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Hello from Honeymoon Island!

Honeymoon Island State Park is a barrier Island on the Gulf of Mexico and lies across St. Joseph's Sound from Dunedin, Ozona, Crystal Beach and Palm Harbor Florida. This beautiful island of white sandy beaches and native Florida vegetation was visited before recorded history by the Tocabaga tribe. Spanish explorers stopped by in 1530. Tourism began in the 1900's until the Island was commissioned by the Federal Government and used as a quiet romantic spot for R&R in palm thatched bungalows by exhausted workers and honeymooning servicemen. The island has had several names including Sand Island, Hog Island (it was a hog farm for a time) and then Honeymoon Island.

The southernmost part of the island was separated in 1921 during a hurricane that formed Hurricane Pass. The "new" island is called Caladesi and regularly makes the top 10 list of the most beautiful beaches in North America. The only way to Caladesi is by boat or ferry and most of the island is a designated bird sanctuary.

You can see Caladesi Island across the water from the main beach on Honeymoon Island




Roads on Honeymoon allow travel by car to about half of the Island. Visitors have to hike to the northernmost beaches. In the early 1960's a causeway was built to connect the island to the mainland.


Important coastal plants and plant communities found on and around the island include virgin slash pines, cabbage palms, Sea Grapes, Sea Oats, mangrove swamps, sea grass beds, salt marshes, tidal flats, and sand dunes. Honeymoon Island has more than 208 species of plants and a variety of shore birds, including several threatened and endangered species. It is a beautiful place for swimming, shelling and sunsets. There are no Zombies on Honeymoon Island.




A red sponge that washed ashore.


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