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Southwest Florida Local Beaches

Bonita Beach Park is located between Fort Myers Beach and Bonita Springs.

This newly upgraded 2.5-acre beachfront part features a boardwalk to protect the sea oats, sand dunes and coastal vegetation surrounding a gazebo and eight picnic shelters.

Free bus and trolley service.

Parking is available.

Fort Myers Beach is a popular tourist destination. It is only 15 minutes from the greater Fort Myers area, on the Gulf of Mexico.

Miles of gleaming white sand, broken only by an occasional sheltering palm or stately Australian pine.

The beach is famous for swimming, since it has little or no undertow.

Population: 14,000; doubles during the winter months.

The largest yearly event on the island is the Shrimp Festival. The Shrimp Festival is held each year in February.

The first official Shrimp Festival was held in 1960. Before 1960, the event was part of the Fort Myers based

Edison Festival of Light and it was called Beach Day. An election of a Shrimp Queen, shell and flower exhibits, fishing contests, parades and more make up the family event.

Notices at access points to the beach and beach patrol help to ensure that our shores are kept litter free and nature left untouched.

Directions: Head to the beach on Fifth Avenue South. Beach stretches north and south as far as the eye can see.

A perfect way to round off the evening is a stroll down the Pier.

The Pier symbolizes Naples and provides ideal fishing for humans, pelicans and dolphins alike.

The Lighthouse Beach on the east tip of the island, Gulfside City Park located off of Casa Ybel Road, Tarpon Bay Road Beach located on the south end of Tarpon Bay Road and Bowmans Beach located on the way to Captiva.

There are two beaches on Captiva.

One is at Blind Pass and the other is located on the upper end of the island.

Sanibel Lighthouse - East end of Sanibel, public parking at the beach at east end of Periwinkle Way.

First lit in August 1884. Since 1950, the U.S. Coast Guard property at the lighthouse has been a wildlife refuge.

Sanibel Island is one of the best known of the many barrier islands of Lee County, Florida.

Sanibel, which is known worldwide for its magnificent shelling, is connected to the mainland by a three-mile-long causeway.

More than 200 varieties of shells can be found on Sanibel's beaches, especially after extremely high or low tides.

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