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Manager's Message

Alert! Please excuse any inconvenience but our beach is temporarily closed for swimming due to a high bacteria count. We will re-open as soon as possible
Greetings everyone! Lake Manatee is a great place to bring your family and friends to have fun and relax. Enjoy hiking, plant identification, bird watching, playing horseshoes,fishing, volleyball, sitting in the shade next to the Lake and or have a picnic.
Loop 1 camping sites 1-30 will be closed for maintenance through November 25th 2008. For your enjoyment we are opening these sites up for a four day weekend during Labor Day. Reserve America will help you with your reservations at 1-800-326-3521 or www.ReserveAmerica.com

- Curt Wolbert, Park Manager

Welcome to Lake Manatee State Park

This park extends along three miles of the south shore of Lake Manatee, which serves as a water reservoir for Manatee and Sarasota counties. The rest of the park is primarily pine flatwoods and sand pine scrub with some depression marshes and hardwood forests. A boat ramp provides easy access to the lake; boat motors must be less than 20 horsepower. Canoeing and kayaking are also popular activities. The lake offers excellent freshwater fishing, and anglers can fish from their boats or from the park's fishing dock. Swimming is permitted in a designated area of Lake Manatee; a facility with showers is located nearby. A large picnic area is nestled in a sand pine scrub area near the lake. A picnic pavilion may be reserved for a fee. Campers can enjoy full-facility camping, just a short walk from the lake. Located 15 miles east of Bradenton on State Road 64.

Contact the Florida Park Service Information Center for general inquiries.
For Information about Lake Manatee State Park, please call 941-741-3028.

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