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Manatee Public Beach on Anna Maria Island
Sorry! The Playground has been removed. As of 2024 no playground can be found on the beach.
Manatee Public Beach is located in Holmes Beach where Manatee Avenue runs right into the Gulf of Mexico. Manatee Public Beach has free parking, picnic tables, volleyball nets, public restrooms, a café right on
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Holmes Beach Skate Park
Join our excitement to see the ALL NEW Holmes Beach Skate Park
Originally constructed in 2003, the Holmes Beach skatepark has been well loved and enjoyed by locals. However, after 15 years it was time to repair and improve. With help from one of the designers of the Bradenton Riverwalk skatepark, local businesses and the community,
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Bayfront Park on Anna Maria Island - Family Fun
Bayfront Park located on the North end of the island is a quiet park that is great for a picnic with the kiddos. The park offers calm bay water beaches, a spectacular view of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, and is a wonderful place for walking, fishing, and swimming!
Bayfront Park features picnic tables and grills covered by pavilions,
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Top 5 Ice Cream Places on Anna Maria Island
Hey dudes and dude-ettes!! You’re back with The Island Kid right here on Kids Corner, the best place to get the best news on Anna Maria Island. I’m here today to tell you guys about the absolute best places on the island to get your ice cream fix. Now, here on Anna Maria Island, there are plenty of places you can go if
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Kid’s Korner on Anna Maria Island – Top Things to Do
Welcome to Kid’s Korner, the best place to stop by & see the latest happenings for us kids on Anna Maria. Hey Anna Maria Island kids, do you have any fun activities planned for this summer while visiting Anna Maria Island? If not, I’ve got plenty of exciting things for you to do. With a diverse choice of activities always going
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Anna Maria City Pier Celebrates 100th Birthday!
In 1911 during the beginning stages of commercial development on Anna Maria Island, one of the first steps was to build a city pier on the bay side of Anna Maria Island. The idea was to attract excursion steamers from Tampa to unload passengers on Anna Maria Island so they could enjoy everything that the Island has to o
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The Annual Desoto Heritage Festival Parade
The annual Desoto Heritage Festival Parade had a crowd of an estimated 150,000 people downtown Bradenton and along Manatee Avenue last Saturday. Manatee Avenue and other locations were completely shut down by 5:30 p.m. allowing no traffic at all, as the crowd started to pour into the streets.
Looking up at the sky a
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Marauders Baseball All Summer Long At LECOM Park.
Catch the Bradenton Marauders all summer long at LECOM Park. The Bradenton Marauders are a Class A-Advanced affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Click here and browse their online schedule.
Group tickets are also available and require a minimum of 10 people that must be booked at least 24 hours in advance. All groups wi
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Anna Maria Island Has Two Libraries
Tingley Memorial Library
The Tingley Memorial Library in Bradenton Beach (also known as the Bradenton Beach Public Library) is one of two libraries on Anna Maria Island. Tingley Memorial Library is a privately funded non-profit organization existing on donations and volunteer help, and is independent of the county library sys
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