Turtle Beach - Less Crowded, Lots of Room! Turtle Beach, on the south end of Siesta Key, Florida is usually far less crowded than other Siesta Key and Sarasota beaches, especially during “off season.” Named for being an active sea turtle nesting habitat during turtle mating season, Turtle Beach is much more low key, as intended, than other Sarasota beaches, namely Siesta Key Beach. In fact, during “low season,” you can almost have the half mile (2,600 feet of beach frontage) long beach to yourself! The beach has been wonderfully re-nourished into a wide expanse of sandy beach and sand dunes. The trees bordering the Turtle Beach Campground and the beach make for a gorgeous landscape.
While not the white, baby powder soft sand you’ll find on Siesta Beach; the sand here is of a darker, more coarse variety, this is still one of the best Gulf of Mexico Beaches; a huge expanse of beach with plenty of room to stake your claim to your own piece of real estate under the Sarasota, Florida sun.
This Siesta Key, Florida beach is family friendly and a great place to bring the kids. The greater park area at this beach covers about 14 acres and has quite a few amenities.
Within the beach area are small and larger group picnic shelters and grills around the lagoon, a playground for the kids, a volleyball court, restrooms and lots of parking space.
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