TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 Florida state parks are offering free admission during the Presidents’ Day weekend, as part of the state’s commemoration of America’s 250th anniversary.<\/p>\n
State officials announced the parks are free to enjoy from Friday, Feb. 13 to Monday, Feb. 16 ,\u00a0which is the official Presidents’ Day holiday, also known as George Washington’s birthday.<\/p>\n
“As the nation begins commemorating America\u2019s 250th anniversary, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) invites residents and visitors to explore the places where history unfolded,” state officials wrote in a news release. “Florida\u2019s state parks are more than destinations for outdoor recreation. They are living connections to the people, places, and events that helped define America long before it became a nation.”<\/p>\n
Free admission applies to day-use only. All other fees, such as overnight accommodations, special events, concessions and rentals from park vendors, will remain in effect.\u202f\u202f<\/p>\n
If you’d like to take advantage of the free admissions, here’s a list of state parks to check out in the Tampa Bay area:<\/p>\n
Florida Department of Environmental Protection officials stated that the Skyway Fishing Pier State Park is not included in parks offering free admission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 Florida state parks are offering free admission during the Presidents’ Day weekend, as part of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149064,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-149063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149063\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}