Getting to the Water on St. Pete Beach (Almost)

If you're in St. Pete Beach and you want to get close to the water, go down to Tierra Verde. At the end, there's a snack shop where you can get almost up to the water. Not quite. You're not getting to the water. But there's a ramp that takes you down to the beach.

Most of the snack shops have a beach chair available, but it's first come, first served, so hopefully they still have it. It's a big yellow beach chair with giant wheels, and you can get out onto the sand that way.

Or you can go to Treasure Island. There's a sidewalk that runs along the whole beach, but it's not going to get you near the water. There's an accessible path that takes you about three quarters of the way to the water, and then it just stops in the sand. So, not actually to the water.

Or you can go to John's Pass. That gets you right underneath the bridge, near the water. It goes almost out to the sand at the water's edge. It's a small fishing village turned into a tourist trap, but what a fun one. Restaurants, shops and more.

There are a few others, but you've got to hunt to find them.