Crescent Beach on Siesta Key Can Be Just Steps From Your Door! Here on Siesta Key’s Crescent Beach, just off Sarasota, Florida you can lay out and luxuriate in the same white powdery soft sand as Siesta Key Public Beach. You see, this beach is just south of the number one rated beach in the USA, Siesta Key Beach. The Crescent Beach area is basically an enclave, with the beach densely lined with condos and other rental units for those who would like to stay right at the beach for a week, a month, a season, or for life! From Midnight Pass Road you can't even see the water, just a canyon of condos. And to get to the beach from Midnight Pass Road you have to find the small (easy to miss) public access point. There's a parking lot and walking pathway that leads out to Crescent Beach. This public access point is just south of Stickney Point a few feet on the west side (gulf side) of Midnight Pass Road. It's the quickest way to get to the beach in this area if you are not actually staying in one of the condos or local hotels right there.
But part of the fun of a “Sarasota beach vacation” is strolling the beaches, right? I've walked that stretch from Siesta Key Beach all the way south to "Point of Rocks." If I can do it, so can you. It's fun. You get your feet wet!
You’ll may also find fishermen nearby enjoying this special little spot. And, folklore says that the Point of Rocks area is the starting spot for many a map to pirates’ buried treasure. Aargh!! (Ha-Ha!)
But there are no public facilities, life guards or amenities here since it caters mostly to those who are renting and living right at the beach. They have their own private facilities or clubhouse available to them nearby at their hotel or condo complex.
If that lot is full, double back and head north on Midnight Pass Road, to Beach Road to Siesta Key Public Beach where there’s a large, free public parking lot. Then head out to the shore and wade your way south to Crescent Beach. Return from Crescent Beach to Sarasota Beaches.
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