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Amenities include four parking lots, two picnic areas with covered tables, beaches, and Historic Port Boca Grande Lighthouse on the southern end of the island. The Port Boca Grande Lighthouse contains a museum and gift shop, and is run by the Barrier Island Park Society, a nonprofit that supports the Gasparilla Island State Park.
Location of Boca Grande, Florida Public beach on Gulf Blvd, looking north. Boca Grande is a small residential community on Gasparilla Island in southwest Florida.Gasparilla Island is a part of both Charlotte and Lee counties, while the actual village of Boca Grande, which is home to many seasonal and some year-round residents, is entirely in the Lee County portion of the island.
The name Gasparilla appears on maps dating to well before the time of the buccaneer; anthropologist Andre-Marcel d'Ans suggests it was named for a Spanish missionary named Gaspar or Gasparillo. [3] In 1905, harbor dredging began, and a Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railroad line was constructed, connecting Boca Grande to the outside world. [1]
Boca Grande Key is an island in the Florida Keys in Monroe County, Florida, United States. It is within the boundaries of the Key West National Wildlife Refuge. It is 183 acres (74 ha) in size. Located in the Outlying Islands of the Florida Keys, it is the largest and westernmost of the Mule Keys that are 9 miles (15 km) west of Key West. [1]
Cayo Costa State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Florida, on Cayo Costa (formerly known as La Costa Island or Padilla Rancho), an island directly south of Boca Grande (Gasparilla Island) and just north of North Captiva Island, approximately 12 miles (19 km) west of Cape Coral. The park is accessible only by charter boat (with or ...
South of Boca Grande on Gasparilla Island 26°44′29″N 82°15′49″W / 26.741389°N 82.263611°W / 26.741389; -82.263611 ( Boca Grande Lighthouse Boca Grande
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The Boca Grande Causeway was completed in 1958, and SR 771 was extended on to Gasparilla Island. [30] In the 1980s, SR 771 was relinquished to county control south of McCall and became CR 771. SR 771 north of McCall remained under state control and became part of SR 776. [31] CR 771 was officially named Gasparilla Road in 2003. [32]