Message from the Manager

Hello everyone, your patience is about to pay off. The boat ramp and paving project is taking a little longer than anticipated but what a quality product your getting. It looks like if you can hold on until Monday the 22nd of March we can once again launch and fish from Lake Manatee State Park. For more up to the minute updates please call the Park at 941-741-3028.

Thanks again, Curt Wolbert

Lake Manatee State Park is a perfect example of the quiet and relaxed atmosphere that some of Florida's natural areas have to offer. Extending along three miles of the south shore of Lake Manatee, these 556 acres were once used for farming, cattle grazing, turpentining and timbering.

Today, the 2,400 acre reservoir that makes up Lake Manatee supplies drinking water to Manatee and Sarasota Counties.

Please visit all of the parks in the Manatee River Basin area. It's an experience I'm sure you'll enjoy.
Gamble Plantation Historic State Park
Madira Bickel Mound State Archaeological Site

Hours of Operation

Florida state parks are open from 8 a.m. until sundown 365 days a year.

Driving Directions

Take exit 220 off of I-75. Lake Manatee State Park is located 9 miles east of I-75 on State Road 64 in Bradenton, Florida.

Park Fees

Admission Fees - $4.00 per vehicle for up to 8 people. Pedestrians, Bicyclists, Extra Passengers, Passengers In Vehicles With Holder of Annual Individual Entrance Permit, Members of Organized Groups - Admission Fee $1.00

Camping Fee
All Year: $18.00 plus tax

Pavilion Fee
Seating capacity of 75 for $50.00

Lake Manatee State Park 20007 Hwy 64 East Bradenton, Florida 34202 Phone: 941-741-3028 Fax: Contact Park for Number Park Manager: William Wolbert