West Central Florida
West Central Florida is in the state of Florida in the United States. It includes Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk and Sumter counties.
Regions
- Citrus County
- Hernando County
- Hillsborough County
- Pasco County
- Pinellas County
- Polk County
- Sumter County
Cities
- Bartow
- Brandon
- Brooksville
- Bushnell
- Clearwater
- Crystal River
- Dover
- Fort Meade
- Haines City
- Inverness
- Lakeland
- Odessa
- Palm Harbor
- Plant City
- Polk City
- Port Richey
- Riverview
- Saint Petersburg
- St. Pete Beach
- Tampa - the largest city in West Central Florida.
- Tarpon Springs
- Wildwood
- Winter Haven
- Zephyrhills
Get in
By plane
The largest airport in the region is Tampa International Airport (IATA: TPA) on the western side of Tampa. TIA serves dozens of destinations, with daily flights to most major cities in the US and almost every major airline hub. The Tampa-Atlanta route carries the most passengers of any route with nearly 3 times as many passengers as the second largest destination Charlotte. The largest airlines in/out of TIA are American, Delta, and Southwest.
Directly across the bay and just 10 miles from TIA is St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport (IATA: PIE), which served mostly by budget airlines and used for private aviation. It is a hub for Allegiant Air which flies to about two dozen small airports throughout the Midwest & Northeast. As of February 2011, it is also served by: Frontier Airlines to Milwaukee & Omaha (both seasonal); Air Transat to Halifax & Toronto (both seasonal); Sunwing Airlines to Toronto; Vision Air to Gulfport-Biloxi; & Locair to Marsh Harbour & Treasure Cay.
Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport (IATA: SRQ) is located between Sarasota and Bradenton and is served by American, Delta, JetBlue, and United. About half of the routes are seasonal.
See
State parks
- Crystal River Archaeological State Park, 3400 N. Museum Point, ☎ +1 352 795-3817. 8AM to sundown. A National Historic Landmark. Next to the Crystal River Preserve State Park.
- Crystal River Preserve State Park, 3266 N. Sailboat Avenue, ☎ +1 352 563-0450. 8AM to sundown. Next to the Crystal River Archaeological State Park
- Dade Battlefield Historic State Park, 7200 CR 603, Bushnell, ☎ +1 352 793-4781. 8AM to sundown.