Fort DeSoto Campground - This Pinellas County park on Mullet Key at the mouth of Tampa Bay has 235 campsites, most on the water. One fishing pier juts into Tampa Bay, another into the Gulf. Turkey Creek Road South has 42 sites under good oak and pine shade. The park touches a lake for fishing and has horse trails. This Hillsborough County park off State Road 39, south of Plant City, has 40 sites, most of them shaded and all with electricity and water.
Hot showers are in a washhouse.
Some 200,000 people visit the park each year. The springs add about 24 million gallons of 72-degree water to the Alafia River daily.