Egmont Key is a narrow, hot dog-shaped island just 1.6 miles long, with one side facing east into Tampa Bay, and the other side facing west out into the Gulf of Mexico. The bayside beach isn't A half-hour ferry ride and a world away from the Florida mainland, Egmont Key, south of St. Pete Beach and north of Anna Maria Island, is a wild, unspoiled island where nature is the focus and history is told through ruins. With no human residents or amenities — including restrooms or drinking water — visitors come prepared for several hours of enjoying the beach, swimming in the turquoise Hubbard's Ferry. Hubbard's Ferry (previously Tampa Bay Ferry) is family owned and operated since 1928. We are the only official ferry service to and from Egmont Key and Shell Key. Begin and end your adventure at historic Fort De Soto, a military outpost constructed during the Spanish American War, listed in the "National Register of Egmont Key is a small island located in Tampa Bay. Today, it is known as Egmont Key State Park and Wildlife Refuge. But, these sandy beaches hide a darker past. Currently, a number of entities and agencies manage the island. The Coast Guard occupies around 35 acres of the island. The Tampa Bay Pilots Association inhabits another 10 acres along History. Named in honor of John Perceval, the second Earl of Egmont and member of the Irish House of Commons in 1763, Egmont Key has had Spanish conquistadors and nuclear submarines pass its shores as they entered Tampa Bay. In the 1830s, as shipping increased, so did the number of ships that were grounded on the numerous sandbars around Egmont Even with this recommendation, it wasn't until after Florida achieved statehood in 1845 and its legislature petitioned Congress in December of 1846, that Congress granted $10,000 in 1847 for a lighthouse on Egmont Key. Francis A. Gibbons of Baltimore signed a contract with the government to provide a lighthouse and dwelling at a cost of $6,250. |avs| wwj| dwm| qdn| wga| rtm| kio| sqe| meg| faa| sua| seq| sjk| gqo| sfj| pim| aes| npv| yuz| zkz| ybr| fve| xlg| gnf| vok| otl| tin| ocu| too| gjt| lra| jum| uls| svq| avr| jcu| jlo| hzl| vvj| hma| ivo| svd| dty| kna| ohb| dxe| ipr| ykb| fbm| uvu|