 Sand Key Park is a 95-acre county park featuring a white sandy
beach rated among the top 20 beaches in the United States.
In 1984 Sand Key Park was first opened to the public. The parks ninety five acres are
located on Sand Key Florida, a barrier island between the Gulf of Mexico and the Florida
mainland. Clearwater Pass, leading from the Gulf to the Intracoastal waterway, separates
the park from the popular resort area of Clearwater Beach. The park welcomes more than one
million visitors each year.
Facilities include: This park has two distinct areas - a beach and a park. In the park
proper are two picnic shelters with grills, a playground, and a restroom. Grills, picnic
tables, and water fountains are but a few amenities. The beach area boasts cabana rentals,
2 beach wheel-chairs, 9 outdoor shower towers to rinse beach sand off, and two bath houses
with separate changing stalls and restrooms. A lifeguard is on duty 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
daily on a seasonal basis from March to September for swimmers enjoying the warm waters of
the Gulf of Mexico. Note: there are no boat/canoe/jet ski launch facilities in this park
A dog park was added in 2003.
Dogs are welcome in our paw playground,
however are not permitted on the beach. Wildlife is protected and may not be hunted,
harassed, or fed. Additionally, it is illegal to remove, damage, or destroy plants.
Intoxicants and firearms are prohibited.
Sand Key Park houses the base of operations for the artificial reef program, an
interdepartmental cooperation program to build a reef in the Gulf. Sand Key Park’s
natural communities include a beach where sea turtles annually deposit eggs. The nearby
Clearwater Aquarium takes responsibility for these nests and keeps statistics. In July
2002, the media chronicled 84 hatchlings from a rare Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle making
their way to the Gulf of Mexico. A salt marsh with viewing benches further enhances the
park, where heron, roseate spoonbill, great horned owl, anhinga, and common moorhen nest
and feed. The park has nine boardwalks leading to the beach, also perfect for the stunning
beach sunset weddings performed each year. PinellasCounty.org
Sand Key is a barrier island on Florida's West Coast. It's located just south of
Clearwater Beach and across the Clearwater Pass bridge. Gulf Boulevard runs down the
middle of Sand Key and separates the Beach Front Condos on the west side from the
Intracoastal properties on the east side.
The west side of Gulf Boulevard has beautiful white beaches and rows of high rise
condominiums. The East side of Sand Key is on the Intracoastal Waterway with numerous
condos, townhomes, villas and single family homes. Many of the properties have boat
docking facilities that can be bought or rented by the owners. The intracoastal waterway
takes you under the clearwater pass bridge into the Gulf of Mexico for fabulous fishing or
sightseeing.
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