Clearwater Beach

Clearwater Beach is a beach located in Clearwater, Florida, United States, on a barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico. It is situated just west of the rest of the city over the Intracoastal Waterway, and is connected to it way of the Clearwater Memorial Causeway.

Clearwater Beach is characterized by white sand beaches and clear blue water stretching for 2.5 miles (4 km) along the Gulf and sits on a barrier island. It has a full marina on the Intracoastal Waterway side and is linked on the south by a short bridge to another barrier island called Sand Key, where Sand Key Park is located.

The area offers shopping, restaurants, and activities such as parasailing, jet ski rentals, boat tours (with a common sighting of dolphins in the Gulf waters), miniature golf, fishing charters, and "pirate ship" cruises.

Clearwater is consistently ranked one of the best beaches in the United States. Its Sandpearl resort was named one of the best beach resorts in the U.S. In January 2013, Clearwater Beach was awarded the designation of Florida's Best Beach Town by a USA Today reader poll ranking 10 Florida beach destinations. In February 2019, Clearwater Beach was named the best beach in the United States and sixth-best in the world by TripAdvisor.

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