City
Bonita Springs
Bonita Springs is a city on the southwest coast of Florida, in Lee County, and the widest area Goldeneye Gulf currently covers. Two parts of it are mapped in detail: the Old 41 Downtown district inland and the Bonita Beach neighborhood on the Gulf shoreline. The records verified here run from city and county parks and a botanical garden to restaurants, a rooftop bar and vacation-rental and property-management operators. Lovers Key State Park is recorded as near the city rather than within it.
Eat & drink
Where to eat and drink
Things to do
Things to do
In Bonita Springs
Sugarshack Downtown
Live music venue · Old 41 Downtown
Live music restaurant in downtown Bonita Springs on Old 41 Road, with food, drinks and a stage for local, regional and national performers. The first-party site notes hours are subject to change.
In Bonita Springs
Wonder Gardens
Place · Old 41 Downtown
A botanical garden and refuge for rescued, non-releasable birds and reptiles at 27180 Old 41 Road in Bonita Springs. It is open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with last admission at 3 p.m.; admission is paid, and tickets are sold at the Welcome Center or online.
Outdoors & landmarks
Places to know
In Bonita Springs
Bonita Beach Park
Place · Bonita Beach
Bonita Beach Park is a Lee County beachfront park at 27954 Hickory Blvd on the southern tip of Bonita Beach in Bonita Springs, Florida, open to the public since 1992. Lee County Parks & Recreation publishes dawn-to-dusk hours, beach access, restrooms, showers and a paddlecraft landing, with paid hourly parking and no pets permitted.
Details verified August 16, 2026
In Bonita Springs
Riverside Park
Place · Old 41 Downtown
Riverside Park is a City of Bonita Springs park in the Old 41 downtown corridor and the venue for most city special events, including Celebrate Bonita, Star Spangled Bonita, Taste of Bonita and Movies in the Park. The city lists a bandshell, butterfly garden, the historic Liles Hotel, artist cottages, a fountain, a 9/11 memorial and a canoe/kayak launching dock.
Near Bonita Springs
Barefoot Beach Preserve
Place · Bonita Beach
A Collier County coastal preserve of roughly 342 acres at 505 Barefoot Beach Boulevard, on one of the last undeveloped barrier islands on Florida's southwest coast. It is open year-round from 8 a.m. to sunset, parking is paid without a county resident beach parking permit, and dogs are not permitted.
Near Bonita Springs
Lovers Key State Park
Place
A Florida state park on a barrier island at 8700 Estero Blvd., protecting about two miles of Gulf beach along with mangrove estuary, inner waterways and more than seven miles of trails, including the 2.5-mile Black Island Trail and the 1.1-mile Eagle Trail. The park is open 8 a.m. to sundown year-round; beach access from parking lot 1 is on foot or by bicycle over the Mid-Beach wood bridge or the South Beach concrete bridge.
Stay
Where to stay
Serves Bonita Springs
Bonita Dolphin Beach Rental
Vacation rental operator · Bonita Beach
Bonita Dolphin Beach Rental is a Bonita Beach vacation-rental operator in Bonita Springs, Florida, renting several beachfront accommodations directly on the Gulf of Mexico. The operator publishes four named rental offerings and takes enquiries and reservations directly by telephone and email through Cynthia Dolsey.
Serves Bonita Springs
Sands Real Estate & Property Management
Real estate · Bonita Beach
Sands Real Estate & Property Management is a Bonita Springs real estate brokerage and property management company at 3645 Bonita Beach Rd SW #1, offering sales alongside full-service management of annual (long-term) rentals and short-term vacation rentals on behalf of property owners across Southwest Florida.
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Stories from here
Journal
An Afternoon at Lovers Key
A Sunday in late June on the barrier island — the long bridge walk, the mangrove creeks below it, and two miles of Gulf beach at the other end.
August 18, 2026