Beach Guide

Where to Park

Manasota Key · lots & garages

Arrive early
lots fill fast

Watch the Lots Fill

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12 PM today
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3 lots · 330 spaces. Scrub the time slider for the crowd estimate.

All Parking

at 12 PM · nearest first

Englewood Beach County Park

~31 open

200 spaces · Free · County beach · 18 min

Manasota Beach Park

~38 open

80 spaces · Free · County park · 20 min

Stump Pass Beach State Park

~24 open

50 spaces · $3/vehicle · State park · 4.3 mi

On-street parking

60 metered spaces · Free (limited) · Manasota Beach Rd — narrow two-lane island road, very limited street spots. Pay by plate or ParkMobile.

Local moves

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All lots are free except Stump Pass State Park ($3). This is the Manasota Key advantage over the Sarasota beaches.

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Englewood Beach fills on good-weather winter weekends — snowbirds discovered it. Arrive before 9 AM.

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Manasota Beach Park (mid-island) is the best-kept secret — same Gulf sand, half the people.

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Stump Pass State Park closes at sunset — build your exit time into the day plan.

City parking info (941) 473-0504

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 Manasota Key: Englewood Beach County Park (Free) and Manasota Beach Park (Free), plus street parking at Free (limited). Check today’s water, surf and UV on the conditions page.