Lake Seminole Park
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| name = Lake Seminole Park
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| type = Municipal
| location = Seminole, Florida
| coords = 27.83951, -82.77413
| area = 250 acres
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| operator = Pinellas County
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| status = Open year-round
| open = Everyday from dawn to 17:30
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File:Lake Seminole Park Walkway.jpg
Lake Seminole Park is a 250-acre municipal park located on the shores of Lake Seminole in Pinellas County, Florida, and serves as a designated wildlife sanctuary.{{cite web|url=http://www.pinellascounty.org/park/08_seminole.htm|title=Lake Seminole Park|website=Pinellas County Florida|accessdate=2018-06-25}} It is home to biking and walking trails, which include a main two-mile-long paved trail, with a 1-mile cutoff option.{{Cite web |title=Walking Club - Exploring Lake Seminole |url=https://www.abcactionnews.com/community/walking-club/walking-club-exploring-lake-seminole-park |access-date=2022-03-04}} There are multiple small paths that are about half a mile long that go around a pond and a playground.
Wildlife
The park's wildlife consists of alligators, bald eagles, black vultures, roseate spoonbills, osprey, tiger swallowtail, pickerelweed, river otters, and green tree frogs.
Amenities
Lake Seminole Park offers 13 picnic shelters that can be reserved online, a ball field and two playgrounds. Since there is a boat ramp people are able to go fishing in the lakes. The most important fishing species in the lakes are bass, crappie, bream, shellcraker, catfish, gar, and carp.
There is a recycling collection unit in the park, which is location 29, in Pinellas County.[http://www.pinellascounty.org/solidwaste/recycling-directory/pdf/recycling_directory.pdf Pinellas County Recycling Guide 2019]
The park is also designed for people with wheelchairs, by making the park wheelchair accessible.
Gallery
File:Lake Seminole Park Scenery.jpg|A lake that can be seen from the trail
File:Invasive Plant Redution In Progress Sign.jpg|Invasive plant reduction in progress sign at Lake Seminole Park
File:Invasive Tree Marked For Removal.jpg|Invasive tree marked for removal
References
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