A Pinellas County park, outside Manatee County, near Tierra Verde across the Sunshine Skyway, with beaches, a dog beach and a historic fort.
Fort De Soto Park is a Pinellas County park, outside Manatee County, at 3500 Pinellas Bayway South near Tierra Verde, with beaches, the county's only dog park with a dog beach, and a historic fort on the National Register. The far end of the bay pier is closed for hurricane repairs, all but one of the boat ramp's floating docks are out of service while new docks are built (the county expects them all back by late December 2026), and the park roads and trail are being repaved into early 2027, so check the county's page before you go.
The undeveloped northern tip of Anna Maria Island, in the City of Anna Maria, where the Gulf meets Tampa Bay. No lifeguards; swimming is not recommended.
A Manatee County beach park at the south end of Anna Maria Island, on Gulf Drive in Bradenton Beach.
A Manatee County beach on Gulf Drive in Bradenton Beach, on Anna Maria Island, with county lifeguards.
Battery Laidley at Fort De Soto Park by Beyond My Ken (CC BY-SA 4.0); Dunes at the north end of Anna Maria Island by Gzzz (CC BY-SA 4.0); Old Green Bridge Pier by Sanibel sun (CC BY 4.0).
