This location continues to be a beautiful little park that is perfect for bird watching or just…read morehiking in the woods. There are many gorgous Bluebirds everywhere.

Beautiful park and area didn't notice a separate large and small dog entrance that others had…read morepreviously had written and in the description of the park that's listed here. Unless I missed that second area I only see the one.

Looking on Yelp for a local dog park to take my little 12 lb fur baby and found this gem and it's…read moreless than 3 miles away from my home! The dog park is located in the Avalon Park development off of SR 54 near the main clubhouse. To my surprise it is pretty big and all fenced in with benches in the shade as well as in the sun. It also has a water fountain and has two dog waste stations and poop bags are stocked! The downside was my dog didn't have anyone to socialize with as it was pretty quiet and no one around but he still managed to run around and get in some good exercise playing fetch with me. I will definitely come back with him again on a day like this beautiful day! Hoping next time their will be other dogs for him to play with.

This is a nice little park located in Zephyrhills just a few blocks off of Gall Blvd. They have a…read morebasketball court and a nice green area for running around, frisbee tossing, or even kite flying. They also have a play area with a slide for small children.

This is a wonderful community park that has something for the whole family. There are picnic areas…read moreand a playground with some very safe things for the kids to play on. There are also large fields to give the older kids a place to play games. For those that want a quiet activity there is a very level walking trail.

This is a very family friendly park. If you have other kids that can't sit still while watching the…read moregame there are plenty of kick ball games for the little ones. If your here for the food...you have to order the hamburger basket. Hamburger and fries for $3.00. Not too bad if you didn't get to eat dinner!

Great park for kids. Good playground…read more Nice trails and parking Bathrooms are always filthy

The sad plastic newer playground , was hoping to have the older wooden version here as we came out…read moreof town. New isn't always better.

Wow, talk about a hidden park. I spotted this on the Hillsborough County website and was intrigued…read more It's a little confusing because there is a "Cypress Creek Preserve" in Land O' Lakes but this "Cypress Creek Nature Preserve" is in New Tampa. The parking lot is next to the raised bridge on New Tampa Blvd that goes over I-75. It's not visible at all when you're driving on New Tampa Blvd. You have to turn off on a small, dead-end street called Lizard's Tail Rd to get to the parking area. There's a generous amount of parking and more than one covered picnic area. What's really odd is that there is no seating or tables in the covered picnic area. The Achilles heel for the path for this nature preserve is that the entrance is a quarter of a mile from the parking lot. First you have to walk on the road to the beginning of Lizard's Tail Road. Then you have to walk on the sidewalk along the busy New Tampa Blvd. Neither of these walks are exactly pleasant. Then when the road curves to the left if you look to your right you'll see a gap where you can walk through the fencing that parallels the road. I wouldn't have even thought this was an "official" entrance if there wasn't a blue sign there encouraging social distancing. What's nice is that there's also a black drop-box that contains maps of the three trails. Red and yellow are loops and the blue trial is a dead-end. After walking not too far into the woods you'll hit a really nice boardwalk. I would bet that 99.99% of people that drive by on New Tampa Blvd would have no idea it is back here. The boardwalk takes you to a large open area in the woods. Another odd thing is that the path from the boardwalk has been cleared but where the red path loops it looks overgrown and I wouldn't want to walk it in that state. It's nice that Hillsborough County provides these walking areas for us and it certainly was interesting discovering this one.

I really enjoyed this nature preserve. My first time going I followed the red trail to the yellow…read moretrail and did the mile loop. The trails are clearly marked, and not confusing at all. I recommend taking a picture of the map with you. There were flooded areas but they warn u of that at the kiosk before going. I'm sure u could go around the flooding if you're willing to walk through a little brush. Other than that it's clean, and fun!

On our quests to find new places to walk/home we found Fickett. It's a nice, dirt path with a few…read moresigns about every half mile. There are a couple little bridges also. It is a completely dirt path so expect lots of bugs, dress appropriately and bring bug spray. However, it's completely shaded the whole path, so while it does get hot and humid, at least you don't have the actual sun beating down on you! Our only complaint was no benches or picnic tables to sit down and snack afterwards. Not a horrible complaint as out car works just fine, we just enjoy having a snack after we walk and eating it outside. We will definitely be returning to this oayh more often!

Fickett Hammock is about 148 acres and a one mile hiking trail loop located northwest of…read moreBrooksville on Centralia Road. The address is: 15482 Centralia Road, Brooksville, FL 34614. According to the county website the hardwood forest hammock includes seasonally flowing streams and saw palmetto thickets with tree species including hickory, dogwood, longleaf pine, hophornbeam, ironwood, American holly, and swamp chestnut oak. Ecosystems include oak hammocks, hickory groves, sparkleberry thickets, and flatwoods. A second trail was supposed to be in the works.. I will investigate!!! More info and a link to a map and photos at http://www.hernandocounty.us/plan/esl/preserves/

A lovely ADA compliant park behind the Zephyrhills Depot Museum (which appears to not be in…read moreoperation at this time) off of South Ave. It is thickly shaded with many different playground opportunities for the wee ones, grills for those who want to BBQ, and benches to people watch. There are picnic shelters and tables available for public use and a shaded walking path if you're so Inclined. One of the neatest things I saw there was a sitting caboose car with the statement "Final destination, Zephyrhills, FL." . I tried to visit the museum, but as stated above it was not open, contrary to all the info I found on line.

It's ok. It says it's shaded and I thought there was a walking path, but Nah. If you have kids,…read moresure, there's some smaller equipment there they can play on.