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Top Beaches 2006

By Teresa Plowright, About.com

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Best Beach #2: Caladesi Island State Park, Florida

Beach - Caladesi

Caladesi Island State Park, FL

--if you've arrived by search engine, please see "America's Best Beaches 2007"--

Caladesi Island is in the St. Pete / Clearwater area on Florida's west coast: this is a favorite haunt of Dr. Beach, who's picked several top-scoring beaches here including Fort de Soto Park, the Best Beach winner for 2005.

The Caladesi Island State Park offers 3 miles of nature trail, marina, picnic pavilions, fishing, shelling, and nature studies. Read more about Caladesi Island...

And see more about St. Pete / Clearwater at Travel With Kids.

*photo courtesy of Florida International University site.

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