#1 of 30 Things To Do in Tarpon Springs
Coral Sea Aquarium
850 Dodecaneses Blvd Tarpon Springs FL
~0.77 miles from Tarpon Springs city center
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A spectacular living reef, once the domain of divers only, may now be experienced by all. Live coral, sponges, sharks and fish come together to form this truly unique undersea oasis.
A spectacular living reef, once the domain of divers only, may now be experienced by all. Live coral, sponges, sharks and fish come together to form this truly unique undersea oasis. Don't miss Florida's most exciting Marine attraction.
Our spectacular 120,000 gallon tank is home to more than 30 species of fish including nurse sharks, bonnet head sharks, snook, tarpon and protected Jewfish.
Four times daily, a trained diver enters this tank and hand feeds all of its inhabitants. These 30 minute dive shows are narrated and very educational.
We are also home to alligators, eels, lobsters, octopus, live coral, anemones and stingrays. We have an entire room devoted to a Touch Tank, where you can safely pet and feed stingrays and small sharks.
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#2 of 30 Things To Do in Tarpon Springs
Caladesi Island State Park
St Petersburg FL
~6.88 miles from Tarpon Springs city center
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For serenity and seclusion, Caladesi Island State Park is ideal. Shore birds and sea turtles build their nests undisturbed among the dunes. Gulf breezes ruffle the tresses of auburn hairgrass. A beautiful island showcase, it is one of the few remaining undeveloped barrier islands in the state.
The park is comprised of six islands with a total of approximately 668 upland acres and more than2,500 acres of surrounding mangroves and tidal flats and sea grass beds. Officials finalized acquisition plans in 1968, then was opened to the public in 1972. Caladesi Island was created in 1921 after a savage storm created Hurricane Pass and separated it from what was then Hog Island. The origin of the name is uncertain, however, it first appeared in print in the early '30's.
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#3 of 30 Things To Do in Tarpon Springs
West Pasco Historical Society
6431 Circle Blvd New Port Richey FL - 727-847-0680
~7.71 miles from Tarpon Springs city center
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The West Pasco Historical Society Museum and Library is located at 6431 Circle Boulevard, New Port Richey, Florida, USA. The museum's exhibits include Native American arrowhead and artifacts, clothing, household items, antiques and decorative items, tools, and historic photographs.
The West Pasco Historical Society was formed in 1973. The building which houses the organization was dedicated in 1983.
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#4 of 30 Things To Do in Tarpon Springs
The Clearwater Cinema Cafe
24095 US 19 North Clearwater FL - 727-797-9808
~8.76 miles from Tarpon Springs city center
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Movie theatre. Two 5,000+ square foot theatres.
From their website:
Serving Clearwater and Tampa Bay for over 30 years.
Movies
$6.50 - Adults
$5.00 - Children, Students and seniors
Showing 1st Run Movies
Full Menu at Your Table
Full Liquor Bar
SMOKE- FREE
The Cinema Café features two (2) 5,000+ sq. ft. theaters that quickly convert into state of the art meeting rooms with full multimedia connections.
Use our giant screens for your next company meeting and save the high cost of renting hotel space.
The Cinema Café is a great place to have your next seminar, banquet or party. You know there is always something for everyone on our popular priced menu.
http://www.clearwatercinemacafe.com
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#5 of 30 Things To Do in Tarpon Springs
Lake Rogers Park
Tampa FL
~11.08 miles from Tarpon Springs city center
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Attraction type: Park
http://www.tbt.com/features/guide/article12849.ece
Address: 9910 Mobley Rd
(halfway btwn Gunn Hwy & Crawley Rd)
St. Petersburg, FL 33556
Tel: 813-264-3917
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#6 of 30 Things To Do in Tarpon Springs
Pier 60
Clearwater FL
~11.43 miles from Tarpon Springs city center
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Attraction type: Wharf/pier/boardwalk, Amusement/theme park
Activities: Watching Sunrise/Sunset
http://www.clearwater-fl.com/gov/depts/marine_avia...
Address: Memorial Causeway Clearwater, FL
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#7 of 30 Things To Do in Tarpon Springs
Long Center
1501 N Belcher Rd # 225 Clearwater FL
~11.47 miles from Tarpon Springs city center
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#8 of 30 Things To Do in Tarpon Springs
Winning Inning's Baseball Academy
800 Phillies Drive Clearwater FL
~12.08 miles from Tarpon Springs city center
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The Winning Inning Story
Roy Silver and Randy Holland, the key people of The Winning Inning, bring more than three decades of professional baseball experience from the St. Louis Cardinals, the Tampa Bay Rays and the Toronto Blue Jays, respectively to the young people of Tampa Bay area.
During this effort, they realized their life-long dream of a baseball school, which teaches strong fundamental skills built on player motivation and attitudes. Participants of The Winning Inning leave satisfied with their new and improved baseball skills. However, the light in their eyes and the smiles on their sweaty faces told Roy and Randy that they are truly succeeding. Giving each of them something beyond physical prowess: the JOY of achievement and the FUN in doing now what will pay dividends for a lifetime.
Jack Russell Memorial Stadium
800 Phillies Drive, Clearwater, FL 33755
Driving directions: Take Hwy. 19 north of St. Petersburg to Drew Street head west until you get to Martin Luther King, head north (to the right); the stadium is four blocks north.
http://www.winninginning.com/
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#9 of 30 Things To Do in Tarpon Springs
Ruth Eckerd Hall
1111 N Mcmullen Booth Rd Clearwater FL
~12.10 miles from Tarpon Springs city center
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Ruth Eckerd Hall is a 73,000-square-foot (6,800 m2) performing arts venue located in Clearwater, Florida in the Tampa Bay area and is part of the Richard B. Baumgardner Center for the Performing Arts. The concert hall is named after Ruth Eckerd, the wife of Jack Eckerd, and is the regular performance venue for the Florida Orchestra. Its 2,180 seat auditorium features continental seating with no center aisle.
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#10 of 30 Things To Do in Tarpon Springs
Bright House Field
601 N Old Coachman Rd Clearwater FL
~12.12 miles from Tarpon Springs city center
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Bright House Field (formerly Bright House Networks Field) is a baseball stadium located in Clearwater, Florida, in the United States. The stadium was built in 2004 and has a maximum seating capacity of 8,500 people (7,000 fixed seats with additional grass berm seating for 1,500).
The ballpark is the spring training home of the Philadelphia Phillies, and their Class A affiliate, Clearwater Threshers of the Florida State League. A sculpture titled The Ace by artist Kevin Brady stands at the ballpark's west entrance plaza
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#11 of 30 Things To Do in Tarpon Springs
Clearwater Aquarium
Clearwater FL
~12.23 miles from Tarpon Springs city center
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The Clearwater Marine Aquarium is a non-profit organization dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation and release of injured marine animals, public education, animal-assisted therapy and research.
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#12 of 30 Things To Do in Tarpon Springs
Joe DiMaggio Sports Complex
2450 Drew St Clearwater FL
~12.36 miles from Tarpon Springs city center
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Joe Dimaggio Sports Complex a sports and recreation location in Clearwater, FL located at 2450 Drew St in Clearwater, FL 33765. Joe Dimaggio Sports Complex is also known as Joe DiMaggio Sports Complex Athletic Fields.
Joe Dimaggio Sports Complex
2450 Drew St
Clearwater, FL 33765
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#13 of 30 Things To Do in Tarpon Springs
Clearwater Marina
Clearwater FL
~12.38 miles from Tarpon Springs city center
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Clearwater Municipal Marina is ideally located on world-renowned sparkling Clearwater Beach, that has the distinct classification of a Blue Wave Beach. It is one of the best-equipped and most versatile marinas in Florida. Clearwater Municipal Marina offers access to all boating activities. We are home to the finest fishing charters, sailing charters, sight-seeing boats, dinner cruises, dolphin tours, parasailing, and personal watercraft. We also have restaurants, gift shop, barber shop, nautical shop, laundry, mini-mart, post office, newspaper, bait house and dental clinic. It is centrally located so you are close to shopping and entertainment venues.
Clearwater Municipal Marina is a 210-slip marina that is open seven days a week, 365 days a year. The marina has space available on the recreation wait list at this time for a non-refundable/non-applicable deposit of $100. The wait depends on the size needed. The commercial deposit is $250.
There are 23 slips available for transient boaters. We are equipped to accommodate vessels up to 125 feet. There is no drawbridge between our marina and the Gulf of Mexico. We offer gasoline & diesel fuel, free pump outs, showers, 24-hour security, free cable TV, weather monitor, free fishing pier and waste oil disposal. We are staffed by employees that are trained to provide the highest customer service standards to Clearwater citizens and visitors.
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#14 of 30 Things To Do in Tarpon Springs
E.C. Moore Athletic Fields
3050 Drew St Clearwater FL
~12.50 miles from Tarpon Springs city center
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#15 of 30 Things To Do in Tarpon Springs
Big Cat Rescue
Tampa FL
~12.73 miles from Tarpon Springs city center
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Big Cat Rescue, a non profit educational sanctuary, is devoted to rescuing and providing a permanent home for exotic (i.e. wild, not domestic) cats who have been abused, abandoned, bred to be pets, retired from performing acts, or saved from being slaughtered for fur coats, and to educating the public about these animals and the issues facing them in captivity and in the wild.
The sanctuary is home to the most diverse population of exotic cats in the world, with 14 of the 35 species of wild cat represented among more than 100 residents. These include tigers, lions, liger, leopards, cougars, bobcats, lynx, ocelots, servals, caracals and others, many of whom are threatened, endangered, or now extinct in the wild.
The sanctuary began in 1992 when the Founder, Carole Baskin, and her then husband Don, mistakenly believing that bobcats made good pets, went looking to buy some kittens. They inadvertently ended up at a “fur farm” and bought all 56 kittens to keep them from being turned into fur coats. See How We Started.
In the early years, influenced by breeders and pet owners, they believed that the cats made suitable pets and that breeding and placing the cats in homes was a way to “preserve the species.” Gradually they saw increasing evidence that not only was this not the case, but that it was leading to a consistent pattern of suffering and abuse. See History and Evolution.
World Society for Protection of AnimalsToday the sanctuary is devoted to its Vision of a world where animals are treated with respect, and its Mission of providing the best possible home for the animals in our care and trying to stop the flow of animals needing sanctuary by educating the public about the plight of the animals and supporting stronger laws to protect them. See Vision and Mission.
The sanctuary is a 501(c)(3) not profit charity. It receives no government support and relies on its educational activities, such as tours of the facility, and the generosity of donors for support of the cats. Donations are tax deductible. Because non program expenses (i.e. administration and fundraising) are funded from tour income, 100% of donations go directly to support the cats.
We hope you enjoy your visit to our web site. We believe it is the most complete resource for information on big cats in the world.
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#16 of 30 Things To Do in Tarpon Springs
Clearwater Beach
Clearwater FL
~12.80 miles from Tarpon Springs city center
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Clearwater Beach is known for its white-sand broad beaches, which offer popular watersports such as jet skiing, parasailing, and water biking. Pirate cruises and the Clearwater Marine Aquarium make Clearwater a unique family destination.
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#17 of 30 Things To Do in Tarpon Springs
Al Lopez Park
Tampa FL
~18.79 miles from Tarpon Springs city center
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#18 of 30 Things To Do in Tarpon Springs
Steinbrenner Field - NY Yankees Spring Training
Tampa
~19.04 miles from Tarpon Springs city center
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Legends Field is the largest ballpark to host Spring Training in Florida and has the least intimate feel, but that has a lot more to do with its relatively bland design and choice of location than its 10,386-seat capacity.
Legends Field was built amidst the hustle and bustle of Tampa’s busy Dale Mabry Highway. Its neighbor on the other side of the street is Raymond James Stadium, home of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Spring Training fans are directed to the NFL stadium for parking, which is a pricey $10 in one of Raymond James’ grass lots.
A pedestrian bridge above Dale Mabry connects fans from the parking lot to Legends Field, where a walkway outside of the ballpark in right field takes fans to the main entrance behind home plate, where a nicely manicured mini-version of Monument Park resides.
The ballpark’s spartan design features one large seating bowl that extends symmetrically into the outfield on both sides. A concourse slices through this single deck, splitting it into two sections. The large two-level structure behind home plate houses the ample press box and the ballpark’s dozen luxury suites.
Although it was built fairly recently (1996), Legends Field lacks some of the popular favorites now found in the modern ballpark, such as berm seating and a concourse open to the playing field. And because of the Yankees’ popularity, the large crowds that regularly fill the ballpark in March have lengthy waits to use the small number of bathrooms.
The ballpark does have some very nice touches that Yankees fans will be sure to appreciate. The white façade that graces the roof and encircles the stadium is reminiscent of Yankee Stadium’s signature feature, while the playing field dimensions are identical to those at Yankee Stadium. The ivy-covered wall in each team’s bullpen is classy and the distinctive open panel roof design has become the signature hallmark of the Yankees’ spring home. On each side of the ballpark, there are a series of seven open panels between the roof’s façade and the seating bowl. Each panel contains one large letter that spells out the name “Yankees.” The design is atheistically pleasing and gives Legends Field an open feel.
As a spring training facility, Legends Field is probably the least fan-friendly of the 17 ballparks to host Grapefruit League games. Player accessibility is very limited, and during the game the Yankees station ushers in optic yellow outfits on the concourse between the two seating sections. If you have a seat in one of the 200 sections they won’t let you into the 100 sections. They also shoo fans away from the bullpen area. That’s not the norm for Spring Training, as the staff at other ballparks allows fans more leeway during the laidback exhibition games.
And that’s a big part of the problem with seeing a game at Legends Field. The atmosphere here isn’t as fun as it should be. Sure, the video board (one of the only in the Grapefruit League) shows people dancing to Cotton Eye Joe in the 8th inning, just like at Yankee Stadium, but the overall vibe gives the place a business-like feel that’s contradictorily to the easy going nature usually associated with Spring Training games.
If you’re a diehard Yankees fan that won’t matter too much, but the experience in Tampa is different than elsewhere. It also costs more, as ticket prices are barely hovering around affordability: the cheapest seat is $17. The games usually sell out and the fans do stay around here a little while longer than at many other ballparks, where they often begin to hit the exits circa the 6th inning.
What the ballpark lacks in fan accessibility is often made up for in starting game time convenience. The Yankees play about half of their spring schedule at night (7:15), which makes the games easier to attend for the average fan. Most Spring Training venues host only one or two night games each March, and a few don’t have any night games at all. Legends Field easily hosts more night games than any other ballpark in the Grapefruit League.
Although the quaintness of Spring Training is limited at Legends Field, there are some exceptions. During my most recent game here I was able to watch (from the concourse) A-Rod go through a number of drills with a trainer on a practice field after he left the game.
Nonetheless, the lines between Spring Training’s intimate appeal and fan friendliness have been blurred at Legends Field, which is too much an extension of the big league, big business mantra the Yankees march to. The end result is that Tampa offers up a more professional experience than it should, considering the historical appeal of Spring Training.
Under the rule of George Steinbrenner the Yankees have always been a button-down organization, and that’s the problem with the ballpark The Boss had built in his hometown of Tampa.
Legends Field, located on a busy highway in a big city, isn’t your normal Spring Training facility, but the New York Yankees aren’t your typical baseball organization. The reality is the stadium fits the team, for better or worse.
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#19 of 30 Things To Do in Tarpon Springs
Raymond James Stadium - Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Tampa FL
~19.21 miles from Tarpon Springs city center
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Raymond James Stadium, also known as "The Ray Jay", is a multi-purpose football stadium located in Tampa, Florida. It is home to the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers as well as the NCAA's South Florida Bulls football team. The stadium seats 65,857, and it is expandable to 75,000 for special events. The stadium also hosts the annual Outback Bowl on New Year's Day; the annual pinnacle of USA equestrian showjumping, the AGA/Budweiser American Invitational; and the Monster Jam monster truck event after the end of football season in January or February.
Raymond James Stadium hosted Super Bowl XXXV on January 28, 2001 between the Baltimore Ravens and New York Giants and Super Bowl XLIII on February 1, 2009 between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Arizona Cardinals.
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#20 of 30 Things To Do in Tarpon Springs
Lowry Park Zoo
Tampa
~19.82 miles from Tarpon Springs city center
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Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo is a nonprofit 56-acre (230,000 m2) zoo located in Tampa, Florida. In 2004, Lowry Park Zoo was voted the #1 Family Friendly Zoo in the US by Child Magazine [2], and is recognized by the State of Florida as the center for Florida wildlife conservation and biodiversity (HB 457).
Tampa's Lowry Park Zoological Society, in agreement with the City of Tampa, operates Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable organization.
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#21 of 30 Things To Do in Tarpon Springs
Lake Seminole Park
Walsingham FL
~20.95 miles from Tarpon Springs city center
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Lake Seminole Park covers more than 250 acres and is centrally located to several communities, including St. Petersburg, Seminole, Largo, and Pinellas Park. It is located immediately adjacent Lake Seminole.
Facilities include: Thirteen picnic shelters (may be reserved 365 days per year, up to one year in advance.) A boat ramp with spaces for vehicles/ trailers. Grills, picnic tables, playground, water fountains, and restrooms. This park provides pleasant amenities for over one million visitors each year.
Features: Lake Seminole Park is a designated wildlife habitat and sanctuary. Raccoons, alligators, various waterfowl, hawks, bald eagles, black vultures, tortoises/turtles, snakes, etc. reside in this park, and provide many pleasant hours for nature enthusiasts and families. The park has a 2-mile multi-use trail (jogging, hiking, bicycling/rollerblading) that winds through a pine flatwoods. A 1-mile cut-off is available for those less vigorous. Lake Seminole affords hours of pleasure for boaters, jet skiers, water-skiing, fishing, etc. A softball field and volleyball courts are available on a first come, first served basis. Benches and swings are strategically situated for relaxing views of the several ponds and the lake. Weddings are popular at this park, especially in two locations that provide beautiful photo-ops for the wedding album--a wooden bridge near Shelter #2 at the front of the park, and at Shelter #5 which is built over a small pond.
Safety & protection for all: Pets and service dogs are welcome--must be on 6'
leash. An abundance of wildlife roam throughout the park; however, they are protected and may not be hunted, harassed, or fed. Additionally, it is illegal to remove, damage, or destroy plants. Swimming, intoxicants and firearms are prohibited in the park.
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#22 of 30 Things To Do in Tarpon Springs
Busch Gardens
Tampa FL
~21.76 miles from Tarpon Springs city center
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#23 of 30 Things To Do in Tarpon Springs
University of South Florida
Tampa FL
~21.89 miles from Tarpon Springs city center
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The University of South Florida, also known as USF, is a member institution of the State University System of Florida, one of the state's three flagship universities, and is a public research university located in Tampa, Florida, USA, with an autonomous campus in St. Petersburg, and branch centers in Sarasota and Lakeland. The main campus is located in North Tampa, near the City of Temple Terrace.
Founded in 1956, USF is the ninth-largest university in the nation and the third largest in the state of Florida, with a total enrollment of 47,122 as of the Fall 2009 semester.
USF is classified by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as engaging "very high research", and is also ranked first in the State of Florida for Research Funding. Furthermore, the university's proposal to create the Florida Center of Excellence for Biomolecular Identification and Target Therapeutics, an $8 million proposal, was ranked highest among all grant proposals considered by the Florida Technology, Research and Scholarship Board in 2006. The Princeton Review ranked the university among the "366 Best Colleges" in the United States. USF is also one of the nation's top centers for the advancement in research of treatments for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases.
The university lists five strategic priorities: student success, research and innovation, community engagement, global literacy and impact, and integrated, interdisciplinary inquiry.
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#24 of 30 Things To Do in Tarpon Springs
Adventure Island
4500 E. Bougainvillea Ave. Tampa FL - 1-888-800-5447
~21.90 miles from Tarpon Springs city center
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Adventure Island is a water park owned by Busch Gardens Amusements.
http://www.4adventure.com/Ai/default.aspx
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#25 of 30 Things To Do in Tarpon Springs
Hyde Park
Tampa FL
~22.14 miles from Tarpon Springs city center
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#26 of 30 Things To Do in Tarpon Springs
University of Tampa
Tampa FL
~22.33 miles from Tarpon Springs city center
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The University of Tampa, or UT, is a private, co-educational university in Downtown Tampa, Florida. It is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. In 2006, the University celebrated its 75th anniversary. UT offers over 100 undergraduate degree options, along with master's degree programs in business administration, accounting, finance, education, marketing, innovation management, and nursing. UT’s John H. Sykes College of Business is one of 45 schools that The Princeton Review has added to its annual best business schools guide in 2007. Selecting it for its 2007 edition of Best 282 Business Schools (Random House/Princeton Review Books).
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#27 of 30 Things To Do in Tarpon Springs
Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
Tampa FL
~22.35 miles from Tarpon Springs city center
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The David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts opened its doors as the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, Tampa, Florida in July 1987 and has welcomed more than 10 million guests. The venue was renamed in November 2009 to recognize the generous donation, the largest individual philanthropic gift ever made to a cultural institution in the Tampa Bay area, of financier David A. Straz, Jr.
The Straz Center is located downtown on a nine-acre site along the east bank of the Hillsborough River. As the largest performing arts complex south of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the 335,000 square-foot venue provides an environment for a variety of events. It has a leading Broadway series and produces grand opera, as well as presenting a variety of concerts, performances and events. 680,000 patrons attended 4,148 events during the 2007-2008 season.
In 2009, the Straz Center officially began a new program entitled the "Broadway Genesis Project," which intends to present the world premieres of musicals and plays which hopefully will move to Broadway. The first show staged as part of this series is Frank Wildhorn's newest musical, Wonderland: Alice's New Musical Adventure, which opened officially on December 5, following previews beginning November 24.
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#28 of 30 Things To Do in Tarpon Springs
Museum of Science and Industry
Tampa FL
~22.38 miles from Tarpon Springs city center
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The Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI) is a science museum in Tampa, Florida, USA. It is the location of Florida's only IMAX Dome Theatre.
MOSI was completed in 1980 and permanently opened to the public in 1982.
The Museum of Science & Industry was reaccredited in April 2008 by the American Association of Museums (AAM).
MOSI's funding stems from private donations and support from Hillsborough County and the City of Tampa.
The museum is located directly across the street from the University of South Florida which partners with the museum in many research fellowships.
Summer Science Camps. MOSI offers summer educational camps usually lasting from June through August. These camps range in various scientific topics from outdoor wild adventures to learning about sea creatures to creating animation. The camps are designed for students Pre-K through twelfth grade. MOSI's Summer Science Camp is the largest single-site science and technology camp in the United States.[citation needed] In addition to youth programs, MOSI also offers senior programs.
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#29 of 30 Things To Do in Tarpon Springs
Mosi Science Museum
Tampa FL
~22.46 miles from Tarpon Springs city center
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The Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI) is a science museum in Tampa, Florida, USA. It is the location of Florida's only IMAX Dome Theatre.
MOSI was completed in 1980 and permanently opened to the public in 1982.
The Museum of Science & Industry was reaccredited in April 2008 by the American Association of Museums (AAM).
MOSI's funding stems from private donations and support from Hillsborough County and the City of Tampa.
The museum is located directly across the street from the University of South Florida which partners with the museum in many research fellowships.
Summer Science Camps. MOSI offers summer educational camps usually lasting from June through August. These camps range in various scientific topics from outdoor wild adventures to learning about sea creatures to creating animation. The camps are designed for students Pre-K through twelfth grade. MOSI's Summer Science Camp is the largest single-site science and technology camp in the United States.[citation needed] In addition to youth programs, MOSI also offers senior programs.
The Kids in Charge! features several different learning skills to cover a number of scientific concepts. The four main exhibits, Activate, Investigate, Kids Create, and Fields to Meals are all found at Kids in Charge!.
The Kids in Charge! exhibit was headed by an advisory board consisting of 26 children. The Board included children between the ages of 10 and 17. The kids provided feedback and the innovative ideas for the exhibit.
Notable parts include the bed of nails and the tug of war exhibit. In the bed of nails, people are able to lie on the bed unharmed because the weight of the individual is evenly distributed over the nails. The tug-of-war attraction is a game of pulling of rope to one side, but the device that the rope is connected to acts as a lever, which causes one side to always be the winning side.
Sponsors continually contribute towards the various exhibits at MOSI. The cost of the Kids in Charge! exhibit was about three million dollars.
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#30 of 30 Things To Do in Tarpon Springs
North Redington Beach
Redington Shores FL
~22.49 miles from Tarpon Springs city center
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North Redington Beach is a town in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. The population was 1,474 at the 2000 census. As of 2004, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 1,526.
North Redington Beach is located at 27°49'15?N 82°49'22?W.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.6 km² (1.0 mi²). 0.8 km² (0.3 mi²) of it is land and 1.9 km² (0.7 mi²) of it (70.59%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,474 people, 804 households, and 463 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,897.0/km² (4,866.5/mi²). There were 1,372 housing units at an average density of 1,765.8/km² (4,529.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the town was 96.81% White, 0.27% African American, 0.27% Native American, 0.95% Asian, 0.20% Pacific Islander, 0.34% from other races, and 1.15% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.05% of the population.
There were 804 households out of which 8.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.9% were married couples living together, 4.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.3% were non-families. 35.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 21.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.83 and the average family size was 2.31.
In the town the population was spread out with 8.2% under the age of 18, 2.5% from 18 to 24, 18.0% from 25 to 44, 31.5% from 45 to 64, and 39.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 58 years. For every 100 females there were 84.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.6 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $46,196, and the median income for a family was $60,855. Males had a median income of $52,206 versus $35,114 for females. The per capita income for the town was $40,066. About 0.9% of families and 4.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under age 18 and 3.6% of those age 65 or over.
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