Ignacio Haya Linear Park (Tampa, Florida)

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Ignacio Haya Linear Park is a City of Tampa park. Ignacio Haya Linear Park is situated along the eastern shore of the Hillsborough River in Tampa's South Seminole Heights.

Ignacio Haya Linear Park is set on a narrow strip of land beginning at the corner of North River Boulevard and West South Avenue and stretching north to the Hillsborough Avenue bridge. The park features few amenities other than some benches and an expansive view along the river.

The park is named for Ignacio Haya, who, along with Vincente Ybor, is generally credited with not only starting Tampa’s cigar business but also with putting an unmistakably Latin stamp on the city. Haya moved his cigar factory from Key West to Tampa's Ybor City in 1886. He was also a co-founder of the Centro Espanol, the first mutual aid society to open in Tampa.

Haya died in 1906. In 1927, his widow donated the land at 5000 River Blvd. to the city to be used as a park.

Ignacio Haya Linear Park is part of Tampa's Ross J. Ferlita Greenways & Trails System, and is situated along the Alan Wright Hillsborough River Blueway, a paddling trail system for canoeing and kayaking.

Some maps misidentify Ignacio Haya Linear Park as River Boulevard Park.