dog friendly park

Fort De Soto Park

Overview: Fort De Soto Park is rated 4.8/5 from 10327 Google reviews. This park offers beautiful beaches, bike trails, and a historic fort, as well as opportunities for camping, fishing, kayaking, and observing wildlife. Amenities: Reviewers often mention shade and tree cover.

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4.8Google rating

10,327reviews

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4.8(10,327 reviews)

People say this park offers beautiful beaches, bike trails, and a historic fort, as well as opportunities for camping, fishing, kayaking, and observing wildlife. They highlight the spaciousness, the abundance of parking, and the affordable parking fee. They also like the peaceful and relaxing atmosphere, and the clean facilities.

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quieter off-peak visits

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AddressFlorida, USA

Phone(727) 582-2267

City pageSt. Petersburg

Imported fromSt. Petersburg, FL

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Marcelle Alvernaz2 months ago

Wish we would have stayed longer. Campground is great. Level spots. We were over in the pet section and it was nice and quiet. We walked down to the dog beach. Wasn’t super long but good enough for them to have alot of fun. No bugs in winter. It’s in such a beautiful area

Siobhan Koch3 months ago

Loved our day here. The ocean was beautiful but there wasn’t also a great tide lake left that the kids could wade in safely. Fun to see the old fort and walk some of the trails. It’s such a big park - there was more than we could possibly see in one day.

Roopam Mishraa month ago

Such a beautiful beach with powdery sand and clear blue waters! I once saw a jellyfish on the beach with several people coaxed back into the ocean and so many varieties of conches washed up on the beach. It has a picnic area, camp grounds, piers and is one of the most beautiful and peaceful spots in Florida.

Mandy Leigha month ago

Awesome place to visit!! So many different areas to see, enjoy the beaches, walking/biking, camping, playground. Parking was $6 for the day, closes at sundown. So much parking....must be ALOT of people there during peak season. We drove through most of it, got out to see a few areas, grabbed a basket of chicken tenders and fries at the snack bar.

33MatCha month ago

Beautiful beach far from any beachfront construction. A very peaceful & untouched beach. The best of this part of the coast. Blue water, dolphins and palmtrees. 👍🏼

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