Sarasota, Florida

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Tampa. It is located about 43 miles [69 km] to the north of Sarasota and has a population of 303,447 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Saint Petersburg. It is located about 29 miles [46 km] to the north of Sarasota and has a population of 248,232 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Bradenton	N	10 mi [16.09 km]	53,513	8.1% increase
	Clearwater	N	46 mi [74 km]	105,774	2.77% decrease
	Gulfport	N	29 mi [46.67 km]	12,327	1.6% decrease
	Largo	N	41 mi [66 km]	72,732	4.84% increase
	Longboat Key	NW	6 mi [9.66 km]	7,309	3.87% decrease
	North Port	SE	28 mi [45.06 km]	54,907	140.85% increase
	Oldsmar	N	49 mi [78.9 km]	13,401	12.52% increase
	Palmetto	N	13 mi [20.92 km]	14,284	13.63% increase
	Pinellas Park	N	37 mi [59.5 km]	47,173	3.32% increase
	Punta Gorda	SE	40 mi [64.4 km]	16,343	13.94% increase
	Safety Harbor	N	47 mi [75.6 km]	17,089	0.66% decrease
	Saint Pete Beach	NW	28 mi [45.06 km]	9,927	---
	Seminole	NW	37 mi [59.5 km]	19,002	74.49% increase
	Temple Terrace	N	49 mi [78.9 km]	22,619	8.13% increase
	Venice	SE	17 mi [27.36 km]	20,946	17.91% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance
	Bayshore Gardens	NW	6 mi [9.66 km]
	Bee Ridge	SE	5 mi [8.05 km]
	Desoto Lakes	NE	4 mi [6.44 km]
	Fruitville	E	5 mi [8.05 km]
	Gulf Gate Estates	SE	5 mi [8.05 km]
	Kensington Park	NE	3 mi [4.83 km]
	The Meadows	E	5 mi [8.05 km]
	North Sarasota	NE	3 mi [4.83 km]
	Ridge Wood Heights	SE	3 mi [4.83 km]
	Sarasota Springs	SE	4 mi [6.44 km]
	Siesta Key	S	2 mi [3.22 km]
	South Gate Ridge	SE	4 mi [6.44 km]
	South Sarasota	S	3 mi [4.83 km]
	Southgate	SE	2 mi [3.22 km]
	Whitfield	N	5 mi [8.05 km]

Sarasota County

Sarasota is located in Sarasota County and is the county seat.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Sarasota: Charlotte, DeSoto and Manatee.

While not sharing a border with Sarasota, the counties of Hillsborough and Pinellas are close to Sarasota.

Below are counties that are near Sarasota (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Sarasota:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Sarasota
	Charlotte County	SE	Manasota Key	30 miles [48 km]
	DeSoto County	E	Pine Level	34 miles [54 km]
	Hardee County	E	Lily	35 miles [56 km]
	Highlands County	N	Alpine	36 miles [57 km]
	Hillsborough County	N	Fort Lonely	21 miles [33 km]
	Manatee County	N	Ballentine Manor	4 miles [6 km]
	Pinellas County	NW	Fort De Soto	22 miles [35 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Florida<3>

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People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Sarasota. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

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