Location: Clearwater Beach, Florida Central West, Florida, USA (Bailey's Bluff - Just North of Clearwater Beach)
Accommodations: Private Home, 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bath (Sleeps 4-6)
This beautiful home is completely remodeled, with new kitchen. The kitchen is seperated from the great room by a bar/counter. Quiet residential neighborhood. In this private community, you have access to the private beach with beach cabanas, barbecue pits, and picnic tables. There are many golf courses within minutes.
There is a private HEATED swimming pool in the fenced in back yard for your exclusive use.
There is a boat that comes with the house.
Excellent restaurants are just minutes away. In the fishing boat (motor is extra) you can catch speckled trout, snook, redfish, tarpon, and more. Beautiful Anclote Key, a state park island accessible only by boat, is just a short boat ride away. Anclote Key has some of the best beaches in all of Florida.
This is a Non-Smoking House. For more complete information - please access our special website link below under "Links to more information."
Florida Beaches in the area... The beaches along the Sun Coast of Florida are some of the most beautiful and safest in the world. These include the following:
1. Anclote Key
2. Fred Howard Park
3. Honeymoon Island
4. Caladesi Island
5. Clearwater Beach
6. Treasure Island
7. St Pete Beach
8. Fort De Soto Park
The string of beaches from Anclote Key in the north to Fort De Soto in the South covers 36 miles and has some of the best beaches in the United States, including Hawaii. These beaches range from isolated, undeveloped tropical islands accessible only by boat (Anclote Key, Caladesi Island) to packed tourist beaches with all the souvenir shops, grouper sandwich shops, and nightclubs. The people that rank beaches, place Caladesi Island State Park, Anclote Key State Park, and Fort De Soto park in the top ten beaches in the United States, with most of the other top ten beaches being in Hawaii.
The slope of the beach is very gentle, making the beaches safe for small children to play at the waters edge. Every possible water sport can be enjoyed along these beaches including fishing in the grass flats, deep-sea fishing, boating, sailing, canoeing, sea kayaking, SCUBA diving, wind surfing, shelling, para-sailing, swimming, and water skiing.
Anclote Key State Preserve
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More than 1,000 years ago, this island was pushed up from the floor of the Gulf of Mexico to rest on a limestone platform. This 4 mile long island is one of the few truly unspoiled and undeveloped islands left along the Florida coast.
Anclote Lighthouse
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The abandoned lighthouse on the southern end of this remote island adds to the islands fragile beauty and character. The lighthouse was built in the 1880's and server almost 100 years to protect the mariners in the Gulf of Mexico. With the advent of more modern navigational tools such as the LOng RAnge Navigation System (LORAN) and later the Global Position System (GPS) it became obsolete. It was decommissioned in 1984 and for the last 16 years has been abandoned.
Anclote Wildlife
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Rare and endangered birds and turtles inhabit Anclote Key. Visitors travel to the island by boat every year to enjoy the more than 43 species of birds that live there including the American Oystercatcher, Bald Eagle, and Ospreys (sometimes called fish eagles). The Ospreys have numerous nesting sites in the tall pine trees that cover the island. Turtles can also be spotted on the island including endangered Loggerheads and Green Turtles.
Anclote Activities
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The main activities on the island are swimming in the shallow Gulf waters that are as warm as a bathtub in the summers. The gradual slope of the beaches makes it easy for oldsters as well as youngsters to enjoy the clear warm waters, which are said by some to provide solstice for the soul as well as the body. Shelling is also a favorite activity. Several species of shells can be collected. Sand dollars can also be found by digging your toes into the sand in about 2 or 3 feet of water and feeling the sand dollars under the surface of the sand. The sand dollars vary in size from 1 to 6 inches across.
Fred Howard Park
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This park was first opened in 1966 and is located at the end of a mile long causeway west of Florida Ave. in Tarpon Springs, this is a beautiful beach area. The swimming and sunbathing is excellent. The facilities include very nice sheltered picnic areas, playgrounds for the kids, restrooms, Bar-B-Q grills, and beach showers. Bring your fishing poles and your wind surfers. This is a very popular park with the local Floridians and over 2 million people visit the park annually. On weekends it can be crowded, but on week days there are fewer people enjoying the sun and the water.
Tarpon Springs
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Hiding just north of Clearwater Beach, Tarpon Springs is one of the oldest cities on the Florida West Coast. The Greeks first settled this area around the turn of the century and started the Sponge Diving Industry. Visitors can enjoy the authentic Greek food in the more than 20 restaurants, shop in the sponge and souvenir stores, and board cruise boats for half day or day trips for casino gambling or fishing.
Clearwater Beach
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On an island all it own, Clearwater Beach is the major "tourist beach" on the Florida Sun Coast. Every type of beach oriented activity can be found here. With its many shops and miles of beach, the entire family can have fun here.
Caladesi Island
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This island, along with Anclote Key, are two of the unspoiled, undeveloped islands that are on the Florida West Coast. Caladesi Island and Anclote Key are both only accessible by boat.
Honeymoon Island
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This island is accessible by a man made causeway. There is a special area where you can bring your pets to play in the sand and the water.
Vacation Rental Features
- Amenities
- Air Conditioning
- Washer
- Dryer
- Linens Provided
- Garage
- Off Street Parking
- Beds
- King Bed
- Twin/Single Bed
- Crib
- Entertainment
- Cable/Satellite TV
- DVD
- VCR
- Private Pool
- Kitchen
- Full Kitchen
- Cooking Utensils Provided
- Refrigerator
- Dishwasher
- Microwave
- Outdoor Features
- Charcoal BBQ Grill
- Deck/Patio
- Lanai
- View/Location
- Waterfront, not Lake/Oceanfront. Ask for details
- Communications
- Telephone
- Broadband Internet
- Other Amenities
- This is a Non-Smoking House. Fishing boat comes with the house, Snook, Tarpon & Redfish, Disney, Sea World, Universal Studios just 90 minutes away, Busch Gardens 45 minutes, Clearwater Beach 30 minutes & Tarpon Springs' Sponge Docks are just 10 minutes away. Sleeping for the 5th and 6th persons are 2 air matresses.
- Suitability
- Pet Friendly
- Kid Friendly
- Smoking Not Allowed
- Activities (on site and nearby)
- Golf
- Tennis
- Theme Park (Amusement Park)
- Zoo/Wildlife Park
- Shopping
- Sightseeing
- Restaurants
- Kayaking
- Sailing
- Waterskiing
- Parasailing
- Jet Skiing
- Shelling
- Swimming
- Snorkeling/Diving
- Windsurfing
- Biking
- Wildlife Viewing
- Hiking
- Fishing
- Museums
- Horseback Riding
- Hot Air Ballooning
- Other Activities
- Boating & the Boat gives access to Fishing & Anclote Island, We do have a fishing boat that comes with the house free of charge, There is also a motor available for an additional fee, With the motor, you are able to fish the grass flats, usually catching lots of speckeled trout, redfish, mangrove snapper, etc, There is also an island about 4 miles offshore, named Anclote Key, which is a State Park & Nature Sanctuary, It has very beautiful beaches & is only accessable by, boat or airplane, NOTE, The use of the motor cost an additional $100 added to the vacation home rental cost, If you would like to use the motor please let me know & I will send you a contract that reflects the additional cost
Rate Details (In US Dollars)
$395 - $1195/wk (excludes holidays)
Boat comes free with home, boat motor is a small extra charge
2 free bicycles come with home and fishing poles
Note: Until confirmed, rates are subject to change without notice.
Property Photos
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- Living Room - Waterfront Villa - Clearwater/Bailey's Bluff, FL - Florida Vacation Rental - Blue Heron Waterfront Home!
- Kitchen & Dining Area - Clearwater/Bailey's Bluff, FL - Florida Vacation Rental - Blue Heron Waterfront Home!
- The pool overlooking the water
- Front of Blue Heron vacation home
- Beach and boat
- Boys playing on the beach. Notice how calm the water is, safe for children.
- Eric, the youngster, caught this nice trout with Dad and Granddad looking on.
- Here is the Fishing Boat. Ideal for fishing the grass flats for trout & reds.
- Sunsets on the private beach are EXCELLENT !!
- Here is a picture of the private Gulf of Mexico beach ....
- Picture of my wife at the private beach, watching another beautiful sunset.
- Here is a Snook one of our guests caught
- Here are people enjoying the Anclote Key Beach
- This is the Anclote River Park - short drive
- HUGE Speckled trout caught near the homes
Vacation Rentals by Owner Listing #2863
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