Havent done the new ropes course or the Frisbee golf but I love the kayak/canoe experience. The water is always nice and cold and the paths you can take are just beautiful. Best place for USF Students to be on the weekends!

A nice little canoe spot but you do have to have a U-number to rent a canoe. Only $10 per canoe and thats for 2 hours. We only encountered one other group while out and it was very quiet once away from the road. We saw many birds but no alligators for us unfortunately!

Really a beautiful place to spend time kayaking and walking around. Park closes at 5 but they stop sending out boats by 3:30 if you want to go kayaking make sure you be there before that. You can easily spend 2 hours on water enjoying the nature

Great course with some tighter lines in wooded area on back 9. Currently water is high covering holes 3,4,5

One of the best place for adventures during the adventure week of USF .Look out for events such as wall climbing, adventure course .A really great place for Kayaking with peers.Watch out for some buddies 🐊

Go to this park! Especially if youre a USF student. Cheapest kayaking anywhere. And Adventure Ropes!

Decently maintained park. Home to a full 18 hole disc golf course. Disc rentals are available at the boat house. Park tends to flood at the river during the rainy season. Bring bug spray.

Very clean. Serene. Relaxing, park.The shelters were exceptionally clean and well maintained. The canoe renting services were excellent.

Clean park, lots of space, wildlife things for kids to play on.Definitely a family park.

The staff is amazing. They were falling all over themselves helping us out with our boats and gear. Great access.

Great trails good scenery. If you like out doors. You will enjoy. Must see.

Nice little course. Easy access, easy parking, rest rooms for woman, and men plus a handicap accessible porta potty.

Awesome place for kayaking, canoeing and rope games! Beautiful and well maintained. There are alligators in lake so be careful about them!

We had a great time canoeing and enjoying the wildlife.

The trails walks they have andreal relaxing

Canoeing was fun, but you need to have a connection to USF. You get up to two hours on the river. The staff was friendly, and the gear was decent quality.We had to do wayyyy too many surveys to get a boat, and every single person in the party has to do one. So each person had to do the Covid check survey (fine), then each person had to do a survey about the vehicle were in, then each person had to do a survey about the other people in the party. Too much! Management needs to rethink that and fix the Qualitrics surveys so its not such a hassle.

Although this park is much smaller than lettuce lake right next to it, it has a variety of differentiated niche-like spaces that can be considered semi-private to spend some time in; whether at the waters edge or under a big tree or in the shelters or the open field in the middle or some wooded area surrounding etc. It is very nice for a quick walk. There is a boat house and disc golf and bathrooms and a zipline facility and covered shelters with bbq. But beware of stinging insects at the beginning of the season! Overall very pleasant place to spend some time outdoors without going too far.

I drove over to the USF riverfront park to get some fresh air and check it out. Super private and small-- has old boat ramp that is no longer in use, but still a really nice park 👍👍

The Captain and the crew of this place are spot on. Go out of their way to take care of you. These guys are professionals.

The trails are very extensive. Great scenery with lots of variety. Lots of wildlife. Very convenient big trash can right at the beginning of the trails.

Amazing! Perfect day, and perfect weather for a trip down the river.

I’ve tried to go to this park three times in the last week to kayak and I’ve been met each time with stipulation. You have to be a USF student or Alumni to enter(I am but my significant other isn’t). Kayaks are only available for rental Friday Saturday and Sunday. They open at 12 and they stop doing kayak rentals at 3:30, as I was told by the person working. I love kayaking and was excited about this opportunity, but now I have no use for the kayaking part of this park due to its limitations.

A beautiful place

Nice place to kayak/canoe and fish downstream. ALOT of gators however.

Its a tiny park for use by the university community, & the hours are short, but its absolutely lovely & the staff are always friendly & helpful. Great for picnics, short boating trips, & bringing outdoor games to play.

I go here for the disc golf course. Its a nicely maintained course that has many holes that move basket positions. The course has a fairly easy to moderate difficulty. The front nine is a bit easier and open while the difficulty goes up a bit in the back nine due to it being in the forest with lots of trees. You can lose discs in the back fairly easily if you dont pay attention to where they land or dont have a spotter. The park is part of the college and therefore you can have people walking around or events going on.

The boat rentals are great.

If you want to do something different like kayaking, enjoy obstacle course, paddleboard, this is the place to go

This park is beautiful. The disc golf course here is incredibly fun. The front nine are out in the open with a few trees to get past. Not incredibly long or difficult. This is definitely a beginner-intermediate course. The back nine are far more difficult as there is a lot more places to lose your disc. Be careful wasting through the longer great as there are quite a few black snakes. Also, there is an alligator that visits hole 1 and 4 often. The back nine are optional and I would recommend that beginner players play the front nine only to avoid losing your discs. Play it twice for 18 if you want. Keep your eyes open and your discs on the fairway!

An excellent place for kayaking and canoeing. We could not go too far, but the scenes were fantastic and breathtaking. Free admission for USF student and staff. Twice a year, the kayaking and canoeing are free: First 50 Days of Summer in July and Glow in the Park on Halloween night. Otherwise, in every academic semester, there were usually three to four nights that the Outdoor Recreation hosts Moonlight Canoeing for USF students who may purchase the tickets for $5 per person with single boats, 2-person boats, or 3-person boats available, but it was difficult seeing anything. Sometimes, the alligators are easy to spot as they lay down to rest by the bank.

Amazing place for some peace and quiet during the weekends

10/10 clean, quietly, nice area

The bathroom needs to be maintained well. I like this place because it is the nearest from USF for kayak and also organize picnic, family gathering. There is a parking lot structure and it is free. You can do zip lock here - normally they offer group discount and for USF students.

Good place for large get together. At the end of fall, you may find little bit fall colors, mostly yellow leaves

Great for students and alum you can rent kayaks canoes and paddle boards. Just wish they were open for rentals on weekdays.

The people that work there are not what I would call customer service friendly. While we were on our kayak we were laughing at the fact that they were so rude. But otherwise everything was great!

Large open area for plenty of activities! Staff is also accommodating last time I went to go kayaking. Check out USF’s recreation page for monthly activities and events! I learned about moonlight kayaking through there

Great for throwing discs, Im sure the canoe program is fun to.

USFs Riverfront Park is located across the Hillsborough River from Lettuce Lake Park and therefore shares the same basic water features as the county park. Canoe rental is available and one can experience an extremely beautiful waterway for minimal effort. I would almost consider this stretch of waterway more or less pristine except for man made observation towers and wooden walkways. One can canoe in narrow passages providing excellent views of this watershed providing ample opportunity to experience a wide variety of both flora and fauna. I would definitely recommend a visit to this park.

Awesome challenge course and facilitators Good and quiet place to study, if you love to study in the open. You can also kayak on the Hillsborough river.

This place has a lot of amenities involving kayaking, zip lining, outdoor activities, etc. Beautiful park to try some outdoor fun.

Nice park

One of the best local par 3 disc golf courses around. Well maintained

It’s a good and quit place to enjoy the river and kayaking and canoeing

Very pretty place to go kayaking or play in the grass. People are always there playing disk golf

The park is very beautiful! I really enjoy getting out on the water and seeing all the wild life; and maybe wrastlin a gator. (which are out but never close)

5/5 My girl flipped her Kayak, amazing memory, wont forget

Beautiful riverfront park thats only open to USF students and staff, I can rent a canoe for a couple hours and for only $5. If you have a USF ID, I would definitely give this place a shot!

Awesome place if you love kayaking and canoeing...😬💪🏻😎

It wasnt amazing but it wasnt horrible. I personally did not enjoy. The park is not as green as Id hoped. Very patchy landscaping. The volleyball is littered with dead plant matter. The river is very wide and calm for kayaking, but very dirty too. Its not the ideal place for a date as I would prefer clearer waters and a more radiant park. There was also little to do there unless you bring your own equipment.

Riverfront is USFs best kept secret. Its a quiet piece of property on Fletcher avenue that occupies a spot on the Hillsborough river. Its got frisbee golf, ropes course (group reservation required), and kayaking/canoeing.

Most of the time, its great! Super cheap to go Canoeing/Kayaking if youre a USF student ($5 for a rental) and the river is beautiful! I had one bad experience with one of the staff where he was very pushy and rude, but otherwise its usually a great time.

High ropes course, frisbee games, kickball field, volleyball court, open space.

Cheap kayaking for students! It’s beautiful, just beware alligators.

Kayaking on the river was very fun. Interesting wildlife, saw some Gators.

Great disc golf course. Good equipment, well maintained, and multiple pin positions on many holes.

Best access to the Greater upper Hillsborough. I have been on several solo journeys here as an alumni wildcrafting. I plan on camping up the River, with a paddle, as I did as an undergrad at USF. I have found from here anything from food, to feathers, to skulls to shells. This part of the river comes alive, and makes the Love of the naturalist in all of us, seemingly endless.Jon Reidinger B.S.University of South FloridaOwner, sole proprietor Kids of the SólConservationist/Naturalist

Perfect place for kayaking!! A lot of nature, good work out, very peaceful.

I usually go there for kayaking. Good place to be if you like outdoors.

Stupid that you can only pay with credit card. Dangerous alligators beware! I would not bring my dog. Or play frisbee. Since there are gators lying within 15 ft of the frisbee goals sometimes. I would give 3.5 stars, but that rounds up to 4. So have 4 stars....USF

Great place to take the kids or to go on a date. Feels like being in the country. Beware of gators and cotton mouths

Its a beautiful park on the hillsborough river. They gave picnic tables and pavilions.

Nice disc golf course. Dog friendly!

Super cheap if ur a USF student, but not open on most weekdays

I have been trying to get in touch for weeks with this office to see about booking a reservation/find out information to plan an event. The phone just rings no matter what hour of the day I call and there is not even a way to leave a message. If you try clicking on website, it takes you to USFs website and it is so confusing from that point trying to identify how to access/do anything.

Great park but they locked me in before 7 pm. I had to call campus police to get me out.

Great Place to Relax, Canoe and Disc Golf.

Lots to do and plenty of space for social gatherings. Make sure you bring cash to park.

This is a nice place for USF students to go for canoeing or kayaking. For USF students the canoes are $10 for 2 hours.

Great service, this Tilly guy is really helpful and the Kayaks are great value for money!

I love it is good to relax and play in the park

A peaceful place. Thank you

Cheap Canoes for USF students. And the rivers was great!!

Nice quiet place to go and study

Shady paths. Boardwalk wonderful views of gators, turtles, and birds.

Great park with lots of trails to walk

Very nice and relaxing place.

Great disc golf course!

Great disc golf park!

Very fun place to have fun with the family

Fishing, frisbee golf, Pavilions, picnic tables, canoe rentals, and rope climb.

Calm, great place for a picnic or to study

The place is calm and the view of the nature is amazing!

The height challenge is a must try.

Love coming her to kayak

Good frisbee golf course

Love it. Nice place

Lots of shade covered picnic areas

Very peaceful and serene.

If youre a USF student its great!!!!! Excellent kayaks

Cause it was raining and I couldnt go on the zip line

Good place to waste time with friends and family

Excellent grounds and staff.

Great river and amenities!

Nice place to get away from annoying people.

Nice place to relax

Restricted to USF students and employees, I guess.

Nice parkgood fishing too

Gorgeous place to relax

Kayaking 🛶 is good