The "Sunrise Side" of Chesapeake Point. We are very pleased that we can rent our mobile homes to you here in this gorgeous setting and friendly community close to so many vacation options.
Chesapeake Point is situated on a beautiful 6.5 acre peninsula surrounded on three sides by the waters which lead to the Gulf of Mexico. Here is a link to a fantastic slide show by one of our Coop Members Matt who I believe shot the photos from a plane he was flying over the park.
It is in many ways truly a park. There is abundant birdlife here and the fishing is excellent. There are often manatee moving lazily by and dolphin herding schools of fish against the seawall to feed. Over the past several months I have enjoyed watched large dolphin swimming and hunting right along the seawall.
Several of our family members have had exciting manatee encounters while out kayaking in the area around Chesapeake Point Park and Spring Bayou which surrounds the City of Tarpon Springs. We recommend our rentals to any avid sea kayakers.
A healthy walk or bike ride from Chesapeake Point will bring you to Howard Park which is pictured below. Since there is a half mile long causway between the picnic and camping areas and the beach, we usually drive there and spend the day. The beach itself is a superb white sand beach for fishing, walking, sunbathing, swimming and just about any outdoor activity on the water including windsurfing and sea kayaking.
Chesapeake Point Park is an "Over 55" Mobile Home Cooperative located on Florida's Gulf Coast in Tarpon Springs, Florida. A small organized group of about 40 of us purchased the almost 7 acre peninsula. We consider it to be our own little slice of waterfront paradise far removed from the maddening crowds. There are now 50 owners and about a dozen of us have decided to rent our places out seasonally. If you drive through this part of the West Coast, you will quickly notice that our little "island" is tucked back off the main drag, is private and quiet, and is quite obviously the most beautiful undeveloped property for miles around. A newly built seawall surrounds the Park and we often walk around it and see dolphins, manatee (in the Winter) and fish and birds of all kinds. At dusk, we watch the birds fly in to the surrounding mangrove islands to roost for the night. The wildlife that surrounds us and just the shear beauty of the Park often takes our breath away.
There are a number of new boat slips and the Park is working to have more installed. We are first in line for one of the new slips, and we cannot wait to park our boat there and head out into the Gulf (it is only a short ride out to open water)! We often reflect on how lucky we are to own what I feel is a piece of old Florida or at least the Florida I knew as a kid. If you look to the left at the aerial photograph, you can see that there are two pieces of waterfront property at the front of the peninsula that the Park also owns and are vacant and form almost a natural boundry and gateway into the Park. You can also see a small City owned Park that is the tree covered strip down the middle. This helps add to the feeling that we are a little world unto ourselves.
Chesapeake Park is less than 30 miles from Tampa International Airport and all the exciting vacation and entertainment activities that Tampa has to offer. And, the City of St. Petersburg is even closer to you than Tampa.
We are also within walking distance or a short drive of many of Florida's most beautiful State Parks such as Howard Park, Anderson Park, Anclote Key Park, and the breathtaking Ft. De Soto rated America's #1 Beach.
There are many other places you can visit while vacationing in Tarpon Springs along Florida's Gulf Coast. You are within reasonable driving distance to Walt Disney World, and Epcot, and SeaWorld.
Tarpon Springs is famous for its Greek community and long history of sponge diving. There are charming Greek shops and restaurants along the water right along Tarpon Springs Sponge Docks and the sponge diving continues to this day. You can still see the boats such as the one below coming into the docks loaded with sponges.
Every year in January Tarpon Springs hosts the holy Epiphany Celebration and devoted followers as well as tourists come from around the world to participate in the largest Epiphany celebration in the country, complete with a big Greek street party with live Greek music and dancing, the Diving for the Cross and Blessing of the Fleet rituals and lots of authentic Greek pastries and other delicacies.
