Parking at Cedar Key is free at several lots. Compare 3 nearby lots and garages by price, walking distance and how full each one is right now, plus metered street parking. Lot locations, rates and hours are real and geocoded. Tap a pin for driving directions.
3 lots · 240 spaces. Scrub the time slider for the crowd estimate.
On-street parking
180 metered spaces · Free · 2nd–4th Streets — free street parking throughout the small downtown. Pay by plate or ParkMobile.
Local moves
All parking in Cedar Key is free — the whole island is compact enough to walk.
The Dock Street lot fills on weekends and at sunset — arrive by 5 PM for a waterfront spot.
Street parking on 2nd Street is always available as an overflow — it's a two-minute walk to the dock.
No parking meters, no garages, no apps. Old Florida, still.
Parking at Cedar Key is free at several lots.
Yes. Cedar Key has free parking at City Beach Park Lot, Dock Street Lot, 2nd Street Parking. Free spaces are limited and fill first, so arrive early or have a paid backup in mind.
Cedar Key has 3 lots within walking distance; the largest is 2nd Street Parking (100 spaces). The lots nearest the sand fill first, so the ones a block or two back usually have room. Use the live map above to compare walking distance and how full each lot is right now.
On warm, sunny weekend days the closest Cedar Key lots fill by mid-morning. Arrive before 10 AM or after 4 PM for the easiest parking, and scrub the time slider on the map above for the crowd estimate hour by hour.
More Cedar Key
happy hunting
Lot locations, counts, rates and hours are real, geocoded from each address. No live space-count feed is published, so availability is estimated from typical beach crowds and today’s weather. Your location is used only in your browser to sort by distance.
Main parking at Cedar Key: Dock Street Lot (Free) and City Beach Park Lot (Free), plus street parking at Free. Check today’s water, surf and UV on the conditions page.