Campgrounds in Tampa/Clearwater, FL Area
I am in search of suggestions for a great campground In the Tampa/Clearwater area or north of there but not as far up as the Panhandle. A close, fantastic beach and hopefully a swimming pool would be ...
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Depending on what you mean by "close" don't look too far north of Clearwater. That's where the fantanstic beaches start again, after you leave the Panhandle.
For much of the rest of the west coast of Florida between St Joe and Clearwater, you will find occasional small artifical beaches created by county recreation mostly for local use, and maybe a few remnants of barrier islands, but most of the coast north of Clearwater is different, bays, inlets and wetlands rather than barrier islands and beaches. E.G. from Brooksville/Spring Hill there is a little county beach and fishing pier (Pine Island) at the end of the county road extending from US-50, and for the Crystal River/Homosassa area there is a little beach at the end of the road following the south shore of the river(Fort Island). Condition is going to depend on how long since they last brought in sand, and weather since that happened.
I am more familiar with this part of the coast, so don't know where to send you for parks on the part of the coast where the beaches do exist, and the land is fairly heavily developed.
For much of the rest of the west coast of Florida between St Joe and Clearwater, you will find occasional small artifical beaches created by county recreation mostly for local use, and maybe a few remnants of barrier islands, but most of the coast north of Clearwater is different, bays, inlets and wetlands rather than barrier islands and beaches. E.G. from Brooksville/Spring Hill there is a little county beach and fishing pier (Pine Island) at the end of the county road extending from US-50, and for the Crystal River/Homosassa area there is a little beach at the end of the road following the south shore of the river(Fort Island). Condition is going to depend on how long since they last brought in sand, and weather since that happened.
I am more familiar with this part of the coast, so don't know where to send you for parks on the part of the coast where the beaches do exist, and the land is fairly heavily developed.
