LONGBOAT KEY

Longboat Key is one of Sarasota County's barrier islands known for award winning pristine white sandy beaches and is home to many working residents, winter residents, retirees and tourists. Longboat Key offers a multitude of recreational activities, dining, education, parks and shopping.

Longboat Key is approximately 10.8 miles long, has 4.26 square miles of land area and runs north to south partially enclosing the western boundary of Sarasota Bay in Southwest Florida.

Longboat Key's average population consists of approximately 8,000 permanent and 12,000 seasonal residents. The average temperature is 73 degrees and normal rainfall is 53.09 inches per year. Longboat Key is located 240 miles North of Miami, 142 miles from South West of Orlando and 71 miles South of Tampa.