The two things we enjoy the most when traveling are nature and history. We were able to enjoy both at Fort De Soto Park. The park is south of St. Pete's beach and has great beaches on Tampa Bay and on the Gulf. There are also a lot of trails and of course the actual fort.
Fort De Soto was built during the Spanish-American War. The fort has the only four 12-inch seacoast rifled mortars (model 1890 mounted on 1896 carriages) in the continental United States. Also at the fort are two 6-inch Armstrong rapid-fire rifled guns (model 1898) which were originally mounted at Fort Dade, and are the last two guns of that model year in the United States.
For more info about the fort, check out http://www.pinellascounty.org/park/05_Ft_DeSoto.htm
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