


Port Charlotte burgeons with theaters, marinas, yacht clubs, golf courses, tennis courts, parks, a stadium, historic and cultural arts centers, and over 165 miles of man-made waterways, many of which access the harbor.ĭon Pedro Island State Park, a 230-acre barrier island between Little Gasparilla Island and Knight Island accessible only by boat or ferry, has a fishing dock, nature trails, restrooms and picnic pavilions, but no camping. Punta Gorda (the county's oldest city) has restored 16 sites on the National Register of Historic Places including two historic districts, a trolley, brick streets lined with royal palms, wide-veranda tin-roofed homes, cafes, art galleries, shops and boutiques. Its shoreline (mostly in conservation) encompasses inlets, a mangrove-lined aquatic preserve, the Peace and Myakka rivers, and 28 miles of beach. Myakka River, Trout Creek, Peace River, Shell Creek, Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Florida Circumnavigational Saltwater Paddling TrailĬharlotte County, named for Britain's Queen Charlotte Sophia, is a diverse landscape of small cities and barrier islands that, along with Lee County, encircle 270-square-mile Charlotte Harbor. Yucca Pens State Wildlife Management Area (Lee)Ĭharlotte Harbor Preserve State Park (Lee)Ĭharlotte Harbor, Lemon Bay, Charlotte Bay Gasparilla Sound-Charlotte Harbor Aquatic Preserve (Lee) Port Charlotte, Punta Gorda, Murdock, Englewood, El Jobean Manasota Key, Cape Haze, Placidaīabcock-Webb Wildlife Management Area (Lee)
