD and get a…read moreDOG! #ReflectDogs Love & Forgiveness Although it is very small it has everything you need to be an awesome dog park. It is sponsored by a local animal hospital which may explain why it has all the amenities. The actual feeling of the dog park is incredible because it's kind of at the end of a neighborhood but sort out here on its own and it just feels like your own little piece of paradise

Poop bag dispenser and bag receptacle as well as trash can

Nice concrete double-gated entry area

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Back of the dog park looking left

Liberty Lanes

3.5

(36 reviews)

50.5 mi

Save your money and the terrible experience. Go around the corner to seminole lanes. Maybe they…read morehave a clean baby changing station. Bathrooms not closed and cleaned. Working lanes with oil and non grimy bowling balls and shoes. I would give less if I could. Super dirty establishment. I went out of my way to finish this yelp review, usually stick to google but this was needed to be said. Not to mention the kitchen with improper hygiene, watched them touch multiple things without changing gloves between raw and cooked. ;( hard pass on this place.

Went mid week and had a great time. Excellent bar to keep up with sports as we bowled. Food was…read morefantastic too! Nice and clean and great service!

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Old Fort King Trail

3.3

Wonderful trail for horseback riding. We saw wild pigs, deer and beautiful birds on our horseback…read moreride. Beautifully preserved with miles and miles of fantastic trails and beautiful scenery!

This is a nine mile multi-use trail. It includes 2.2 miles of paved trail along 301 near John B…read more Sargent State Park (where canoe rentals for the canoe trail are offered) and an additional 6.7 miles of unpaved trail (off road type not single track). There are some bridges and parks along the way with picnic tables. The area is pretty buggy!!! So come prepared. Sections of the trail are for bicycling, horseback riding, hiking and inline skating. Leashed pets are allowed. Bring bags and scoop yo poop. The area is near Fort King Road that was used during the Second Seminole War (between Fort Brooke in Tampa and Fort King in Ocala). De Soto is also believed to have traveled through the area and to have uses Indian trails. Fort Foster remnants are in Hillsborough State Park.

Cypress Creek Nature Preserve

(2 reviews)

Wow, talk about a hidden park. I spotted this on the Hillsborough County website and was intrigued…read more It's a little confusing because there is a "Cypress Creek Preserve" in Land O' Lakes but this "Cypress Creek Nature Preserve" is in New Tampa. The parking lot is next to the raised bridge on New Tampa Blvd that goes over I-75. It's not visible at all when you're driving on New Tampa Blvd. You have to turn off on a small, dead-end street called Lizard's Tail Rd to get to the parking area. There's a generous amount of parking and more than one covered picnic area. What's really odd is that there is no seating or tables in the covered picnic area. The Achilles heel for the path for this nature preserve is that the entrance is a quarter of a mile from the parking lot. First you have to walk on the road to the beginning of Lizard's Tail Road. Then you have to walk on the sidewalk along the busy New Tampa Blvd. Neither of these walks are exactly pleasant. Then when the road curves to the left if you look to your right you'll see a gap where you can walk through the fencing that parallels the road. I wouldn't have even thought this was an "official" entrance if there wasn't a blue sign there encouraging social distancing. What's nice is that there's also a black drop-box that contains maps of the three trails. Red and yellow are loops and the blue trial is a dead-end. After walking not too far into the woods you'll hit a really nice boardwalk. I would bet that 99.99% of people that drive by on New Tampa Blvd would have no idea it is back here. The boardwalk takes you to a large open area in the woods. Another odd thing is that the path from the boardwalk has been cleared but where the red path loops it looks overgrown and I wouldn't want to walk it in that state. It's nice that Hillsborough County provides these walking areas for us and it certainly was interesting discovering this one.

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Dead River Park

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McKethan Lake Park

3.3

Stumbled upon this park on a wander…read more It was well tender and cared for, and in use. Always good to see parks being used!

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