At least 15 golf courses, lots of tennis courts and several excellent public beaches, especially Hudson Beach Park, offer sports activists lots to do. Canoeing and fishing, both freshwater and saltwater, are popular. If your idea of sports involves sitting in front of the television set watching the pros mix it up, you'll do fine here. And even if you like to see the real thing, you're in a good place. Hot Times in the City Located in Holiday in the county's southwestern section, the Pasco Arts Center is close to New Port Richey and its population.
Galleries here display both the works of local artists and traveling exhibits.
For the kids, the parks and beaches go a long way with the younger set, but if you're searching for excellent educational resources that the children actually enjoy going to, try the Children's Museum of Tampa or Great Explorations Museum in St. Petersburg, Lowry Park Zoological Gardens in Tampa or the popular Museum of Science and Industry, also in Tampa. You Drop Almost 50 shopping plazas and shopping centers offer practically everything you might need in the way of retail goods. Dade City in eastern Pasco offers antique shops in its historic downtown. The Bay Area Outlet Mall is in Clearwater, a short drive for citizens in western Pasco County. There's not much nightlife here.