Description: Englewood Beach (now we are in Charlotte County) is located on the lower half of Manasota Key at the west end of Beach Road. This major public beach offers plentiful parking, elevated restrooms, picnic tables, a playground, a sand volleyball court, horseshoes, and pavilions. Englewood Beach is the most popular on Manasota Key. The parking area is spacious and rarely crowded. The boardwalks offer splendid seascape views. You can find nearby several restaurants and shops. Watch out for the nesting turtles, though, from mid-spring to mid-fall.
Located at the south end of Manasota Key (take a left at the end of Beach Road), Stump Pass offers something for everyone (if you can find a parking spot). The beach runs all around the southern tip of the Key to the Lemon Bay. It is a great place for swimming, shell collecting, or fishing (at Lemon Bay side of the peninsula). A small parking lot, picnic tables, and restroom facilities were added recently. Unlike with other Englewood beaches, visitors here have to pay an entrance fee ($2 per car or $1 walking or biking in).
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