Tampa Hike Maps, Waypoints, Summary
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TAMPA HISTORIC HIKE SATELLITE VIEW OF HIKE YBOR CITY SECTION CONTINUES ON NEXT PAGE 2 TAMPA HISTORIC HIKE CONTINUED FROM SATELLITE VIEW OF HIKE PREVIOUS PAGE DOWNTOWN TAMPA SECTION 3 TAMPA HISTORIC HIKE Directions to next waypoint: Stanley Cup in the 2003-2004 season. WAYPOINT 1 Just outside the museum is Hero’s Plaza. Look around there and then walk to the The land here was previously a park A DAY AT THE MUSEUM four arch dome by the water. This is a called Rex Beach Park, until the 1960s. Park by the Tampa History Museum. Seminole War tribute. Then, walk to the Additional Parking is available at the right (west) until you see a small white Challenge title South Regional Parking Garage by the pier. Thunder Struck Tampa Bay Times Forum, Channelside and the Aquarium. Walk to the History GPS to Next Waypoint: 27°56’27.87”N Challenge description Museum. 82°27’7.62”W 1. In the courtyard, who is the statue of The Tampa Bay History Center is a (he’s holding a hockey stick)? state of the art museum built in 2009. It ____________________________ houses many exhibits that highlight the WAYPOINT 2 history of the Tampa Bay Area. Features Directions to next waypoint include: Native American artifacts, sports HARBOR ISLAND Head toward Channelside Drive, take memorabilia, cigars, immigrant history, Across the water you will see Harbor a left (west). At Franklin Street, take war history, cattle drive stories, local Island. Harbor Island was originally a a right (north). Under the Crosstown pioneer stories and tales of explorers. The small natural island that was built up Expressway, look out for a marker about museum is highly recommended and will to become a port facility in the 1900s. the Tocobaga Indian Mound. Head two provide perspective as you walk the rest of It had a rail yard with a large swinging blocks north to Whiting Street and take the hike. drawbridge and phosphate elevators. a left (west). At the end of whiting In 1979, the land was purchased from street, you’ll see a small park. The Winds of Change movie is not a the Seaboard Coast Line and was necessary watch and can be skipped. redeveloped for residential, office and GPS to next waypoint However, the Coacoochee movie retail purposes. If you look to the left, the 27°56’42.08”N 82°27’30.79”W was amazing! It was a great technical small bridge you see replaced what used presentation and also had balanced views. to be a large swinging rail bridge. Before WAYPOINT 4 Everything on the first and 2nd floors the 1980’s, the island looked like a rusted shipwreck. is worth seeing. The third floor is for MacDILL PARK traveling exhibits; so in most cases, the Directions to next waypoint RIVERFRONT exhibits featured there will not be relevant This park has many signs that cover the to Tampa history. Head north towards the Tampa Bay Times Forum and the large lightning bolt out founding and history of MacDill Air Force Base and its contributions to Tampa. GPS Start Point: front. Go to the left of the tunnel that runs under walkway. 27°56’31.25”N 82°27’0.93”W During the early days of Tampa this area was used as a wharf for small boats and Challenge title GPS to next waypoint 27°56’34.43”N 82°27’9.62”W businesses. An early business of note History Detectives was the Oyster Saloon. In 1837, the saloon was the location of the first cigar rolled in Challenge description WAYPOINT 3 Tampa. Answer these questions from the exhibits: LIGHTNING STRIKE Challenge title This venue opened in 1996 and has since CentCom 1. What Native American tribe lived been used for basketball, arena football, in Florida when Florida became a concerts, civic events and of course, Challenge description state?_______________________ hockey. Many people are surprised that 1. When did MacDill AFB open? 2. What ethnic group was Florida has a hockey franchise. In the late _________ instrumental in Tampa’s cigar 1980s the NHL announced an expansion 2. What three New Deal program items industry?____________________ into the South. Tampa got its team in were built in Tampa besides MacDill? 3. What is the name of the fort that used 1992, followed by the Mighty Ducks in ____________________________ to be located in downtown Tampa? Anaheim, and the Florida Panthers in ____________________________ ____________________________ South Florida. The Lightning won the ____________________________ TAMPA HISTORIC HIKE 3 Directions to next waypoint impressive. Challenge description Head north of the park on Ashley street. 1. The gold statue in front of the Circuit At Jackson Street, go right two blocks. At GPS to next waypoint Court has an inscription in Latin - what Franklin Street you will see two markers to 27°56’56.27”N 82°27’18.96”W does it mean in English? the right (south) in Poe Park. After looking ____________________________ at these two markers, head north on Franklin one block. At Kennedy, City Hall WAYPOINT 6 Directions to next waypoint Plaza is to the right. PARK AND COURTHOUSE Head toward the courthouse and turn left onto the next street. At Twiggs St. turn Joe Chillura Courthouse Square opened GPS to next waypoint right (east) until the road is about to go in 2000. It has many historical signs 27°56’51.35”N 82°27’25.73”W under the Crosstown Expressway. To the incorporated into its history walk. The Northeast, you will see a brick building signs are informative; but, are not that called Union Station. Go into that building. WAYPOINT 5 interesting and can be skipped. Walk along the Kennedy side and then see GPS to next waypoint CITY HALL the sign in the ESE corner. It includes 27°57’7.81”N 82°27’3.25”W Just before City Hall is the Tampa City information about the dome in the Hall Plaza. It has two markers - you park, inspired by the old 1982 county should read the Rough Riders one. This courthouse. WAYPOINT 7 location provides a nice view of City Hall. Hillsborough county was formed in TRAIN STATION 1834 and was named for Wills Hill, Tampa’s Union Station was how Built in 1915, City Hall itself is one of a Lord Hillsborough. He is famous for most people arrived to Tampa before few examples of Art Deco architecture commissioning an early survey of the interstate highway system. This popular in the Tampa area. It is closed Florida. After you have seen the square, building was built in 1912 in the Italian on weekends and there is not much to if you look to the east you will see the Renaissance revival style. The station see inside. The clock on the top of the Hillsborough County Courthouse, built combined the operations of three building includes the name “Hortense” in 1952. This structure was built on the separate lines that operated in Tampa. As and it weighs 2,840 pounds. home of William Hooker - the Florida train travel declined, the building began ‘Cattle King’ of the late 1800s. The home to decay due to a lack of maintenance. Challenge title was later turned into a hotel. To the right In 1984, it closed and passengers used City Hall is a Confederate Soldiers memorial, a portable building for ticketing and dedicated in 1911. To the left, you will a waiting room. Restoration of the Challenge description notice that it includes a war memorial structure was completed in 1998 and Look above the doors for the stone seal for WWI, WWII, and the Korean War. again serves as the rail station for Tampa. to answer the following questions: Behind that is a very unique temple to 1. When was Tampa organized? cisterns. Challenge title _________ Trains 2. What is the name under the ship? To the north and one block east on ____________________________ Twiggs Street is the George E. Edgecomb Challenge description Court House, which houses the Florida 1. How many track markers remain? Directions to next waypoint State Circuit Court 13th Circuit for ____________ From City Hall, cross to the other side Hillsborough County. This is a branch 2. What train line still operates here? of Kennedy Avenue and head right (east). of the Florida State Court system and __________________ Head three blocks until you see a park on hears cases not handled by county your left. Then, head to the cupola (dome- courts. Cases are those over $15,000 in Directions to next waypoint like shaped building). Along the way is the contention, felonies, property titles and From the train station head back on Masonic Lodge, which was built in 1928 to appeals from county courts. It has a large Twiggs St. Once you see an orange roofed house one of Tampa’s oldest organizations, bronzed tribute statue out front. church, head through the parking lot to the Freemasons, founded in 1850. Next the front of the church on Madison St. door is the Scottish Rite building, built in Challenge title 1921. As you walk past the Scottish Rite All That Shines GPS to next waypoint building, check out the side - it’s pretty 27°56’57.06”N 82°27’23.91”W TAMPA HISTORIC HIKE 4 Office and US Federal Courthouse, built in a left (west). At the next block head WAYPOINT 8 1902. south on Franklin St. (Directions for spur: PlacES OF WORSHIP continue north and turn right on Harrison Just past the Courthouse and to the St until you see a red brick church.