Lettuce Lake Park

Coordinates: 28°4′13″N 82°22′15″W / 28.07028°N 82.37083°W / 28.07028; -82.37083

Lettuce Lake Park is a 240-acre (97 ha) 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.

Audubon Resource Center

The Audubon Resource Center at Lettuce Lake Park, also known as ARC in the Park, is operated by the Tampa Audubon Society in the visitor center. The center features natural history exhibits and wildlife native to the Hillsborough River watershed, and provides environmental education programs and field trips for all ages.

External links

Lettuce Lake Park homepage
BirdingAmerica's page on Lettuce Lake Park
CitySearch page on Lettuce Lake Park
Audubon Resource Center at Lettuce Lake Park - Tampa Audubon Society

Hillsborough County, Florida points and events of interest

Galleries and museums	Cracker Country Glazer Children's Museum Florida Museum of Photographic Arts Graphicstudio Henry B. Plant Museum Museum Of Science and Industry SS American Victory Tampa Bay History Center Tampa Museum of Art USF Contemporary Art Museum Ybor City Museum State Park

Zoos and aquariums	Busch Gardens Tampa Florida Aquarium Lowry Park Zoo University of South Florida Botanical Gardens

Areas of interest	Channel District Downtown Tampa & Franklin Street Historic Hyde Park MacDill Air Force Base Plant City Downtown & Historic District Historic Seminole Heights & Hampton Terrace Soho Tampa Bay Tampa Heights West Tampa Ybor City

Other points of interest	Amalie Arena Babe Zaharias Golf Course Bayshore Boulevard Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park The Straz Center MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre Egmont Key Hillsborough River & State Park Lettuce Lake Park Port Tampa Bay Raymond James Stadium Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Skatepark of Tampa Sulphur Springs Water Tower Sunshine Skyway Bridge Tampa Bay Downs Tampa Convention Center Tampa International Airport Tampa Riverwalk Tampa Theatre Tampa Union Station University of South Florida University of Tampa

Events	Florida State Fair Florida Strawberry Festival Gasparilla Pirate Festival Guavaween Outback Bowl Sant'Yago Knight Parade Tampa Bay Jewish Film Festival Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival

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