Fort
De Soto Park
A
county park, Fort De Soto Park consists of a string of five small
islands (keys) off the coast of St. Petersburg. The fort for which
the park is named was built during the Spanish-American War in the
late 1890's and is open to the public. The last brickwork fort built
in the United States, the fort never saw action and was turned over
to the county for use as a park in the 1940's. The beaches in the
park are enormous, and numerous visitors stroll and sun themselves
along their expanse while feeling totally isolated. North Beach faces
the Gulf of Mexico, and East Beach offers a stunning view of the St.
Petersburg Skyway. Massive picnic shelters are located at both the
North Beach and East Beach areas.
The campgrounds at Fort De Soto
Park occupy all of St. Christopher Key. The campground offers 235
combination tent and RV sites, some of them bayside. The bayside
campsites enjoy a picture-perfect setting of tall, tropical plants
and shrubs, offering cooling shade and a perfectly framed window
on the bay. The sites are strictly first come, first serve, with
no advance reservations.
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