Florida Roadside Attractions & Abandoned Places - Forgotten Dirt Roads & Lost Town of Center Hill

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  • Опубликовано: 1 янв 2025

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  • @TampaJay
    @TampaJay  Год назад

    Most current episode: ruclips.net/video/dpsM0OQA17k/видео.html

  • @tomsisson7217
    @tomsisson7217 Год назад +14

    Thanks Jay!! For those of us that are not as mobile as we would like to be and have a fond recollection of old Florida, you make it possible to re-live some of the old memories.

  • @Ronaldl2350
    @Ronaldl2350 Год назад +8

    There is something relaxing about exploring back roads and small town America. Keep it coming Jay!

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  Год назад +3

      Thank you for joining me, Ronald. Much ahead, my friend.

  • @CarolStanhope
    @CarolStanhope 4 месяца назад +1

    New sub here, binge watching.😎

  • @TampaJay
    @TampaJay  Год назад +22

    Thank you so much for watching! I plan on continuing this series and look forward to creating the next one. Ahead is the link to the last episode in case you missed it. Thanks for watching, everyone! Have a great day! Much ahead. ruclips.net/video/oL7iERX7RI0/видео.html

    • @bettyahlheitt8812
      @bettyahlheitt8812 Год назад +2

      i live down the road from center hill

    • @CJAYTODD
      @CJAYTODD Год назад +2

      I really appreciate your videos, but what made me a new subscriber is your messages at the end of the videos. Thanks for that Jay, you will never know how much that helped me.

    • @GunnyKeith
      @GunnyKeith Год назад +1

      Yo Tampa Jay, Why the rays send pitcher Taj Bradley back to minors? That guy was killing it.

  • @stevehollands9085
    @stevehollands9085 Год назад +3

    I found this episode of interest as some of my ancestors moved to Center Hill during the 1880's

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  Год назад +1

      Thanks Steve pretty cool

  • @pauline9242
    @pauline9242 Год назад +4

    Love the series : Florida Roadside Attractions and Abandoned Places!
    Great job, I’m looking forward to the next one 👍

  • @kimberlylyerly2207
    @kimberlylyerly2207 Год назад +5

    Great video! I love seeing the old towns, and rundown buildings. I'll bet in their heyday, they were pretty awesome. 😍

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  Год назад +2

      Thank you for coming along with me Kimberly that was a beautiful day. I hope you have an awesome Tuesday my friend! Much ahead.

  • @Leon-to5zl
    @Leon-to5zl Год назад +2

    I was raised across from Virginia's Western Wear was a clothing store and in the early 60's The Red Top Grocery. The church beside it was a bar called The Country Tavern, very lively with fights on weekends.

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  Год назад +1

      That’s pretty cool glad you found the video Leon

  • @AncientWolfHowl61
    @AncientWolfHowl61 Год назад +2

    Jay, love it when you go exploring the old back roads and the abandoned places! It’s so cool to document these places before they get bulldozed and razed to the ground. So much history in these old places, glad you’re doing your part to be sure they’re not forgotten. 👍
    Best of luck and continued Safe Travels!

  • @mikegriffin7600
    @mikegriffin7600 Год назад +2

    Thanks for another excellent video loved it

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  Год назад +2

      Thank you so much for watching my friend truly appreciate you. Hope you have an awesome Tuesday!

    • @mikegriffin7600
      @mikegriffin7600 Год назад +1

      @@TampaJay thanks enjoying some uk sunshine

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  Год назад +2

      @@mikegriffin7600 sounds delightful my friend! Happy evening

  • @jameshughes9351
    @jameshughes9351 9 месяцев назад

    Tampa jay, i. Remember back in 65 and. 67. Comming 17 south into. Florida. Stopping. At stuckeys and the orange groves. Alot of fond memories as. A kid from south carolina. Thank you tj.😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄

  • @christines4880
    @christines4880 Год назад +3

    I love these videos 😍 Thank you so much for doing them 🙂 Muc Luv 💖 Rays Up!!!!

  • @billcaruso1043
    @billcaruso1043 Год назад +2

    You knocked another video out of the park Tampa Jay 🤙🏻

  • @timm6563
    @timm6563 Год назад +1

    Awesome video love your channel 👍👍👍👍

  • @michpitt42
    @michpitt42 Год назад +1

    My 1st car was an 85 Mustang LX, nerdy sedan style! I appreciate the nostalgia of your vlogs.

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  Год назад +1

      That’s a cool car thank you

  • @TheGatlinburgHussey
    @TheGatlinburgHussey Год назад +1

    Hello from Gatlinburg TN Smoky Mountains Park 🏞️🌄🐻...Love this !! I'm always a sucker for roadside attractions

  • @22175samammie
    @22175samammie Год назад +2

    I love love when you do these videos! A fun fact… when Nestle bought our old swimming hole in Crystal Springs, a lot of our wells went dry in Zephyrhills because they pumped so much water from the spring to make Zephyrhills water. Many of us had to have our wells go deeper.

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  Год назад +2

      Thank you Samantha! That’s a cool fun fact

    • @tinawindham6958
      @tinawindham6958 Год назад +2

      Sounds expensive and not fun to me😉

  • @garfixit
    @garfixit Год назад +2

    Jay you always knock it out of the park

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  Год назад +1

      Thank you Gary appreciate you

  • @pamrupert4860
    @pamrupert4860 Год назад +3

    Love your road side attraction videos. So relaxing.

  • @billgreene2171
    @billgreene2171 Год назад

    Thanks Jay, being a Florida born and raised and been all over trucking your videos brings back great memories of Florida the way it use to be, so sorry it changed

  • @CokerCulture
    @CokerCulture Год назад +2

    We absolutely love this series, Jay! Thank you so much for taking us all on these adventures. Any video where Jess has to cover her eyes and worry about your safety is full of laughs for the rest of us. You guys are the best!

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  Год назад +1

      You guys are the best thank you so much for joining us love getting out there and firing up the camera. So very grateful and blessed. Hope you are having a great and wonderful Tuesday. Much ahead, my friends

  • @vacation_fun_makers
    @vacation_fun_makers Год назад +1

    Looks like an LX 5.0 litre possibly an 86 from the look of it. We love the okahumpka service station on the turnpike just off I75 just before exiting to #27 and heading to the citrus tower the swamp tour and the presidents attraction.

  • @cindypowel7517
    @cindypowel7517 Год назад +2

    What a beautiful day for a roadside tour, Tampa Forklift Jay! Just think someday you'll be building a fence around a home for Cris & Bella. And now it's time 2 get caught up on Cris the Girl. As always thx 4 taking us all along on your adventure

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  Год назад +2

      Thank you Cindy we both appreciate you watching and sticking with this means so much. Hope you’re having a great Tuesday! Much ahead, my friend

  • @marysanders4649
    @marysanders4649 Год назад +2

    Thank you. Visited relatives in the sixties in center hill when the old downtown buildings were still there. Beautiful area.

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  Год назад +2

      That’s awesome I’m happy you found the video hope it brought back some good memories

  • @nick85able
    @nick85able Год назад +1

    I’m from Indiana….and ready to move to Florida as well 🤙🏻

  • @vonitadustylgreen2914
    @vonitadustylgreen2914 Год назад +1

    Tampa Jay I always love your videos. I love abandoned places. It's always so cool to see these places.. Thank you..
    I am proud of the Jays

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  Год назад +2

      Thanks Vonita always appreciate you watching and coming with me

  • @conservativehippie9736
    @conservativehippie9736 Год назад +1

    I miss the square dancers coming into steak n shake in my city....the outfits were so cute. TJ...thank you for the video. I loved the country road. Like Nevada desert meets Indiana lol! ❤

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  Год назад +2

      That’s pretty awesome! In high school we used to go to the Dallas Bull and a place called The Roundup! Cool line dancing places

  • @MoviemaniaNick
    @MoviemaniaNick Год назад +1

    Cool Roadside Attractions Jay!

  • @jennymodgoddess
    @jennymodgoddess Год назад +2

    Hi Tampa Jay!🙋 Those are awesome small towns and love the old gas station. Awesome video.

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  Год назад +2

      Thanks so much Jenny!
      Appreciate you always watching. Hope you and your family have a happy Tuesday. Much ahead, my friend

    • @jennymodgoddess
      @jennymodgoddess Год назад +1

      @@TampaJay your welcome. Thank you. Your videos are awesome.

  • @thecoolestdad
    @thecoolestdad Год назад +1

    The dragon was getting his Gene Simmons on. I love it. Congrats to Cris the girl for becoming an annual pass member. Wish I could.

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  Год назад +2

      Kiss army! Thank you so much!!! Awesome stuff my friend so happy for Cris

    • @thecoolestdad
      @thecoolestdad Год назад +1

      @@TampaJay KISS Army! Right on!

  • @charlesroberts6965
    @charlesroberts6965 Год назад +1

    Truly enjoy your traveling to these small off the beaten path places...all of which have their own unique stories and history. Unfortunately you couldn't get into the cemetery to show some of the early inhabitants of the area..but what a fantastic day to share with you. Thank you so much for doing what you do.😇🇺🇸👍🌞

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  Год назад +2

      Thank you Charles I really appreciate that! Yes, too bad about the cemetery. It’s OK though, I’m sure whoever owns that property is taking care of it and I hope they appreciate it. Much ahead, my friend

  • @midnightrunner684
    @midnightrunner684 Год назад +1

    I used to drive 18 wheeler out of Okahumpka Fl back in the early 1990's. Used to be a Trucking company called " Lester Coggins Trucking " .Not sure if they are even still in Business all these years later

  • @mitchwooten5150
    @mitchwooten5150 Год назад +2

    Im loving these videos! Keep it up man! You rock!

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  Год назад +2

      Thanks you Mitch! Much ahead

  • @davehitt
    @davehitt Год назад

    Awesome!

  • @brucesumter4327
    @brucesumter4327 Год назад

    WOW SO COOL I KNOW HOW FARM LIFE IS WE MOVE FROM CITY I WAS 5 NOW 67 IT DO KEEP YOU ON YOUR TOES NOW I HELP MY NEPHEW WHEN HE COME OVER

  • @hobbscoblin1313
    @hobbscoblin1313 Год назад

    Jay, you do a fun and great job. I love driving around like you so your Channel is very fun for me.

  • @susanriley6414
    @susanriley6414 Год назад

    awesome.God bless.

  • @mustangcindy1303
    @mustangcindy1303 Год назад +2

    That place with the Phillips 66 sign in Mascotte is or was an antique store. Don’t know if that part is still open or not. The lady that owned it was opened once in a blue moon. I got to go into it once. Had some cool stuff in there. The two buildings next to used to be a store called Sweet Nothings which was a rustic/country nic nac shop that recently closed and moved to Tennessee. I used to go there a lot so that’s why I know about the place. Just in case you want to know the town is pronounced “mascot”.

  • @tomsisson7217
    @tomsisson7217 Год назад

    Thanks!

  • @CristheGirl
    @CristheGirl Год назад +1

    Great video ,so well edited! You did find the perfect songs! I guess if worse comes to worse, I can always get a job at the beef factory lol 🤣 I love you!

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  Год назад +2

      😂 😂 🐄 oh no! That made me laugh so hard!! Thanks baby I love you and appreciate you always watching

    • @CristheGirl
      @CristheGirl Год назад +1

      @@TampaJay of course & thank you for the long shoutout at the end!!! And for hanging out with me after all of that!

    • @joshuatranterhtd4life677
      @joshuatranterhtd4life677 Год назад +1

      Cris you 2 are the most beautiful couple ever you have such a beautiful soul Cris you always make me smile I love you so much and congratulations on becoming an annual pass holder I subscribed stay safe 💙

  • @beewalsh4133
    @beewalsh4133 Год назад +1

    Cool video.

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  Год назад +1

      Thank you for watching bee appreciate you

  • @deanvoss7098
    @deanvoss7098 8 месяцев назад

    I love you brother because you remind me of myself I enjoy just driving to a certain point and exploring and randomly seeing what happens❤... my family and friends think I'm crazy but I make for the best Adventures

  • @johnalonzo9945
    @johnalonzo9945 Год назад +4

    Hi Tampa Jay, love your videos, keep it up! Since you like adventuring, have you ever filmed at Coral Castle? That place fascinates me. Don't know how far it is from you. But, would be cool. ☺

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  Год назад +2

      Hey John thank you so much. So coral castle does not allow filming inside. Huge bummer. I still want to visit it someday it’s a classic!!

  • @noellesimagination7813
    @noellesimagination7813 Год назад

    Am I first? Thumbs up. Will catch up later. Have an awesome day!

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  Год назад +1

      First! Thanks Noelle hope you enjoy the video and same to you

  • @joangravel2436
    @joangravel2436 Год назад

    Thanks I enjoyed watching

  • @voyager0156
    @voyager0156 4 месяца назад

    the fenced in building with the interesting signs kinda reminds me of Hackberry store on route 66 in AZ. pretty cool vlog.

  • @OffRampAdventures
    @OffRampAdventures Год назад +1

    That fenced off facility in Mascotte looks sooo much like Cool Springs in Nevada! (Minus the giraffe...)

  • @kevinsandells9933
    @kevinsandells9933 Год назад +1

    Thanks for the video . Enjoyed it very much. Love them old gas stations. Is lake Jackson the lake with the sink hole

  • @TheoRokahura
    @TheoRokahura Месяц назад

    Hey good stuff man

  • @tkguess
    @tkguess Год назад +1

    I stuck to the end. Loved the gas station too. Hope you take a mace spray with you on these. You never know when you'll happen upon some unbalanced homeless man or rabid animal. Please be careful!

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  Год назад +1

      Thanks for looking out for me always watching my six. Appreciate you watching it’s sticking with me my friend. Much ahead

  • @MikeRuh01
    @MikeRuh01 Год назад

    Thanks TJ

  • @maddog6620
    @maddog6620 Год назад +4

    You are amazing

  • @johnmartin7182
    @johnmartin7182 Год назад

    Awesome content thanks

  • @DustyMagroovy
    @DustyMagroovy Год назад

    Great camerawork Jay. Come out and see the Angels in Anaheim!

  • @breakingthechainusa1007
    @breakingthechainusa1007 Год назад +2

    Looks like South Carolina and South Georgia

  • @Msdaisy1969
    @Msdaisy1969 Год назад

    Love your show. Pronounced Mass-scott

  • @leearmstrong2743
    @leearmstrong2743 Год назад

    Mornin Jay !!

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  Год назад +1

      Morning Lee hope you enjoy the video

  • @eerieauthor
    @eerieauthor Год назад +1

    The great Chip Haynes had us film a movie in Center Hill called Shadows for a local cable company in the late 80s. I'll have to see if I can find the VHS.

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  Год назад +1

      Oh wow that’s amazing buddy yes, show me that sometime! Sounds awesome

  • @brendasaunders4956
    @brendasaunders4956 4 месяца назад

    Wish the potato shack was still there ! Potato fries potato knishes it must have been good

  • @Crossfirepyro2
    @Crossfirepyro2 Год назад +1

    Love all of Florida

  • @robins1016
    @robins1016 Год назад

    We used to go screaming up and down Austin Merritt Rd on motorcycles when we were kids

  • @milantoombs6696
    @milantoombs6696 Год назад

    That was a different combination, chicken and donuts!!! But, I’d eat them🤠

  • @jeffreyrigged
    @jeffreyrigged Год назад +1

    jay this is something you may look into as i dont know myself but was the kings highway at one time like the dixie highway and ran through many states? i know you have kings highway in south carolina too.

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  Год назад +2

      Not sure if it was apart of the Dixie this would have been back in the early 1800s when the military used it to travel back in forth from tampa to north florida

    • @jeffreyrigged
      @jeffreyrigged Год назад +1

      @Tampa Jay I actually looked it up. So uts was originally kings road. Went from Tampa to Jacksonville. The myrtle beach kings went from Savanah to Boston. Both are equally as old and had similar uses. Named both after king charles.

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  Год назад +2

      @@jeffreyrigged That’s amazing. Thank you for w light me. Fun facts man

  • @PabloEscoBurch
    @PabloEscoBurch Год назад

    A few years ago me and the kid that was driving my work truck got pulled over by the literal chief of police in center hill. It’s one of the towns in Florida where the speed limit leading in to town goes from 55 to 35 then back in probably less than a mile. It’s pretty funny when the police chief pulls you over and gives you a warning.

  • @briananderson2023
    @briananderson2023 Год назад +1

    New video ❤

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  Год назад +1

      Hope you enjoy it thank you for clicking

  • @jamesc1578
    @jamesc1578 4 месяца назад

    My father had a Phillips 66 station in Lakeland when I was a kid. It's a McDonald's now

  • @alvermette218
    @alvermette218 Год назад +1

    Some of these places I would love to turn into haunted attractions.

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  Год назад +2

      Me too, Al! Haunts on !

  • @keithspooner23
    @keithspooner23 Год назад +1

    Okahumpka is Seminole for “ DEEP WATERS”.

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  Год назад +1

      I love it

    • @keithspooner23
      @keithspooner23 Год назад

      Love your material Tampa Jay, entertaining ,edumacational and informative. I live in Lake Butler Fl. Originally from Immokalee Fl. Be safe out there.

  • @mikegriffin7600
    @mikegriffin7600 Год назад

    Hope all's good with you

  • @minifan77
    @minifan77 Год назад

    I was hoping you would of made it up to Ocala

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  Год назад

      Much ahead my friend, someday.
      I used to work there.

  • @christopherheadrick8410
    @christopherheadrick8410 Год назад

    I REMEMBER

  • @TiechaMccants-g3o
    @TiechaMccants-g3o 7 месяцев назад

    Center of the Hill

  • @dawnbasham8719
    @dawnbasham8719 Год назад

    I hear ya about the cows and pigs 😅😂... there is more then corn in Indiana

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  Год назад +1

      Haha love that saying

  • @juantoledo6989
    @juantoledo6989 Год назад

    The Zephyrhills water is dried up.😊

  • @Aaron_Scissorhands
    @Aaron_Scissorhands Год назад +1

    Have you ever done anything in Polk county?

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  Год назад +1

      Yes not too long ago

    • @Aaron_Scissorhands
      @Aaron_Scissorhands Год назад +1

      @Tampa Jay Oh, so it's like that? Lol, okay, I'll find it. Thanks for letting me know.

  • @randomvideosyt5955
    @randomvideosyt5955 Год назад

    Lake county is my favorite place to go for a cruise the hills are awesome.

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  Год назад +1

      Very beautiful out there I look forward to going back. Not too many hills in Florida

  • @f45125
    @f45125 Год назад

    Yes! Seminole Indian names usually have 4 syllables with the accent on the 3rd syllable:
    O-ka-HUMP-ka
    Tall-a-HA-see
    With-la-COO-chee

  • @Lostcamp
    @Lostcamp Год назад +1

    Took nerve to open that shed door

  • @wreklessabandon
    @wreklessabandon Год назад

    They looked right into my little pig soul

  • @jamiecosgrove1950
    @jamiecosgrove1950 8 месяцев назад

    where is the topless donut shop? or is that an urban legend......

  • @brucesumter4327
    @brucesumter4327 Год назад

    oops sorry the caps was on

  • @robins1016
    @robins1016 Год назад

    Mascotte Mas cot

  • @joannh930
    @joannh930 Год назад

    Marcotte is pronounced "Mass Cot"

  • @juantoledo6989
    @juantoledo6989 Год назад

    Those are Indian names 😅

  • @johnbeechy
    @johnbeechy Год назад

    have to seen this video to Gov Ron, who is overseas in Japan while the flooding in Florida continues. //