Extending for three miles along the south shore of beautiful Lake Manatee, Lake Manatee State Park is a 556-acre State Park that is situated 15 miles east of Bradenton that offers excellent freshwater fishing, boating, canoeing and kayaking, swimming, and sunbathing, hiking, and picnicking. Created when a dam was built across the Manatee River in the mid-1960s, Lake Manatee State Park is a welcoming outdoor space that offers a variety of activities and attractions for the whole family to enjoy. The park’s natural habitats are made up mainly of sand pine scrub and pine Flatwoods, with some hardwood forests and depression marshes, and boasts full camping facilities a short walk from the lake and a pretty picnic pavilion. A lakeshore beach is ideal for sunbathing and swimming, and there are modern restrooms with showers located near the beach.

20007 E State Road 64, Bradenton, FL 34212, Phone: 941-741-3028

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