• Hillsborough River State Park, opened in the 1930s, with Class II rapids, a suspension bridge, and structures built by the Civilian Conservation Corps
  • Lake Thonotosassa, about 839 acres, ringed by Fort King Highway, Thonotosassa Road, McIntosh Road, and Knights-Griffin Road
  • The Lower Hillsborough Wilderness Preserve, about 16,000 acres with more than 60 miles of trails along 13 miles of river
  • Flatwoods Conservation Park's seven-mile paved loop and off-road bike trails, entered from Morris Bridge Road
  • Linked to Tampa in 1893 by the 13-mile Tampa and Thonotosassa Railroad