Honeymoon Island State Park

Honeymoon Island State Park
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
View of the Gulf of Mexico from the shoreline
Map showing the location of Honeymoon Island State Park
Map showing the location of Honeymoon Island State Park
Map showing the location of Honeymoon Island State Park
Map showing the location of Honeymoon Island State Park
LocationPinellas County, Florida, USA
Nearest cityDunedin, Florida
Coordinates28°04′08″N 82°49′52″W / 28.06889°N 82.83111°W / 28.06889; -82.83111
Area2,785 acres (11.27 km2)
Governing bodyFlorida Department of Environmental Protection

Honeymoon Island State Park is a Florida State Park located on Honeymoon Island, a barrier island across St. Joseph Sound from Dunedin, Palm Harbor, Ozona, and Crystal Beach. The park is 385 acres (1.6 km2) in land area with 2,400 acres (10 km2) submerged and 4 miles (6 km) of beach. It lies at the western end of Causeway Boulevard, which becomes Curlew Road east of Alternate US 19. Its address is 1 Causeway Blvd. Consistently receiving more than one million visitors each year, it is the most-visited state park in Florida.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Top 25 Most Visited State Parks in Florida". WJHG-TV. January 25, 2011. Archived from the original on October 18, 2014. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
  2. ^ "Honeymoon Island is Florida's most popular state park, again". Tampa Bay Times. July 3, 2014. Archived from the original on May 31, 2016. Retrieved April 8, 2017.