Barefoot Beach County Preserve — Attraction in Bonita Springs

Great experience! $8 entry fee, plenty of available parking on a hot Wednesday afternoon! Boardwalk from parking to beach is less than a 2 minute walk. Boardwalk also crosses (WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE) to restrooms, beach wheelchairs available (we saw 2), nature learning center (outdoor hut with local animal/ nature info), small butterfly pond/ garden... Vending machines, outdoor foot wash/ shower stations and clean restrooms that were properly stocked. One of the best beach experiences we've had while traveling. The beach water was clear, calm, and clean. Not too many people at all, everyone was well spread out and seemed mindful to stay socially distanced. The drive through the million dollar homes and condos was absolutely beautiful. Red bick road and palm tree lined, running along the water, you just keep going until you get to the pay station. We saw tortoises, pelicans, sand pipers, and seagulls of course. Lots of shells to pick up and the silky white sand stayed cool under our feet in 80+ degree weather. Our only complaint were the biting black flies so we just kept moving to avoid them, mostly just annoying. We read they're only prominent in Florida in the Spring. Highly recommended, we'll be back if we come to Fort...

I am not a beach-goer, but I enjoyed this one. I imagine it gets very crowded during season, but it was manageable for the beginning of May. The sand is fairly fine with patches of ground shell and we found several very nice shells, including an intact Florida Fighting Conch.

The water was clear and green during our visit -- a big change from the photos I'd seen of all the Red Tide along the coast last year. There's an $8 parking fee for paved parking. The women's bathroom was clean and well stocked; there's a changing room as well; there are showers outside to get the sand off your feet and wash the salt water out of your suit as you are leaving.

We saw beach wheel-chairs available and a great boardwalk to protect the native plants. There's a learning center between the parking lot and bathrooms.

It was also a great day for birding; we saw a snowy egret fishing in the surf, a few pelicans, lots of sandpipers , a few seagulls and a half dozen osprey caught some great fish during our morning visit. We also saw red-bellied woodpeckers and cardinals by the...

We love this beach & spend a significant amount of time on this beach when we are in Florida for the winter. However, this season we have really noticed a drastic downfall in the maintenance side of the park. The bathrooms are very poorly maintained, if at all. The bathrooms are filthy & no toilet paper anywhere. When we arrived at the beach this morning at 9:45 there was NO toilet paper & a female ranger was near by, so I told her & she said she would see what she could do about it. We left the beach at 2:30 pm & still no paper & filthy bathroom. A maintenance man was just arriving to pick up the trash so we told him about it. He did bring toilet tissue over to the bathroom. According to the bathroom cleaning & maintenance sheet posted on the door, that bathroom had not been cleaned since the 12th & today is March 16th. We no longer can buy seasonal passes to the beaches so therefore have to pay $8 per day to visit & enjoy the beach, the least Collier County could do is provide us with clean bathrooms &...