Beer Can Island
beach★ 4.8 (718)
100 Broadway St, Longboat Key ↗Dead trees and piled driftwood line Longboat Key's north tip — herons and egrets use them as perches while boats anchor just offshore. No restrooms, vendors, or lifeguards; you walk in from the Broadway boardwalk, about 0.8 miles, or arrive by boat. Sea turtles nest in the dunes all summer. Seven hundred reviewers made the trek and call it 4.8.
Best time to go
Weekday mornings — the walk in is cooler and weekend boat traffic hasn't arrived yet.
Local tip
During fall migration, check the bayside mangroves — warblers shelter there after crossing the Gulf.
Hours
Daily; no facilities on site
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