Location: Cedar Key, Florida North Central, Florida, USA (2.5 Hours to JAX, Orlando, Tampa. 1 Hour WSW of Gainesville)
Accommodations: House, 2 Bedrooms + Convertible bed(s), 2 Baths (Sleeps 6-8)
This split home is ready and waiting for 2-8 people. Fully equipped and furnished, including a TV in each living room and bedroom, 2 bicycles, a small charcoal grill, washer & dryer, YOUR home away from home. Recently refurbished there are plenty of reasons to come for weekend, a week, or a lifetime.
Great boating access and at the end of the day, you can put your feet up and enjoy the sunsets.
The house is 1/1 upstairs with king bed and a queen bed in a large bedroom, downstairs is 1/1 with queen bed and larger living room. Both levels have full kitchens, making this THE spot for two to four couples, with the futon in the living room. Perfect for family reunions, there is a large yard, ample parking and an outdoor swing. With a charcoal grill (provided), you can have the "crowd" over, then retire to your "private place".
Bring a fishing pole or a crab trap. The seawall is the perfect spot to wet your line, or catch tonight's dinner. Cedar Key's waters are bountiful! Blue crabs and redfish are close to shore; other species, including cobia, trout, black sea bass and shark are close by.
Just want to come over for fishing and relaxing? This canal flows into Tyre Creek, and depending on your boat, you can be in Goose Cove in minutes, or follow Tyre Creek around the George T. Lewis Airstrip, and be at the main channel and North Key. Want to fish without care? Fishing guides and boat rentals are available; we'll be happy to share our favorite guides' contact information with you. Kayak rentals and boat tours are also available in Cedar Key.
There is always PLENTY of bird life. Blue herons, common egrets and snowy egrets will perch within arm's length, brown pelicans, osprey and the larger white pelicans will hover nearby. Bring your binoculars, depending on the time of the year, roseate spoonbills, wood storks, ibis and bald eagles will grace the sky. No, it's not just for you, but you will believe it is.
Cedar Key is bike friendly, and we supply two bicycles for your stay. Ride along and admire the many species of birds, enjoy watching porpoises jump for joy of the end of Cedar Key's fishing pier on Dock Street, or ride to one of Cedar Key's pocket parks, sit on a bench and just allow your soul to dream over the water. Everything is less than a mile from YOUR weekend home.
Not up for biking? Golf carts are welcome in Cedar Key during daylight hours and allowed everywhere but State Road 24. Bring your own, or rent one in town.
Like museums? Cedar Key boasts two, the Historical Society Museum, detailing the stages of Cedar Key life. Exhibits include prehistoric and Native American artifacts, the 2nd Seminole Indian War, the Civil War, the cedar pencil and lumbering industries, and maritime industry, past and present, up to today’s successful clam aquaculture. The Cedar Key State Museum, depicts the colorful history of Cedar Key during the 19th century. The State Museum also houses a collection of sea shells and Indian artifacts collected by Saint Clair Whitman, the founder of the first museum in Cedar Key.
Wander our museums, shop in our locally owned, managed and operated artist's galleries and stores, dine in our restaurants.
Cedar Key boasts the FINEST clam chowder found anywhere. Cedar Key is one of the top producers of farm raised clams, ensuring your clam dinner, roasted clam appetizer, clams on the half shell, or steamed clams are FRESH. We think they are GOOD for you too. Other fresh seafood is also available, including the Best Oysters In Florida, blue crabs, stone crabs, and all the fish you want to catch. Local bait and tackle stores will outfit with the best bait, and maybe give you a hint or two.
We have all the modern conveniences, including a grocery, a book store, and a small department store just 9 miles east. If you can't get it here, do you really need it?
Come for a weekend, stay for a week, and you might just find you've been here a lifetime. Cast your cares into the canal, swing into sunset, you'll like us.
Rates quoted are for the entire house. Don't need this much space? Contact us about renting either the upstairs which accommodates 4 with a king bed and a queen bed in the one bedroom or stay downstairs, also accommodating 4 with a queen in the bedroom and a double futon in the living room
Have a larger crowd? Other units are available. We will be happy to help you arrange multiple rentals, including a rental hall or meeting room.
Proudly managed by Nature Coast Realty, Inc., P.O. Box 850, Cedar Key, FL 32625
Vacation Rental Features
- Amenities
- Air Conditioning: split unit, perfect for those groups where "I'm cold" and I'm hot" travel together. Everyone can be happy.
- Washer (2) : both on ground level
- Dryer (2) : both on ground level
- Linens Provided
- Off Street Parking: Room for 4 cars or three cars and boat
- Parking for RV/Boat/Trailer: gravel parking area
- Beds
- King Bed: upstairs unit-shares bedroom with queen bed
- Queen Bed (2) : upstairs-shares bedroom with king bed, downstairs has separate bedroom with queen bed
- Convertible Bed: futon in downstairs unit
- Entertainment
- Cable/Satellite TV (4) : cable-in living rooms and bedrooms
- Kitchen
- Full Kitchen (2) : 2-fully equipped
- Cooking Utensils Provided: All you need for a weekend or a month.
- Dishwasher (2) : 2
- Microwave (2) : 2
- Outdoor Features
- Charcoal BBQ Grill: Please use outside only.
- Lanai (2) : One on each level of the home.
- View/Location
- Waterfront, not Lake/Oceanfront. Ask for details: canal front
- Suitability
- No Pets Allowed: Exceptions can be made, please contact us.
- Smoking Not Allowed: Smoking on porches only, please.
- Activities (on site and nearby)
- Restaurants
- Kayaking
- Sailing
- Boating
- Swimming
- Biking
- Wildlife Viewing
- Hiking
- Fishing
- Hunting
- Museums
- Other Activities
- Golf course-30 minutes,UF-one hour,Suwannee River-30 minutes,Manatee Springs-30 minutes,Waccasassa Bay and Cedar Key Scrub State Preserves-15 minutes
Rate Details (In US Dollars)
From $175 per night (2 night minimum) $950 per week
Up OR Down-$95 per night up to 4 people.
Mid week SPECIALS, Contact us for details.
Holiday & special weekends may require 3 day stay.
Rates are for 8 people.
Subject to 9% tax.
Monthly stays are WELCOME!
Note: Until confirmed, rates are subject to change without notice.
Owner's Profile
Owner Description
Year Purchased: 2005
We are based in St. Louis. Our daughter, her husband and our two grandchildren are in Gainesville FL. Our business requires we travel, luckily as we are able to visit!
Why the Owner Chose Cedar Key
We love Cedar Key. After visiting Cedar Key for over 5 years, we found the perfect property for us.
Our cottage has room and access for a small boat, and we love to sail-small boats-Cedar Key is very tide dependent!
We are less than an hour from Gainesville, home of the University of Florida. It is an easy drive to see our family, attend cultural events, or shop and the drive home gives us time to slow down to "Island Time".
Cedar Key is home to friendly people, small shops and some of Florida's best seafood.
There is a small dock where we can tie up for those "oh honey I forgot the extra sunblock", or when we know the tides are not quite to our timing.
The Unique Benefits of this House
Only twelve blocks to anywhere, we can bike, walk, stroll, amble, or if it is a really lazy day, we can rent a golf cart. We are six block to the pocket park on Goose Cove; watching the shore birds is only a five minute mini trip. Our home is closer to the back waters, the marsh wild life viewing is superb from either screen porch. We are in the middle of the Cedar Keys National Bird Refuge.
Property Photos
- Swinging on the canal - Cedar Key Vacation House, Bring Your Fishing Pole, House Is Canal Front, with Great Boating Access.
- You can almost fish from here - Cedar Key Vacation House, Bring Your Fishing Pole, House Is Canal Front, with Great Boating Access.
- Pecky Cypress walls surround you in comfort - Cedar Key Vacation House, Bring Your Fishing Pole, House Is Canal Front, with Great Boating Access.
- Who needs a TV (but there are 4)
- Sliders to the screen porch, you may just want to eat outside
- Plenty of room for a long stay
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