Lido Key is beautiful! The water is clear. There are many sea shells to hunt for. At the southern…read morepart of the island there is an area for barbecuing. People also took their jet skis to a near by ramp and parked their actual jet skis here on the shore. I honestly love this beach & I will be coming back soon!

Stunning! Love this park - especially for looking for seashells. Very peaceful and family/adult…read moreoriented,

This is a very nice preserve / park. We saw lots of dragon flies and many different types of…read morebutterfly March 2020. Also many species of bird. There are some covered picnic table areas and a small playground. Then some woods with wide and narrow trails. Leads to an open area and slough (lakeish feature). Good mix of wilds and park features. Did a pretty wel established tent campsite with two tents despite the no camping signs. There are buckets out to collect air potatoes if you see any. Lots of large vines,, some saw palmetto, and wildflowers. It was pretty dry this spring and not too buggy. Not sure on summer with the water features around. Lovely area to explore for a walk. Saw people fishing. Reccomended for a nice outing. Peeps were friendly. Lots of dog walkers and nature loving folks.

There are dog walkers with the dog not on a leash. There are signs posted to inform dog walkers…read moreaboilut this

Such a fun park. The kids like it because they can bounce back and forth between the playground and…read morethe parkour park. 05.02.25

This is the most beautiful and peaceful place to hike in town. Sure you can go to rural areas and…read moreenjoy nature but there is nothing convenient or particularly safe about really remote areas. Rothenbach gives you the feeling of freedom that comes from being immersed in nature. It does that without the typically requisite long drive time to get to a trail head. It also is a place that someone can go enjoy alone, yet one can maintain relative safety. You have to check out Rothenbach. It's about 3 miles of hiking to do one complete revolution around the property.

Very cute little park! There is a loop trail that takes you through the parking lot/trees and then…read moredown by the water. There is a little pier off the trail along the water, so we stopped there to take a picture of the dogs. The views were beautiful and we saw lots of birds flying around. The only downside was that there had recently been a baby shower gender reveal at the park and all of the blue confetti was not cleaned up, so it was scattered all over and made the park look dirty.

Lovely little park down near the Municipal center that skirts Sarasota Bay. They have a great…read moreplayground for the kiddos and you can grill and enjoy your sunshine hours on benches and beneath Gazebos watching comorants as the dry themselves on the rock. Perfect Florida.

This is a small county park (about 50 acres) that wasn't here the last time I visited Sarasota.  To…read moreme, its lake is the focal point, with its deck overlooking the water -- a nice place to relax.  The also a trail in the woods with exercise stations, as well as a pavilion with picnic tables.  I haven't seen it on a weekend, but weekday mornings in January are rather quiet and peaceful.

This is a nice small roadside park along a large pond a few minutes from the much larger and more…read morescenic Celery Fields preserve of Sarasota Legend. The park offers water views. People were racing remote control motorboats at one end when I was there. None crashed but they were still cool. Saw a toddler sized gator. Some development clearing going on at one end. Florida grows. Playground area for toddlers with some nice features. A couple benches. Gravel parking lot. Cattails. Yellow flowers. It was a pleasant visit. My lil one likes exploring the shells dropped to make paths.

This park sits on the edge of an industrial area and is little more than a lake with a walking path…read morearound it. I guess it would be a pleasant enough place to take a lunch break from one of the businesses in the area, but I couldn't see seeking it out for an afternoon journey to spend the day at.

The park is lovely, but we were there for the annual boat parade. Boat owners, of small motor boats…read moreand yachts, decorate their boats with Christmas lights and sometimes music too. The boats start New Pass Bridge and drive around to Marina Jack's where they are judged for prizes. Unfortunately this year, not only were there a smaller number of boats( usually 30-40 boats are in the Parade), but most of them were barely decorated. Some had only one short strings of lights across the stern. It also took a long time for the boats to get moving. I saw only 5 boats that were well decorated way at the tail end of the Parade. Fingers crossed for a better show next year.

great half-day trip . . . trails, bulkheads, restrooms, docks, boat launch, aquarium, outdoor…read moredining, bay beach access

This is a good sized park in Englewood with an area for boat trailer parking and past it for…read moreregular vehicles. There's some shoreline and the Lemon Bay Paddlers have their crewing boats stored here. Nice views. Relaxing area. A lot of the park is parkong. Irony? Still nice to visit and relax.