Some call it a fishing village, some call it an artist community, but no matter how you slice it, Cedar Key is the one of the last remianing “Real Florida” towns.
Cedar Key is a place where time stands still and allows you to enjoy the unique qualities of this coastal environment. It is a quiet island community nestled among many tiny keys on the Gulf Coast of Florida. Long admired for its natural beauty and abundant supply of seafood, it is a tranquil village, rich with the almost forgotten history of old Florida.
Located 50 miles southwest of Gainesville, Florida. It sits three miles out into the Gulf of Mexico. Highway 24 is only one road coming into town. It crosses over the salt marshes and channels on four small, low bridges. The population is approximately 800 full time residents.
There are no high rises or huge apartment complexes. It is a community of quaint cottages, single-family homes, and a handful of cute artist co ops, and tourists shops.
Cedar Key is a haven for artists, writers and “adventure” tourists, who find the unspoiled environment their inspiration. Thousands of visitors come annually to enjoy the “Old Florida Celebration of the Arts” in April, 4th of July, the October Seafood Festival, Pirate Festival, the horseshoe crab festival and The Stargazing Party in February. The island provides a place for excellent fishing, bird watching, nature trails, kayaking and coastal guided tours. Federally protected sanctuaries, the Cedar Keys form a chain of barrier islands ideally suited to a vast range of migratory and shore birds, including the elusive white pelican, roseate spoonbill and bald eagle. The variety of natural habitats, from salt marshes to Indian shell mounds, makes this truly a nature lover’s paradise.
The small town feeling is absolute – transportation is by car, but the road is shared with bicycles and golf-carts. Drivers and pedestrians wave to locals and visitors alike greeting each other with a warm welcome to our island. The nearest major airports are Tampa and Orlando, there’s a regional airport in nearby Gainesville, and we have an airstrip on the island where many small plane enthusiasts land.
The cute little town has seen its fair share of hurricanes but it somehow always rebounds into something better, all while keeping the roots in Old Florida.
This is perfect day trip destination from Ocala, Dunnellon and Gainseville. It you love it and want to stay longer, reach out to us for a list of available properties or see below.
MOTIVATED SELLER for this TOP-OF-THE-LINE HOME on 1.66 WATERFRONT ACRES IN CEDAR KEY. Walk in the front door and your eye will fly across the expansive open floorplan with vaulted ceiling to a room-wide series of sliding glass doors leading to a comfortable screened deck with Kalamazoo hybrid grill and hood to sparkling Gulf waters beyond. A private dock runs out to a boat house with both water and electricity available. Add a lift for your boat or a deck and enjoy breakfast in gentle sea breezes while the sun rises. Inside this exquisitely updated house, you'll cook with a 5 burner cooktop, and top of the line Miele appliances combined with custom wood cabinets with soft close doors and Cambria quartz countertops. Delta touch to use faucet, Miele built in coffee System. Built in Miele Wine unit. Relax on cool evenings in front of a beautiful 3-sided safe-to-touch DaVinci glass fireplace and backlit glass hearth. River-recovered wood floors run throughout the house, with wood-grain ceramic tile in both bathrooms. All interior doors are special-order solid wood. Non-toxic wood sealers were used throughout the house. Silent “Big Ass” fans circulate the air. The home was fully renovated in 2018-2019 and now includes a whole house generator, new electric panel box, a tankless water heater and a whole house reverse-osmosis water treatment system. The existing cargo lift elevator was just replaced with a new one. Downstairs, the house has two large automobile bays plus another with a workshop/storage area and room for a golf cart beside the golf cart charger. The garage doors were replaced in 2021 with insulated heavy-duty steel doors with infinity glass windows and electric door openers. The property is comprised of three platted lots with the home sitting on the center lot. Big oaks with swaying Spanish moss grace the first and second lots and an assortment of untouched natural trees and other vegetation grow on the third lot. A pair of great horned owls are frequent visitors to the third lot. A pair of ospreys annually raise their young in their nest in a tall pine tree near the house on the first lot. Flocks of pelicans often float across the shallow waters near the dock. Ibis fly overhead each day as they go out in search of food and return to nest. As the owner says, the view is always changing. And what a delightful view it is!
| MLS#: | 681018 |
| Price: | $1,160,000 |
| Square Footage: | 1878 |
| Bedrooms: | 3 |
| Bathrooms: | 2 |
| Acreage: | 1.66 |
| Year Built: | 1985 |
| Virtual Tour: | Click here |
| Listing courtesy of: | MAJESTIC OAKS REALTY - 352-274-6224 |
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