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Wetlands with water lilies on open water

Largo

Home to the Florida Botanical Gardens, Largo has an inviting amount of parks and trails for a urban community

Boca Ciega Millennium Park

Boca Ciega Millenium Park

Largo      ( 27.832033, -82.810600 )      1.3 miles

With its highlight an observation tower providing you a sweeping view of Boca Ciega Bay, Boca Ciega Millenium Park is a popular family-friendly getaway in Pinellas County

Eagle Lake Park

Wetlands with water lilies on open water

Largo      ( 27.930408, -82.763472 )      3.0 miles

Now an urban forest in the heart of Pinellas County, Eagle Lake Park is the legacy of the Taylor family, early citrus growers who helped to found Largo

Florida Botanical Gardens

Florida Botanical Gardens

Largo      ( 27.883445,-82.807877 )      

Walk through the garden gates into a wonderland of sensory stimulation. With nearly 180 acres in the heart of Largo, the Florida Botanical Gardens is a place for peaceful immersion.

Florida Coast to Coast Trail

Bike path through pine forest

Titusville Sanford Winter Garden Clermont Brooksville Tarpon Springs Dunedin Largo St. Petersburg      ( 28.628706, -80.787021 )      191.4 miles

With a corridor spanning more than 220 miles across nine Florida counties, the Florida Coast to Coast Trail (C2C) is Central Florida’s long distance bike path

Florida’s Best Urban Parks

Oleta River State Park

October 27, 2016    Sandra Friend & John Keatley

When you live in a tightly packed space, you need somewhere green as your go-to place nearby. These are our top picks for parks in Florida’s urban areas, chosen for their diversity of outdoor activities and/or their unique green spaces.

George McGough Nature Park

Boardwalk framed by live oaks and saw palmetto

Largo      ( 27.881937, -82.840918 )      0.8 miles

Introduce the kids to nature at George McGough Nature Park in Largo, where they can feed turtles, watch hawks, and bound along a bouncy accessible trail through a coastal forest.

John R. Bonner Nature Park

Lengthy boardwalk heading towards mangrove flats

Largo      ( 27.888781, -82.838513 )      0.6 miles

A hidden gem surrounded by neighborhoods, John R. Bonner Nature Park offers excellent birding opportunities along short loop trails and a scenic boardwalk.

Lake Seminole Park

Tall cattails around deck overlooking lake

St. Petersburg      ( 27.84520, -82.77650 )      2.0 miles

With a paved trail winding two miles through a shaded pine flatwoods ecosystem, Lake Seminole Park is a green oasis in the suburbia surrounding St. Petersburg

Pinellas Trail

Pinellas Trail Dunedin

Tarpon Springs Palm Harbor Dunedin Clearwater Largo St. Petersburg      ( 27.908262, -82.800091 )      37.6 miles

A paved ribbon stretching the length of Pinellas County from St. Petersburg to Tarpon Springs, the Fred Marquis Pinellas Trail provides cyclists with nearly 38 miles of low-stress cruising

Sawgrass Lake Park

Footpath leading through ferns

St. Petersburg      ( 27.83891, -82.66777 )      1.9 miles

Explore a maple swamp and an oak hammock on a pair of family-friendly loops along boardwalks and footpaths that lead to a tower on Sawgrass Lake

Walsingham Park

Paved path between pines

St. Petersburg      ( 27.87926, -82.80643 )      3.5 miles

An accessible network of paved trails circles Walsingham Lake, offering a variety of views of open water and forested woodlands along an easy walk.

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