Florida

In 2004, TPL conveyed the historic Broward House to the National Park System as an addition to the Timucuan Trail State and National Parks, where it will serve as a gateway to historic Fort George Island and the parks.

TPL works to conserve land to create new parks in areas that are park deficient, expand established parks, and obtain private in-holdings in existing parks to make them whole.

Over the years, The Trust for Public Land has added 48,000 acres to Everglades National Park, permanently safeguarding critical habitat area from development.

The Trust for Public Land purchased this park land for downtown Tampa in 1999, the first site acquired as part of the city's plan to integrate its waterfront parks into a connected system.

This is the first of five new parks intended to compensate communities for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill’s economic and environmental effects.

Using funds from the Florida's Conservation and Recreation Lands (CARL) program, TPL saved this historic landmark from development as a private yacht club.

From iconic theme parks to historic homes of Florida's founding fathers, TPL works with communities to protect these extraordinary places.

The Trust for Public Land is partnering with the Miami-Dade Parks and Recreation Department to build new Fitness Zone® installations in West Perrine Park, Oak Grove Park, Leisure Lakes Park, and Martin Luther King Park.

In 2002, TPL purchased two vacant lots adjacent to a YWCA for the first new community designed playground, which the YWCA will maintain and operate under lease from Miami-Dade County.

In 2005, TPL purchased a two-mile corridor from CSX Transportation, Inc. that brought the Pinellas Trail into downtown St. Petersburg, creating a safe, convenient route for bicyclists and pedestrians to travel in and out of downtown.

Residents of Florida's Baker County have long wanted improved access to the St. Mary's, one of Florida's cleanest rivers. So when a 1,600-acre riverfront property came on the market and was eyed by developers, Baker County asked TPL to help secure the land for a public park.

Located on Sugarloaf Key, the Sammy family's 2-acre property was home for decades to a small fishing camp and marina, and later, a filming location for the movie Miami Vice.

In Florida and across the country, TPL works together with CSX Railroad to turn abandoned rail beds into trails for walking, biking, skate boarding, and other outdoor activities.

Owned and managed by the City of Dunedin, Weaver Park opened to the public in 2011. TPL helped save this property, which features more than 12 acres of undeveloped coastal vista—some of the last in Dunedin—and serves one of the country's most densely populated counties.