Englewood Florida is home to beautiful beaches, numerous golf courses, interesting parks, and plenty of fishing.
Beaches 
Manasota Beach...free parking, picnic tables, showers and restrooms. This beach is on the northern end of the island with a small parking lot.
Blind Pass Beach... free parking with picnic tables, showers and restrooms. This is the most isolated beach on the key. There's also a nature trail with dunes and wildflowers.
Englewood Beach...The most popular beach on Manasota Key. Parking costs 25 cents per hour from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Picnic tables, basketball, playground, horseshoes, volleyball,showers and restrooms are provided.
Stump Pass Beach...Located at the southern end of Manasota Key. It is truly a gem! Anglers may want to try their luck fishing from the sandy shores, and for the water-lovers, the beach is just waiting for you!
Golf 
- Lemon Bay Golf Club
- Myakka Pines Golf Club
- Oyster Creek Golf & Country Club
- Wildflower Country Club
- Duffy's Golf Center
Fishing/Boating 
- Lemon Bay Tours, LLC lemonbaytours.com
- Bay Breeze Boat Rentals baybreezeboatrentals.com
- Captain Jack's Charters-1450 Beach Rd. Englewood 475-4511
- Carl, Capt. Billy- Englewood 697-6382 or 475-4511
- Charter Boat Center - 1330 Beach Road Englewood 475-9476
- Silver Dollar Charters - 1961 Beach Rd. Englewood 475-0512
- Sweeterman, Capt. Mike - Englewood 475-1256
- Foridays Fishing Charters - Englewood 475-1256
- Hyde, Capt. Thomas - 1330 Beach Rd. Englewood 475-9476
- Baggett, Capt. Lou - P.O. Box 71 Englewood 475-3677
Parks 
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- Stump Pass Beach State Park 5.1mi.
- DonPedro Island State Park 6.7 mi.
- Oscar Scherer State Park 15.8 mi.
- Gasparilla Island State Park 17.7 mi.
- Myakka River State Park 19.3 mi.
- Cayo Costa State Park 19.63 mi.
- Charlotte harbour State Park 26.44 mi
Located in nearby Ft. Myers (43 miles south) are the spring training homes of the Boston Red Sox and Minnestoa Twins. Sarasota (36 miles north) is the spring training home of the Cincinnati Reds. And coming in Feb. 2009 The Tampa Bay Rays will be in training the Charlotte County sports park a short 5 mile drive from our rental property.