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Crescent Beach, Siesta Key, Florida Beachfront Vacation Rentals

Crescent Beach, Florida is located where Clark Road connects Siesta Key to Sarasota. (Clark Road is also called Stickney Point Road). This area has a great many beach resorts, from multi-story condominium resorts, to smaller single-story multi-unit rental resorts, hotels, and motels. Not only is there a small village of shops, restaurants, and local service businesses in the Crescent Beach area, but Sarasota is barely five minutes away. This is a big plus if you want to enjoy some nightlife, or enjoy the cultural attractions of Sarasota.

Below is a wide-angle view of the southern section of Crescent Beach. To the right you can see a few of the flat limestone rocks that characterize and define the area known as Point-of-Rocks. To take the below photo I'm standing on one of the rocks that extends out into the Gulf a short way. Note how shallow and clear the water is. Also note how many beachfront vacation rentals there are. None of them is extremely tall, but some have three to five levels.

Crescent Beach has particularly beautiful water. In addition, the southern border of Crescent Beach is called Point-of-Rocks, and is an unusual outcropping of flat, smooth, limestone rock. The rocks extend for some distance out into the shallow water and create some of the best snorkeling in southwest Florida. The water here is so beautiful you have to see it. I've got some pretty nice pictures of the water and the rocks below.

There is very limited public access to the beach here because of a severe lack of parking. Parking on the local streets is prohibited. Most of the people you see on the beach are either locals who walked or biked, or they are guests of the many resorts on Crescent Beach. The resorts are packed in fairly tight here and some of them are fairly tall. This is quite a contrast to northern Siesta Key.

Crescent Beach is quite a bit narrower than the northern Siesta beaches, but the sand is still very white and powdery. It is not at all difficult to walk all the way from Point-of-Rocks to the Siesta Public Beach and back. You could make a round trip walk in about an hour and a half walking at a fairly leisurely pace.