Bayfront Park
beach★ 4.6 (1,187)
This is the island's calm-water counterweight: a bayfront strip at the northeast corner of Anna Maria, facing Tampa Bay, Egmont Key and the Sunshine Skyway instead of Gulf surf. Shaded picnic tables, grills and a reservable pavilion make it the family-cookout beach; the flat, sheltered bay water suits small kids. A four-figure review count for a picnic park says the formula lands.
Best time to go
Weekday mornings; the park runs sunrise to sunset.
Local tip
The Anna Maria City Pier is next door — walk it after the cookout for the long Skyway view.
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