If your looking for a great place to enjoy the bay in Sarasota there is a great park you should visit. Situated right on Sarasota Bay with beautiful panoramic views is the Bay Park. Some things to do at the park include kayak rental, relaxing on the beach, food and beverage options, live music, reading nook, playground and exploring a mangrove! Parking can be found at different locations around the park. Located near the Van Wezel, across from the 10th street boat ramp, you can also access the park from the Blvd of the Arts and behind the iconic Blue Pagoda! Sarasota fun at its finest! Well done Sarasota!
![The Bay Park](https://findyourplacesarasota.com/files/2023/01/644F61AC-2F74-4B0E-B412-AC58583B89D6-1-scaled.jpg)
The Bay Park
![The Van Wezel](https://findyourplacesarasota.com/files/2023/01/FD4EF169-FD1F-4F6D-B130-3A0FEF7F9A83-scaled.jpg)
The park connects to the Van Wezel property.
![Learn from the bridge!](https://findyourplacesarasota.com/files/2023/01/D690D5BA-3E8D-4036-BA30-C02AF1677F16-scaled.jpg)
Interesting messages on the bridge describing the mangroves and other nature.
![Parking on the Blvd of the Arts](https://findyourplacesarasota.com/files/2023/01/A866CCBE-5650-4040-B7E8-BD95FF095B9A-scaled.jpg)
Parking on Blvd. of the Arts
![The Nest Concessions](https://findyourplacesarasota.com/files/2023/01/6C10D82E-4A62-46BA-BBCF-686BF5E734D4-scaled.jpg)
The Nest Concessions
![The Reading Nook](https://findyourplacesarasota.com/files/2023/01/34536164-2389-41F0-A5C8-21AA90F134FD-scaled.jpg)
The Reading Nook
![The Beach and Bay View](https://findyourplacesarasota.com/files/2023/01/ABABD1FC-7CE9-44EB-8EF0-692C056D7FEB-scaled.jpg)
The Beach and Bay View
![Beach with Playground in the background.](https://findyourplacesarasota.com/files/2023/01/5AB784F9-90A3-4296-A58A-31A44DAA10E5-scaled.jpg)
The playground is uniquely shaped as Storks!
![The Nest Concessions](https://findyourplacesarasota.com/files/2023/01/74804CDF-447A-4F47-9235-555AC855AF6E-scaled.jpg)
The Nest Concessions
![Bridge across the Mangrove.](https://findyourplacesarasota.com/files/2023/01/BADDE231-986B-4F7B-B5BA-F656CA6B5A11-scaled.jpg)
Bridge across the Mangrove.
![View from the Bridge.](https://findyourplacesarasota.com/files/2023/01/1FCA38BE-C956-4CB4-BC67-7BFD4CED12A1-scaled.jpg)
View from the Bridge.
![](https://findyourplacesarasota.com/files/2023/01/3CE97A8E-8E9C-4F07-8FF5-D04BBD5F538D-scaled.jpg)
Anchor and Friend