Siesta Key, Florida

About Siesta Key

Siesta Key is a small unincorporated community in central Florida.

Siesta Key holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 2.34 square miles.

📰 Siesta Key News Today

• How to Spend THREE DAYS on Siesta Key, Florida: 3-Day Itinerary Destinationless Travel · Oct 7
• Siesta Key Surf Report, Surf Forecast and Surf Cam Surfline · Oct 8
• FIRST ALERT WEATHER: Hurricane Isaias strengthens to Category 3, landfall expected near Florida-Alabama line ABC7 WWSB · Oct 9
• Hurricane Isaias slams Florida, remnants target Metro Detroit Sunday ClickOnDetroit | WDIV Local 4 · Oct 9
• Hurricane Isaias could disrupt Sarasota travel plans - Sarasota Herald-Tribune Sarasota Herald-Tribune · Oct 8

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

📰 Local News

Read the latest Florida headlines on our news site, Bless News Daily.

What Makes Siesta Key Unique

• The only place in America named Siesta Key — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Part of the fabric of Florida — one of 956 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 3 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Siesta Key

• Daiquiri Deck — seafood
• Island House Tap and Grill
• Siesta Key Oyster Bar — seafood
• The DUO Döner & Deli — kebab
• The Old Salty Dog — seafood
• Bean Coffeehouse (café)
• Gilligans Island Bar & Grill
• Simons Coffee House — soup
• The Hub Baja Grill

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Siesta Key

• Phillippi Estate Park reviews ★
• Boyd Park reviews ★
• Glebe Park reviews ★
• Siesta Beach Park reviews ★
• South Lido County Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

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🌤️ Current Weather

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