Longboat Key Information, Map and Links
Information to help you plan your Longboat Key vacation including statistics, weather information and helpful Long boat Key links.
Longboat Key is located at 27°23′49″N 82°38′41″W / 27.39694°N 82.64472°W / 27.39694; -82.64472 (27.396931, -82.644751)[4]. It is north of St. Armands Key, with its circle of shopping and dining, and Lido Key, and south of Bradenton Beach, Holmes Beach, and Anna Maria, which are located on adjacent Anna Maria Island. The nearby cities of Sarasota and Bradenton and the Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport round out Longboat Key's varied list of geographic amenities. Gulf of Mexico Drive runs the length of the island, with ancillary boulevards branching off to residential neighborhoods. From some locations one can see both Sarasota Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. At other points the island widens and accommodates various homes owned both singly and in condominiums, hotels, and sports clubs.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 17.1 square miles (44.2 km²), of which, 4.9 square miles (12.7 km²) of it is land and 12.1 square miles (31.5 km²) of it (71.18%) is water.
Gulf of Mexico Drive, also referred to as State Road 789, is the only main thoroughfare and runs north-south through the island. The Town is accessed by bascule (draw) bridges, from the south by New Pass Bridge connecting Longboat Key and Lido Key and Longboat Pass Bridge on the north connecting Longboat Key to Anna Maria Island. Both bridges connect to secondary roads to the mainland in each county which lead to major regional facilities, including Interstate 75, US 41, and US 301. These regional facilities provide access to Bradenton and Tampa to the north and Sarasota, Fort Myers, and Naples to the south.
From longboatkey.org & wikipedia.org
Imporant Links
Town of Longboat Key - Longboat Key Historical Society - Long Boat Key Chamber of Commerce
Long Boat Key Observer - Longboat Key News
Florida Fish and Wildlife - National Weather Service - Tampa Bay Rays
Tampa Bay Bucs - Tampa Bay Lightning - Indy Car Racing Series - Busch Gardens
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