Best places: Nature preserves in Longboat Key, United States

600+-acre coastal preserve offering a serene salt marsh for kayaking & stand-up paddleboarding.

Serene nature preserve with marshlands, a bird sanctuary & trails for hiking & biking.

Island preserve with trails, boardwalks & a 26-ft. hill planted with marsh & dune vegetation.

Serene, 120-acre wetland habitat with trails, boardwalks & a tower for sunsets & bird watching.

😠 Very short...Still waiting on trail expansion. Only about 10% of preserve is accessible so far. Edit 11/2021: Such a waste of what could be a beautiful park. Park goes all the way to the bay but there are still no trails years later. Instead its become a poorly maintained homeless hangout.