Macfarlane Park
1720 N. MacDill Avenue
Hours: Sunrise to Sunset

Park amenities include picnic tables, grills, restrooms, ball fields, play courts, tennis and racquetball courts, a playground, and the David Barksdale Senior Citizen Center. MacFarlane park is located between MacDill and Lincoln Avenues, bordered by Spruce Street on the north. 

The main entrance on MacDill Avenue is marked by this unique  archway.  The land for the park was donated by Hugh Macfarlane in 1908.  This archway has been standing since 1909.

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Those of us who grew up in West Tampa in the area of this park, remember it as a place for our childhood birthday parties, family picnics and Easter egg hunts.

These signs are posted at the north west corner of the park at Lincoln Ave. and Spruce Street

George Guida Memorial Drive is the main entrance to the park.  It leads from the archway on MacDill Ave. to the pavilion on the "big hill."

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George Guida

"Mr. West Tampa"

Remember the "big hill?"  As kids, it was a mountain to us.