{"id":19594,"count":1,"description":"Lake Tarpon, the \"Jewel of Pinellas County\" is located about 10 miles (16\u00a0km) west of Tampa in Palm Harbor and Tarpon Springs, Florida. Lake Tarpon is the largest lake in Pinellas County with a surface area of 2,500 acres (10\u00a0km). Its watershed encompasses 52 square miles (130\u00a0km) including the two largest tributaries, South Creek and Brooker Creek. You can visit Lake Tarpon at Anderson Park, Chesnut Park, or several other public access points. The lake is a regional recreational destination and is renowned for its largemouth bass fishing. Also, Lake Tarpon Resort and Sundown Sports Bar & Grille\nAlthough Lake Tarpon is designated as swimming and fishing lake it fails to meet the EPA's standards and is, therefore listed as an impaired lake because it is over polluted. Lake Tarpon is not in attainment because the waters exceed its Total Maximum Daily Load (or TMDL) for Nutrients, Dissolved Oxygen. Part the pollution that enters Lake Tarpon is caused by fertilizers which has cause...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/lake-tarpon\/","name":"Lake Tarpon","slug":"lake-tarpon","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/19594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=19594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}