Five islands comprise the 900-acre Fort DeSoto Park, the largest in the county's park system. Two fishing piers, a campsite, a boat-launching area, an historic site, numerous places to picnic and seven miles of waterfront make the park a good place to play and to enjoy the great outdoors. A good Clearwater place to take the kids is the environmental center at Moccasin Lake Nature Park. St. Petersburg's Al Lang Stadium hosts the St. Louis Cardinals pre-season games. If you'd rather be in the action than watching it, boating, fishing, golf and tennis are all popular in Pinellas County.
Pleasure boats crowd area marinas and docks.
Deep-sea charter boats are available as well, but many Pinellas residents don't bother with boats to do their fishing. Forty golf courses and numerous tennis courts give participants plenty of recreational choices. Four teams are based here, including the Tampa Bay Pelicans, who play in St. Petersburg's Old Busch Complex. Swimming, shuffleboard, croquet, polo and lawn bowling also boast loyal local participants. The social and cultural calendar is crowded.