Fort Desoto Park

Great Florida Beachwalk – Mile #267 – Fort Desoto Park

November 6, 2010

The Great Florida Beachwalk is a campaign to make people aware that Florida’s beaches are NOT covered in oil. They are clean and healthy. The idea was to assign each mile of Florida’s 825 miles of sandy beaches to a volunteer, who would show up Saturday morning, walk the mile of beach, take a photo [...]

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Proposed Fort Desoto Park Fees Stir Local Controversy

May 13, 2010

It’s looking like user fees are coming to Fort Desoto County Park. In the face of declining tax revenues Pinellas County is having a hard time keeping the park open and staffed, so they are going to be asking those of us who use the park to chip in a little extra. Extra, meaning above [...]

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Fort Desoto’s North Beach is for the Birds

November 28, 2008

Fort Desoto County Park is one of the Nation’s top birding locations. In addition to having lots of permanent resident bird species, many migratory species stop by the park on their way to other more exotic locations. On Thanksgiving Day we took a drive out to Fort Desoto Park–it’s only 30 minutes from our house–and took a [...]

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Fort Desoto’s North Beach Photos

June 27, 2008

[Photo taken on North Beach at Fort Desoto Park, right on Bunces Pass] I love this photo because of the way the Skyway bridge asserts itself so significantly. This beautiful bridge is a link between Pinellas County and Manatee County. It is the only practical route for me to take when driving back to my [...]

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