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Location, Location, Location - These are some of the great places to take pictures in the Central Florida area.
USF Campus - There are a wide variety of settings on the University of South Florida's Tampa campus.
Location fees: Parking fee - $5 for daily pass, or $1 per hour at meters
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Fort De Soto Beach
Location fees: Parking fee - $5 for daily pass
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Edward Medard Park and Reservoir

Location fees: a daily fee of $2 per day, per park entry is offered for Hillsborough County Regional Parks with up to (8) people in a vehicle
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Lettuce Lake Park

Location fees: a daily fee of $2 per day, per park entry is offered for Hillsborough County Regional Parks with up to (8) people in a vehicle
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Venice Beach, FL

Location fees:Free parking is available
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Weeki Wachee
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Places to check out:

Alafia River Corridor Preserve
931 Old Welcome Road
Lithia, FL 33547
Preserve: sunrise to sunset
Parking: 8:30 AM - 5 PM.
Alafia Scrub Preserve 10212 Gibsonton Drive
Riverview, FL 33569
Preserve: sunrise to sunset
Balm Boyette Scrub Preserve 13998 Balm-Boyette Road
Lithia, FL 33547
Balm Scrub Preserve
15299 McGrady Road
Wimauma, FL 33598
Beacon Meadows Park
4910 Gunn Highway
Tampa, FL 33624
Hours: Sunrise to Sunset (Preserve)
7AM - 5PM M-F at the McMullen entrance
Bell Creek Preserve
10940 McMullen Road
Riverview, FL 33569
Blackwater Creek Preserve
2469 Patrinostro Road
Plant City, FL 33565
Boy Scout Preserve
5447 Lithia-Pinecrest Road
Lithia, FL 33547
Cockroach Bay Preserve
3839 Gulf City Road
Ruskin, FL 33570
Cypress Creek Preserve
3298 Robertson Trail
Lutz, FL 33559
Cypress Point Park
5620 West Cypress Street
Tampa, FL 33607
Dairy Farm Preserve
15302 US Highway 301
Thonotosassa, FL 33592
Fish Hawk Creek Preserve
16640 Boyette Road
Riverview, FL 33569
Golden Aster Scrub Preserve
12181 East Bay Road
Gibsonton, FL 33534
Lithia Springs Preserve
2702 Donnelly Road
Valrico, FL 33594
Pam Callahan Preserve 5750 Memorial Highway
Tampa, FL 33615
Parking is limited to one vehicle at a time.
Rocky Creek Trails
7201 Gunn Highway
Tampa, FL 33625
Triple Creek Preserve
13305 Balm Boyette Road
Riverview, FL 33569
Wolf Branch Nature Preserve 1403 19th Avenue NW
Apollo Beach, FL 33572
There are three entrances which require parking on the road shoulders:
- 1403 19th Ave. NW in Apollo Beach - This walk-through gate is recommended for fishing.
- 599 Villemaire in Apollo Beach
- a gated entrance
-481 Villemaire in Apollo Beach - this gated entrance is recommended for birdwatching.
State Parks
Alafia River State Park
14326 South County Road 39
Lithia, Florida 33547
Admission Fee:
$5.00 per vehicle. Limit 2-8 people per vehicle. $4.00 Single Occupant Vehicle.
Hillsborough River State Park
15402 U.S. 301 North
Thonotosassa, Florida 33592
Admission Fee:
$6.00 per vehicle. Limit 2-8 people per vehicle. $4.00 Single Occupant Vehicle.
Paynes Creek Historic State Park
888 Lake Branch Road
Bowling Green, Florida 33834
$3.00 per vehicle. Please use the honor box to pay fees.
Allen David Broussard Catfish Creek Preserve State Park
4335 Firetower Road
Haines City, Florida 33844
Colt Creek State Park
16000 State Rd 471
Lakeland, Florida 33809
$4.00 per vehicle. Please use the honor box to pay fees.
Lake Louisa State Park7305 U.S. Highway 27
Clermont, Florida 34714
$5.00 per vehicle. Limit 2-8 people per vehicle. $4.00 Single Occupant Vehicle.
Ichetucknee Springs State Park12087 S.W. U.S. 27
Fort White, Florida 32038
$6.00 per vehicle. Limit 2-8 people per vehicle. $4.00 Single Occupant Vehicle.
To become truly immortal, a work of art must escape all human limits: logic and common sense will only interfere. But once these barriers are broken, it will enter the realms of childhood visions and dreams. ::: Giorgio de Chirico :::