Desoto Park — Attraction in Tampa

If I could put ZERO starts I would this is my neighbor hood park and I took both of my sons out of the Recreation program at Desoto park because COACH MICHELE is always discriminating and ALWAYS has a problem with my kids and just today told my boys they can’t play baseball or play with the kids signed up to the park MIND YOU ITS A PUBLIC park ! This is why I took my kids out of Desoto park and I refuse to spend my money at my neighborhood PUBLIC park for sports when I can sign them up to programs that WILL ACCEPT them !!!!! I was also stop buying y’all family rec card for the city of Tampa that we use in the summer for the pool cause YALL POOL ALWAYS CLOSED IN THE ONLY TWO MONTHS YALL OPEN IT ANYWAYS!!!!!! I would LOVE for my kids to be a park of the neighborhood park AS SOON AS THEY GET...

My family and I visited this park last night, around 8 or so. It's definitely very spacious and mainly well kept!

They offer a rec center, a playground, a skate park, a basketball court, a swimming pool and various water activities, and even a canopy type place by the water with benches.

We hung out for about an hour or so that way our daughter could tire herself out. We sat under the canopy and watched the lightning in the distance - lighting up the night sky. We took a brisk walk on the trail and then let our girl play on the playground while we listened to the group of guys play a game of basketball.

I grew up in the area and would frequent often. We will definitely be...

This is a sizable park right near Mckay Bay. It has outdoor exercise equipment arranged for circuit training, a large playset for kids, a pool, multiple basketball courts, and a skate park with half pipes, etc... The basketball court is the busiest. Always people there shooting hoops. Skate park is less busy,. But there are usually kids there skating. The playground (for kids under 8) is never really busy. You might have to share it with 3-4 other kids, but there's plenty to go around. The circuit training equipment is always available. There is a pier also, which juts out into the bay, complete with gazebo and benches. Great place to...