Lettuce Lake Park
USA /
Florida /
Temple Terrace /
East Fletcher Avenue, 6920
World
/ USA
/ Florida
/ Temple Terrace
World / United States / Florida
park, picnic area, boardwalk, nature conservation park / area
Lettuce Lake Park is a 240-acre Hillsborough County-run park just outside the city limits of Tampa, Florida. It is located on Fletcher Avenue between Interstate 75 and the University of South Florida. The park opened in 1982.
Lettuce Lake Park features several boardwalks that wind through a variety Florida ecosystems; a fresh water wetland and flood plain, an oak-dominated hardwood forest, cypress domes, and the Hillsborough River. The park also contains a visitor's center, an observation tower, nature trails, picnic tables, barbecue pits, restrooms, an open play field, and a playground.
Beware, the TPD Vice Squad patrols this park.
Park entry is $2 per vehicle and $1 per person over eight.
Park Manager - Rusty Scholtz
Spring/Summer 8 am - 7:30 pm
Fall/Winter 8 am - 5:30 pm
www.hillsboroughcounty.org/parks/parkservices/regionals...
Lettuce Lake Park features several boardwalks that wind through a variety Florida ecosystems; a fresh water wetland and flood plain, an oak-dominated hardwood forest, cypress domes, and the Hillsborough River. The park also contains a visitor's center, an observation tower, nature trails, picnic tables, barbecue pits, restrooms, an open play field, and a playground.
Beware, the TPD Vice Squad patrols this park.
Park entry is $2 per vehicle and $1 per person over eight.
Park Manager - Rusty Scholtz
Spring/Summer 8 am - 7:30 pm
Fall/Winter 8 am - 5:30 pm
www.hillsboroughcounty.org/parks/parkservices/regionals...
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lettuce_Lake_Park
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 28°4'31"N 82°22'27"W
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