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Lettuce Lake Park, Tampa, FL

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Sports & Outdoors

Lettuce Lake Park

Hillsborough County riverside park with a boardwalk, paved trails, picnic shelters, and canoe and kayak rentals.

6920 East Fletcher Avenue, Tampa, FL 33637 · Tampa, FL

About Lettuce Lake Park

This county park sits along the Hillsborough River and is largely floodplain hardwood swamp, with hammocks and pine flatwoods making up the rest. Visitors can walk a long boardwalk that includes an observation tower overlooking the river, or use a paved exercise trail. Wooded picnic areas, playgrounds added in 2024, and a visitors center with nature and history displays round out the site. A native plant garden is also on site. Canoes and kayaks can be rented at the entry station to explore the water. Some areas are under reconstruction, so the observation tower and one shelter are currently closed while the boardwalk and launch remain open.

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