Bird's eye view of the campground

Loop LMR1

Loop LMRE

Bird's eye view of the park

Little Manatee River State Park

Loop 1

Loop 2

Lake Manatee State Park

Judah P. Benjamin Confederate Memorial at Gamble

Loop LAL

Loop LLL

Alafia River State Park

In May 1539, Conquistador Hernando de Soto’s army of soldiers, hired
mercenaries, craftsmen, and clergy made landfall in Tampa Bay. They were met
with fierce resistance of indigenous people protecting their homelands. De
Soto’s quest for glory and gold would be a four year, four thousand mile
odyssey of intrigue, warfare, disease, and discovery that would form the
history of the United States.

In May 1539, Conquistador Hernando de Soto’s army of soldiers, hired mercenaries, craftsmen, and clergy made landfall in Tampa Bay. They were met with fierce resistance of indigenous people protecting their homelands. De Soto’s quest for glory and gold would be a four year, four thousand mile odyssey of intrigue, warfare, disease, and discovery that would form the history of the United States.

De Soto National Memorial