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South-southwest of St. Petersburg, Florida, Fort De Soto Park is a park operated by Pinellas County on five offshore keys, or islands: Madelaine Key, St. Jean Key, St. Christopher Key, Bonne Fortune Key and the main island, Mullet Key. The keys are connected by either bridge or causeway. The island group is accessible by toll road from the ...
Boyd Hill Nature Preserve is a 245-acre (99 ha) protected area in St. Petersburg, Florida, Pinellas County, Florida. [1] The preserve is located on the shores of Lake Maggiore in south St. Petersburg. It is operated by St. Petersburg Parks and Recreation and includes more than three miles of trails through a variety of ecosystems. [2]
Fort Chokonikla (also Fort Chokkonickla and Fort Chokhonikla, now part of Paynes Creek Historic State Park) Fort Christian - Second Seminole War Fort. [5] p. 190. Fort Christmas – one in a series of four small, short lived forts built along the St. Johns River during the Seminole Wars. These forts were used to garrison troops and protect ...
This park will open vehicle reservations on February 12. The reservation system is for the west side of Going-to-the-Sun Road and the North Fork. You’ll need reservations from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m ...
Egmont Key lies southwest of Fort De Soto Park and can only be reached by boat or ferry. Located within Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge and State Park are the 1858 Egmont Key Lighthouse, maintained by the U.S. Coast Guard, and the ruins of Fort Dade, a Spanish–American War era fort that housed 300 residents. [2]
Sign containing the name. The Spanish River is a former fresh-water stream which once flowed through Boca Raton, Florida.It was originally known, erroneously, as "Boca Raton's Lagoon" or "Lake Boca Ratones", a name first used in 1823—Boca Raton apparently having been originally appended to an inlet near Biscayne Bay—and later as the "Little Hillsboro", but settlers, supposing it to have ...
Narvaez marker in Jungle Prada Park. The Tocobaga tribe inhabited the Jungle Prada site for approximately 600 years, from 1000 to 1600 CE. [2] Their village complex in the area once contained a series of mounds stretching up and down Boca Ciega Bay for more than three miles (4.8 km); however most of the mounds were dismantled and used as fill for 20th century urban development. [3]
The following is a list of parks in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States. [1] Abercrombie Park; Albert Whitted Park; Allendale Park; Arrowhead Park; Auburn Street Park;