Lower Matecumbe Beaches.

There are two excellent beaches very near my house. Anne's Beach is a public beach about 2.5 miles south of me on the ocean side. It features two small parking lot's connected by a long boardwalk meandering through the mangroves and sand with trails that wander off to the water. It's a charming spot to spend an afternoon with the family or an early morning stroll. There are covered, ocean view picnic tables as well as bathroom facilities.

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In addition to Anne's beach, there is another and much longer beach, Sea Oats Beach, about a mile south of my house (within walking distance and Lower Matecumbe island has a bike/walking path set well off of US1 that spans the length of the island). It's a long stretch of beach that is just off the roadway. There is plenty of room to park along the side of the road and you have a full mile of open beach that is wade-able grass flats for fishing with clean sand on the south end. Bonefish, tarpon and permit inhabit these flats and it's not unusual to see a fisherman wading or a flats skiff poling by. (Home)

The southern half mile of Sea Oats beach is blanketed in beautiful white sand, a not so common find in the Keys where most of the shallow water is dominated by abundant sea grass and coral. A very pleasant two miles from the house, this is a nice spot for Happy Hour (okay, one of my favorite places in the known universe, I admit it!) and tide is a factor, low for sitting on the sand, high for wading. (Home)