Indian Rocks Beach Vacation Rentals, Hotels, Motels, Indian Rocks Restaurants and Things To Do
Indian Rocks Beach is located on Florida's west Gulf Coast in Tampa Bay area which is referred to as Florida's Suncoast and is the perfect spot for that family vacation you have thinking about planning or a quiet get away for you and someone special. Indian Rocks Beach has the perfect mixture of sandy beaches, quiet rooms and great places to eat. Indian Rocks Beach has a number of access points to the beach. Nine have showers with one having restrooms.
Indian Rocks Beach is centrally located along a series of white sandy barrier islands that make up the Tampa Bay Suncoast Beaches. That central location makes access to Tampa's International Airport only a 30 minute drive. Downtown St. Petersburg is only 20 minutes away with Indian Rocks Beach's sister beach communities only minutes away along world famous Gulf Boulevard. Find Today's Daily Deal on the Best in the Tampa Bay area!
Indian Rock's 5,126 residents live in the communities 1.4 sq miles which .9 miles is land and the rest water from the intercoastal waterway to the east and the Gulf of Mexico to the west. Running 2.5 miles along the shore of Gulf of Mexico, Indian Rocks Beach is home to quaint cottages, all types homes, duplexes and small condominiums. The gulf front is lined with larger condominiums, motels and resort hotels. Along Gulf Blvd. the is a collection of eclectic mix of shops, taverns and restaurants. Click Here for the best deals on Indian Rocks Beach Hotels!
The Indian Rocks Beach area has a long history going back centuries when Native Americans came here to fish and rest near a spring that they believed had special healing properties. Indian Rocks Beach was explored in the 1800s, and the first bridge between the Pinellas County mainland and Indian Rocks Beach was built in 1916. Indian Rocks Beach continued to be developed in the 1920s as a weekend getaway for Tampa Bay area residents. Indian Rocks neighbor to the north is Belleair Beach and to the south is Indian Shores. Indian Rocks Beach was incorporated in 1956 and Indian Rock Beach's primary industry is tourism.
Indian Rocks Beach and the immediate surrounding area has a variety of accommodations including the Holiday Inn (Lowest Internet Rate Guarantee)
and restaurants most of which you will find listed in the web site on the Hotel - Resorts Page and the Restaurants and Bars Page.
Indian Rocks Beach has plenty to offer. A perfect place for a Beach Wedding, Deep Sea Fishing, Golf and more, just visit the Things To Do Indian Rocks Page for more information.
to make it easier for yu to get around the Indian Rocks Beach area we have provided you with an Indian Indian Rocks Beach Map Page which contains an interactive map of the Indian Rocks Beach area.
How's the weather? Find out current Indian Rocks Beach weather conditions, weather forecast and weather radar on the Indian Rocks Beach Weather Page.
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Indian Rocks Beach Events
Bluegrass Folk Festival 2012 - May 19
The Beach Art Center is presenting its Second Annual Beach Art Center Bluegrass Festival on May 19, 2012 at Kolb Park, located at 16th Avenue and Bay Palm Boulevard in Indian Rocks Beach from 3:00 until 8:00 p.m. Bands to be featured at the festival will include the Wholetones (Naples), one of Florida’s most popular string bands; Gypsy Wind (Seminole), one of Florida’s best bluegrass/swing bands, led by the beautiful-voiced Kristin Holloway; the Spark Notes (Sarasota), great songwriters with a lot of Florida music and impeccable harmony; and Dawg Peter Pat, one of the state’s top Florida folk music acts. According to Pete Gallagher, well known Florida Folk artist and host of WMNF-FM’s Florida Folk Show, “This is as fine a five-hours of acoustic music as anyone could hope for.”
http://www.beachartcenter.orgFlorida Artists Group Exhibition
June 22 – August 3, 2012
The Florida Artists Group returns to the Beach Art Center for a summer showing of artworks in a variety of media by professional artists of Area IV of the statewide artists group.
www.beachartcenter.org
Beach Yoga
On Sunday’s at sunrise Dawn leads a beachside Ashtanga flow yoga class from 7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Bring a beach towel, water, wear comfortable clothes and a camera if you want to take some snapshots of the sunrise over Indian Rocks Beach.Free kayak and stand-up paddleboard lessons
Watersports West offers free kayak and stand-up paddleboard lessons from 5-7:30 p.m. at Keegan Clair Park in Indian Rocks Beach. Bring water shoes. Information: (727) 517-7000.*Have an event you would like listed at no charge? Email us at service@tibeachbums.com
Indian Rocks Beach News
Perfect day for Beauty and the Beach
In an effort to boost attendance, promoters of events often use the line, “There is something for everyone!”
Read moreIndian Rocks Beach discusses gateway
City commissioners heard an idea at a special meeting on April 3 that had them sit up and take notice. It moved Indian Rocks Beach Commissioner Terry Hamilton Wollin to say, “I feel like I’m on a jet plane. This will be a game changer, this is special.”
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Osprey chicks enjoy bird’s eye view of Indian Rocks Beach
While driving over the Walsingham Bridge she looked up at the osprey nest near the bridge tender and saw two chicks and an adult enjoying the sunshine.
Read moreIndian Rocks Beach considers height increase
The condo boom of the last decade has left Indian Rocks Beach with fewer hotel and motel rooms, and city leaders are concerned that they are losing out on the number of tourists who visit the city and spend their money in local establishments.
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