This would be an amazing place to bring kids, host events, lay out and relax, but, unfortunately, the upkeep is not up to par. Luckily, there's an abundance of natural beauty and the relatively close location near downtown gives this place some outstanding views of the city!! There's an est mile walk track, a baseball/soccer field, skatepark, kids park, pool, pier and community center. As stated before, mad potential, just needs some TLC 💪🏾

Quite a nice park on the edge of a lower rent neighborhood. Great big pool and very clean community center. Playground and tennis courts are well maintained too. Nice waterfront sidewalk and a pavilion out on a point of land.

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. My husband grew up in the area and would frequent often. We will definitely be going again. :)

Very nice park. Clean, kid friendly, with plenty of fun activities for the whole family to enjoy.

Desoto Park is so family oriented. There's always space for a picnic, swimming, skateboarding, skating, walking your dog, walking, spending time with your significant other. It's the perfect place for a birthday party in the park with big shady trees. I highly recommend it.

Spacious, City of Tampa Employee L. Jones & other worker; I'm sorry didn't remember his name (where practically at everyone beck & call). Handled situation N ladies room; all us Seniors over 55 years old (bladder Control problems) I don't know how much Disinfection/Bleach they had, believe me they USED. I did a small POLL [NOT A 1 attendee has anything NEG 2 report/NO signs/symptoms COVID19. I wanna hold my 61st Birthday Celebration N this Park.

football camp,basketball,ramps for skateboards, have also playpark with seats and grills.have a good walk around the middle of tampa or try the swimmingpool with mckay bay view.....if you have never seen this park...try it you will be satisfied

Love this park! Not super busy so easy to walk my babydogs. Great path around entire park. There's a Waterpark, skateboard area, soccer field, basketball court, playground and WATER. So peaceful!

Great place to have a good walk , pets are allowed too , one full round around the park could be one mile

It was windy but still enjoyable. Sometimes you can see dolphins nearby. Pretty good place to fish.

Enjoyed this park for the first time today. Clean and fun environment. Grills available for public use. Nice play ground. Visitor center is a nice touch.

Decent walkways, but no access to water because the park is built over the walls. Sunset is alright as well. The view is calming in spite of the port.

The park is really nice and not too crowded. There is a pier and a splash pad as well. Then it's a beautiful view of the bay

Nice park with children's play area and a swimming pool. We went in October and the pool was closed. Not sure about the day and time when it will be open. Parking is sufficient for the park space. It's limited.

Nice, peaceful park with a beautiful view of the water. The restroom was dirty and there was no toilet paper but otherwise it's a great park and there's a pool as well.

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 A NEW COACH ✅

Very clean, quiet, peaceful, and I love the view. Great place to come and relax and enjoy a nice breeze... 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

Very peaceful park. You can walk, you can view water, there's a soccer field, skate park. Basketball court. Water splash park. Nice

Went there to fish and let the kids play in the pool. The pool isn't open yet, and there's a sign that says no fishing. An update on Google would've prevented the wasted time. Definitely going back to try again soon

Nice scene. Quite park, not over crowed. but mostly, what i would like you to see is the pier away at night, when the bay is at high tide. But do keep in mind the lighting is low in the area but the view is beautiful.

Love this spot! It’s great for quick learning to fish. Always a table to sit and eat. Great view of the bay!

It's a nice park to go and hang out with friends has 2 basket ball courts has a playground and swings for kids and has a big open field to either play Baseball, Football, or Soccer. I tend to always go here to have a get together with family and friends. Definitely recommend. They also have a small pier that it's nice to take a walk on and see the ocean.

Cute little park and has a skatepark too. It’s not much water but it’s still a pretty view.

Took my toddler to the play ground on weekday and it was pretty quiet, very shady and nice environment.