Tarpon Springs Florida

Tarpon Springs is a great place to live. If it?s Tarpon Springs real estate you are interested in, Tarpon Springs offers many types of homes, from bungalows to gated communities to mansions. You can enjoy the waterfront view from your front porch along the beautiful Anclote River. There are many beautiful waterfront communities in Tarpon Springs along the Gulf of Mexico and bordering Lake Tarpon. For roughly $3 million dollars you can buy a 6000 square foot home that is reminiscent of old European grandeur on S. Florida Avenue that has a wide open view of the Gulf of Mexico. The property sits on 1.6 private acres. On the low end, you can buy a condo-hotel with waterfront access for under $150,000. There are many other great choices in between for Tarpon Springs real estate on and off the water.

For recreational activities in Tarpon Springs, my family and I have spent many days at Howard Park, with picnic facilities, playgrounds and its own beach where we enjoy the beautiful Florida sunsets. Tarpon Springs is known for its historic Sponge Docks and the biggest Epiphany celebration in the country, held annually in the month of February. You can enjoy authentic Greek food and pastries in its many restaurants. We enjoy a little restaurant called Plakas where they say they are the ?Greek McDonalds?. They have wonderful gyros and offer appetizers of Greek specialties such as marinated octopus! The Sponge Dock area also offers shopping, day-trip cruises, casino cruises or fishing trips. You can have a tour aboard a sponge boat and watch divers as they retrieve sponges from the Gulf of Mexico. You can also visit authentic Greek clubs where men spend the afternoon telling stories and playing cards.

Along with its Sponge Docks, Tarpon Springs offers a 120,000 gallon aquarium, a Performing Arts Center, a Cultural Center, and the Leepa-Ratner Museum of Art which has been brought to the city by the St. Petersburg College of Tarpon Springs. For the fourth time in four years, St. Pete College has been rated number 1 in the state of Florida for distance education.

We also enjoy attending the Sunset Beach concerts, The Fine Arts Festival each April and attending wine tasting events at the Tarpon Springs Castle Winery. The historic downtown area offers First Fridays and Second Saturdays where the shops and restaurants are open late and there often is free entertainment to enjoy while you shop and dine.

Tarpon Springs, in northern Pinellas County, is centrally located to Tampa, St. Petersburg and Clearwater and is only 90 minutes away from Disney World and Sea World which are in Orlando, Florida. Tarpon Springs is a great place to call home or buy real estate with all it has to offer.

Posted by Ned Dominick on February 07, 2009 at 11:15 AM

About Ned Dominick
Ned Dominick is affliated with National Home Inspections, which is located in Macon, GA. For further assistance please use the contact information located on the right.

As of 02/08/12 the Ned Dominick RePage is ranked at 6,232 with 215 points.

Local Information for Macon, GA

Latitude: 32.834839 -- Longitude: -83.651672

ZIP Codes for Macon, Georgia	31201 31202 31203 31204 31205 31206 31207 31208 31209 31210 31211 31212 31213 31216 31217 31220 31221 31294 31295 31296 31297 31298 31299
Area Code for Macon, Georgia	478
Time zone for Macon, Georgia	EST

Other Area Cities: Macon, GA Warner Robins, GA Fort Valley, GA Milledgeville, GA

Enter our Photo Sweepstakes and Win $200 for your Macon photos!

To see random photos for other cities Click Here.

Submit your photos of Macon and become eligible to win $200. Click Here for details.

As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 97,255 people, 38,444 households, and 24,219 families residing in the city. The population density was 672.9/km² (1,742.8/mi²). There were 44,341 housing units at an average density of 306.8/km² (794.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 35.46% White, 62.45% African American, 0.19% Native American, 0.65% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.46% from other races, and 0.77% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.20% of the population. There were 38,444 households out of which 30.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 33.0% were married couples living together, 25.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.0% were non-families. 31.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 3.08. -- Source: Wikipedia.com

Georgia 2000 Census Population Profile Map

	Macon	Georgia	United States
Population	97,255	8,186,453	281,421,906
Median age	33.6	33.4	35.3
Median age for Male	31.6	32.1	34
Median age for Female	35.1	34.6	36.5
Households	38,444	3,006,369	105,480,101
Household population	93,660	7,952,631	273,643,273
Average household size	2.44	2.65	2.59
Families	24,214	2,111,647	71,787,347
Average family size	3.08	3.14	3.14
Housing units	44,341	3,281,737	115,904,641
Occupied units	38,444	3,006,369	105,480,101
Vacant units	5,897	275,368	10,424,540

Visit US Census

Enter our Photo Sweepstakes and Win $200 for your Macon photos!

Tarpon Springs Florida

Local Information for Macon, GA

Latitude: 32.834839 -- Longitude: -83.651672

The Leader Spanish Real Estate

ATF Forex Trading

Lingerie & Perfumes

Wedding Singer

QROPS