Siesta Key is literally split down the middle by an outcrop locals call Point of Rocks. See, North of this split, the sand is powdery, white, and nearly 100 percent pure quartz. But to the south, the sand is that shellier material. Siesta Key claims some of the finest sand beaches in the state of Florida. Maybe the world! Eight miles in length, this key extends from what used to be Midnight Pass up to Big Pass, which separates it from Lido Key to the north.
Siesta Key has a youthful spirit that is drawn to the glassine waters and quartz-crystal white sands, which have been officially ranked as the “finest, whitest sand beach in the world.” Siesta Beach is energized. Best of all, though, is giving in to afternoon “siestas” in the sun, either swaying on comfy floats atop gentle waves or on shore near the lapping waterline. Siesta Beach is one of the largest beaches in the area, but its of land might not have become the wide and deep expanse of public-accessible beachfront they are today. A fellow named Kiesow could be credited with single-handedly making certain that this beachfront—then, as always coveted by real estate developers and builders—would not later become filled with homes, condos and hotels, as are much of the rest of the Gulf of Mexico’s beachfronts.