Palm Island
Palm Island is the name given to the single piece of land formed by Knight, Don Pedro, and Little Gasparilla Islands, off the Gulf Coast of Florida near Cape Haze. This community has no road access, ensuring a quiet beach-town atmosphere amid the beautiful mangroves, palms, and fine sand beaches. The island features a range of properties in traditional Florida beach styles. Palm Island real estate offers the ultimate vacation-from-a-vacation experience. Without direct access to the mainland, Palm Island has preserved an impressive amount of natural scenery. Don Pedro Island State Park and Thornton Key Preserve are two highlights, hosting large areas of mangrove forest, and home to a wide variety of birds and animals. In the intervening waterways, you can also see dolphins, manatees, turtles, and herons. The island is also pleasantly undeveloped, with very few commercial centers or overt tourist attractions. As such, the island maintains a quiet, small-town feel. For example, the island only has one restaurant, "Rum Bay", located in the Palm Island Resort.