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Old 10-18-2022, 11:43 AM
 
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I used to live in Wesley Chapel and drove to the beach frequently. Saturday morning and Sunday you can get to St. Pete area (Gulfport, St. Pete Beach, etc. ) in 40-45 minutes if traffic is light, which it usually is, and if you speed a little. Madeira Beach and Indian Rocks area can be reached in a little over an hour. Tarpon Springs won't be much shorter as SR54 is pretty slow due to lights and traffic. Most of the beaches in upper Pasco are not really nice, nothing like the ones in Pinellas or Manatee county. The absolute closest beach will be the ones off of Gandy bridge area, the Causeway at Rocky Point (on the way to Clearwater), and Picnic Island park, but none of those are really "nice" beaches.

If you are retired and driving outside of traffic times you can do the drive fairly easily, but expect it to take 45min-1.5 hours regardless.
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