Safety Harbor Micro-Parks and Promanade RDF-20

Downtown Safety Harbor Micro-Parks                                                                                Site #6242

  

The quaint downtown village center of Safety Harbor is almost a park all by itself. The town has combined these micro-parks along a greenway and promenade route that is a simple hike never far from a latte or beer. The village is very pedestrian friendly.

Mullet Creek Nature Park- East and West sides of Philippe Parkway

An outdoor art gallery provides a unique visitor experience not often seen in a neighborhood park setting. Art walls placed in a landscape bed arranged down the center of this linear “gallery” provide a place for local art to be displayed and admired. Additional art walls and a large sculpture are placed in the park creating points of interest among the outdoor natural settings. The demonstration gardens are an area where you will be able to learn about and see Florida-Friendly plants growing. These garden plots are planted and maintained by volunteers. On the east side, the formal art-gardens sit on 2.6 acres of city-owned land at the corner of Church Street and Philippe Parkway.  A greenway- nature trail flanks Mullet Creek on the west side of Philippe Parkway with a pedestrian bridge to a city-owned retention pond for wildlife viewing. The areas will be used as a tool to teach children about plants and animals that are native to Florida.

John Wilson Park- 401 Main Street
In the heart of downtown on Main Street, this popular venue is home to afternoon lunchtime concerts, weddings, farmers markets, holiday tree lighting and special events. Amenities include: Gazebo shelter and restrooms.

Baranoff Park -101 2nd Street North
Is a passive park located just outside the doors of the library, and just west of Wilson Park. This is a  great park to grab a book or enjoy the outdoors. This park features the historically registered Baranoff Oak Tree which is a Grand Tree: 300-500 year old Live Oak.

Marina Park / Veterans Memorial Park -131 South Bayshore Boulevard
Catch a glimpse of the beautiful upper Tampa Bay from our 1.5 acre Marina Park.  Amenities include: 3 small shelters, scenic views of Tampa Bay, wildlife viewing, butterfly garden, 800’ fishing pier great for birding,, restrooms, kayak launch, Veteran's Memorial and boat launch.

Bayshore Linear Greenway Recreational Trail
This was developed in 1998 to provide a measured recreational path for walkers, joggers, in-line skaters and bicyclists. The trail begins at the Marina fountain, but with a scenic view of Old Tampa Bay it offers good birding and limited nature study. There are distance markers and fountain areas with benches.

Safety Harbor Museum and Cultural Center-329 Bayshore Blvd. South

Just west of the Bayshore Linear Greenway, this facility is home to many relics of the Tocobaga Indians, the basis of the “Safety Harbor Culture” .This Florida history and archaeology museum features 12,000 years of history. The museum offers dioramas and displays of fossils, projectile points, shell tools, beads and pottery that tell the story of Florida's first people and the arrival of Spanish explorers. Photographs and memorabilia illustrate Safety Harbor at the turn of the century when visitors were first drawn to the place "where healing waters flow”. (Also see Philippi Park Site #6229 and Weedon Island Site #6239 )

Boardwalks and Long Walks

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