The largest park within the Pinellas County Park System, Fort DeSoto Park consists of 1,136 acres spread across five interconnected islands.
For the second time in three years, Fort DeSoto Park has been named America's Top Beach. In 2008, it was named America’s Top Beach by TripAdvisor, the world's largest online travel community. In 2005, it ranked number one on Dr. Stephen P. Leatherman's, a.k.a. “Dr. Beach," annual best-beach-in-the-nation list. The award-winning park features seven miles of beach that makes you feel like you are a million miles away from the rest of the world.