Culbreath is a group of four South Tampa neighborhoods on the west side of the Interbay Peninsula, between Beach Park to the north and Sunset Park to the south, just below the Westshore business district and about 6 miles by road from downtown Tampa. Culbreath Isles is a gated, canal-front neighborhood on Old Tampa Bay. The other three, Culbreath Bayou, Culbreath Heights and Stoney Point, sit inland on oak-shaded streets. The sections share a name, Col. Harry Culbreath, who bought land along the bay after the Civil War, but each has its own layout and housing.
Culbreath Isles: canal-front homes on Old Tampa Bay
Culbreath Isles is the one part of Culbreath on the water. Platted in the early 1960s around canals dredged from the bay's shoreline and shallows, it is a gated, deed-restricted neighborhood of bayfront and canal-front lots. Many homes have private docks with boat access to Old Tampa Bay. The streets in this part of Culbreath include Culbreath Isles Drive and Road, along with Bahamian place names such as Andros Drive, Lyford Cay Road and New Providence Avenue.
Culbreath Bayou, Culbreath Heights and Stoney Point
Despite its name, Culbreath Bayou is an inland neighborhood, bounded by streets on every side. Development began there in 1959 on curving, oak-shaded streets such as Suffolk Drive and Druid Lane, where mid-century ranch homes now stand beside newer custom construction. Culbreath Heights, also inland, was built out from the mid-1950s through the late 1960s. Stoney Point, recorded under its own county plats rather than as a city neighborhood, completes the page. Together these sections give Culbreath a mix of original ranch homes, renovations and new custom houses, with waterfront living concentrated in the Isles.
Parks, shopping and getting around near Culbreath
Butterfly Glade Park, a half-acre city park that opened in April 2026 with play structures and a butterfly garden, is a few blocks south on West Shore Boulevard in Sunset Park. Cypress Point Park is about 2 miles north. It has a white-sand beach on Tampa Bay, shaded trails, disc golf, a playground and stand-up paddleboard rentals. The Westshore business district starts just to the north, with WestShore Plaza about 1.5 miles away and International Plaza and Bay Street about 2.5 miles away. West Shore Boulevard, Henderson Boulevard and Manhattan Avenue all pass through the area. Tampa International Airport is about 4 miles by road and downtown Tampa about 6. West Shore Boulevard also runs south to Gandy Boulevard and the Gandy Bridge to St. Petersburg.
