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.

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 fseed. 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. We usually drive to the causway between the picnic and camping areas and the beach, and spend the day. That way we can just pull what we need out of the trunk of the car. The water along the causeway is great for wading, fishing, walking, and just about any outdoor activity on the water including windsurfing and sea kayaking along the new kayak trail. The beach is also beautiful though there is currently no access to it while the bridges along the causeway are being rebuilt with an expected completion date of late 2008. And, nearby Sunset Beach is also a great place to wade, sunbath, read, fish, watch the kiteboarders and of course watch the sunset at the end of the day.

We also love the quick access to many other local Parks and beaches namely Honeymoon and Caladesi Islands as well as Anclote River Park and a number of parks that are within a 1 to 2 hour drive of Tarpon Springs. You will find more detail on these places on our Links page.

We also recommend that at some point in your stay you get out on the water! Whether take a tour with our local kayak guides at SimplyKayaking, take a SunLine Cruise from the Sponge Docks or rent a boat, the beautiful blue-green Gulf of Mexico is only a short boat ride from the bayous of Tarpon Springs.

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.

Few people realize that mobile home rentals are a bargain! Our rentals range from $33 per day to $56 per day depending upon the size of the unit and what part of the season you are renting in. And, that cost includes all of the utilites, cable tv, and many other ammenities down to the cookware and linens! Now, these little units are not the Ritz Carlton but they are cute, clean, well appointed and maintained and located in a quiet waterfront community in one of the prettiest locations along the Gulf Coast. The residents here are friendly, the atmosphere relaxing and the fishing is outstanding.

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 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 Honeymoon Island, Caladesi Island rated America's #1 Beach, Fred Howard Park, Anderson Park, Anclote Key Park, and the breathtaking Ft. De Soto .

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.