Located north of St. Petersburg, Palm Harbor is best known for the championship golfing at Innisbrook Resort &a; Golf Club. If you’ve heard of something called the Copperhead course, you might be a golf fan. Palm Harbor is home to Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club, where the PGA TOUR’s Valspar Championship is played. Jordan Spieth and Jim Furyk are among the golfers who have won championships held on the resort’s famed Copperhead course.
Sports and outdoors are really happening in this town. The car-free Pinellas Trail winds through Palm Harbor, where bicyclists, walkers and skaters cruise for fun and exercise. Avid and novice fishermen can choose the Gulf of Mexico or Lake Tarpon for saltwater and freshwater fishing. Palm Harbor is a great halfway point to land—it’s close to the cosmopolitan attractions of the Tampa Bay area, but it has a quaint and charming atmosphere. Take a walk on Florida Avenue in the historic downtown, where many of the early buildings are preserved and are open to visitors. Plus, you can spend hours poking around in the area’s cool little shops, galleries and restaurants.