A picture perfect park in Tarpon Springs right on the Gulf of Mexico. If you want to take the kids to a shaded park with a great playground but you were also thinking of the beach - you can have the best of both worlds here at Fred Howard Park. As you pull into this 155 acre park the first thing you'll notice are the stately oak trees that provide shade. Your kids will go nuts as you pass the playground a little ways up on the right. If you keep driving through the park you'll come to a mile long causeway that leads to an small island with a white sandy beach. Perfect memories of perfect days are made here.