Located in the city of St. Petersburg, Egmont Key State Park has a two-mile-long, wide, and remote beach situated on the island of Egmont Key at the mouth of Tampa Bay. Spread across 328 acres, Egmont Key is a part of Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge which is home to many birds and animals including box turtles, gopher tortoises, dolphins, manatees, hummingbirds, white ibis, osprey, and brown pelicans. The southern end of Egmont Key is a nesting area of a colony of laughing gulls, but is closed to the public. Egmont Key State Park features a historic lighthouse named Egmont Key Lighthouse that was built in 1858 and the ruins of Fort Dade – a Spanish-American War era fort.
