Getting Here
Air travelers to Clearwater can choose either Tampa International Airport (TPA) or St Petersburg-Clearwater International airport (PIE). The Tampa airport is located in Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida. This airport is quite busy and caters service of almost all major Airline service. The Tampa airport is 16 Miles away from the Clearwater city and tourists needs to cross very beautiful Old Tampa Bay in car. The W Courtney Campbell Causeway is 4 lane and spans 11 miles across the Old Tampa bay. This causeway is scenic and fully covered with palm and mangrove tree which provide very good exhilarating experience.
The St Petersburg-Clearwater airport (PIE) is located at Pinellas County, Florida. It is one of the joint military-civil Airports. This Aircraft operation is slowly growing in this airport. It is 20 Miles away from the Clearwater and the travel duration is approximately 35 minutes. The travelers need to cross 4 miles of picturesque Bayside Bridge which is six-lane twin-span Bridge. This airport has Airline services such as Allegiant Air, Seacoast Airlines and USA 3000 Airlines. This airport also has seasonal service offered by Air Transat, CanJet and Sunwing Airlines.
One can easily travel to Clearwater in car as it is well connected by various state roads and interstate roads. It is easily accessible to the major Florida state cities such as Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando, Tallahassee, St Petersburg and Tampa. Miami is located southern part of Florida and it is 290 miles away from Clearwater. But thanks to the I-75, by making use of it one can reach Clearwater in car within 4.30 hrs. Almost 209 miles i.e., entire part of journey is in partial I-75. This interstate road is partial toll road. Jacksonville is located in the northern part of Florida. It is 200 miles away from Clearwater. The car journey takes roughly about 4 hrs to reach Clearwater.
Another important city in Florida is Orlando which located at central part of Florida State. It is 100 miles away from Clearwater city and one can reach Clearwater in car within 2 hrs. The major part of journey i.e., 84 miles is in I-4. The route also covers the journey into scenic W Courtney Campbell causeway which spans across Old Tampa Bay. The capital city of Florida is Tallahassee. It is located in northern part of Florida State. Clearwater city is 290 miles away and it takes 4.45 hrs to reach. The major part of journey is in interstate roads such as I-10 (87 miles), I-75 (160 miles) and I-275 (20 miles). The nearby cities such as Tampa and St Petersburg are also well connected to Clearwater city.
The travelers can use public transport system for intra-city travel. The Clearwater's only public transit service is Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) bus service. It is the cheapest mode of intra-city travel. This PSTA bus service can be well used for all the major tourist attraction in and around Clearwater that falls into Pinellas County. Each travel destination is identified with route number. Welcome to the water world "Clearwater, FL".
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