Osprey

The beautiful city of Osprey is bordered by Sarasota and Venice. It features gorgeous beaches with many shopping and dining opportunities along the seashore. Osprey is in Sarasota County and is one of the best places to live in Florida. Living in Osprey offers residents a sparse suburban, small-town living feel with all the perks that Florida Gulf Coast has to offer. Aside from being just minutes away from eight gorgeous beaches and six fishing charters, Osprey is a fun and relaxing area. Known for its beautifully preserved parks, Bay Preserve at Osprey is a 4.3 acre nature preserve on Little Sarasota Bay. Oscar Scherer State Park was voted as America’s Best Florida State Park not once, but TWICE! This park is one of the best places to see Florida scrub-jays, a threatened species found only in Florida, as well as scrubby and pine flatwoods that were once widespread throughout Sarasota County. Osprey is also home to Historic Spanish Point, a 30-acre museum and environmental complex that includes a prehistoric shell mound, a turn-of-the-century pioneer homestead museum, a citrus packing house, chapel, boatyard, gardens and nature trails. If you’re looking for an adventure or just a place to recharge your batteries, this town has it all!