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Blind Pass Beach
6725 Manasota Key Road, Manasota Key, FL 34223
Blind Pass Beach is located on Manasota Key Road, one mile north
of the Charlotte County line on Manasota Key.
Amenities:
66 acres gulf
to bay
2,940 linear feet of gulf beach frontage
canoe launch
dune wildflowers.
fishing
large picnic shelter
nature trail
No Lifeguards are on duty.
parking
passive recreation area
playground equipment
rest rooms
swimming
History:
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This site was
acquired in stages starting with 400 feet of gulf frontage.
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The peninsula
on Lemon Bay was created from spoil when the Intercostal
Waterway was dug in the early 1960's.
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1600 feet of
gulf frontage was acquired to the north of the original site
in 1983.
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In November
1986, 600 more feet of Gulf to bay property was acquired to
the south of the original site in 1988.
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In 1989,
approximately 400 more feet of Gulf to bay property was
purchased by Sarasota County Government at the north end of
the site.
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