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Hidden Spots
Cayo Costa — Nine Miles of Empty Gulf Beach You Can Only Reach by Boat
There's no bridge. There's no parking lot. There's a ferry from Pine Island or Captiva that drops you on a barrier island with nine miles of Gulf-facing beach, primitive cabins, and the best shelling in the United States. Most people who live in Florida have never been here.
Hidden Spots
Hontoon Island — The State Park You Reach via Free Passenger Ferry on the St Johns
Forty minutes from Orlando there's a state park you can't drive to. A free passenger ferry takes you across the St Johns River to 1,650 acres of bottomland hardwood, primitive cabins, and a 1955 archaeological dig that uncovered a six-foot Native American owl totem. Most Floridians don't know it exists.