Learn about Marco Island Florida
Marco Island is a truly unique island. It is the largest of Florida’s renowned Ten Thousand Islands chain stretching from Everglades City in the north to Flamingo, the island has quite an array of natural attractions to keep city residents enamored with the peaceful community for a lifetime.
Part of the Wilderness Waterway, Marco Island’s varied animal life alone is astounding. There are hills of sand, pine forests, sandy fields and beaches, and a swamp of salt-water-friendly mangrove trees. Burrowing owls inhabit the island–in fact, bird enthusiasts say that Marco Island is the only island in the Ten Thousand Islands chain of islands to be home to these owls.
The City of Marco Island provides a full range of services, with an excellent school system and infrastructure. One can find numerous activities on Marco Island, including bike riding, kayaking, water skiing, fishing, and much more. There are even archaeological digs that are thousands of years old from indian tribes, such as the Calusa Indian burial mound and the famous “Marco Cat” found at the Frank Cushing Archaeological Site.
The islet was home to 14,879 residents in the 2000 census, but new data to be released on December 21, 2010 is expected to show some growth in that number. The boom in real estate in the new millennium led to economic and population growth from the Naples, Florida metro area, with many beautiful homes being built during that time. With the subsequent housing sector pullback in prices, many exclusive parcels of Marco Island real estate can be found that are priced very attractively. In fact, Marco Island condos and foreclosures are some of the best priced listings available on the market.
Marco Island homes at the time of this writing range from $69,900 for a 460 s.f. condo to $10.5 million for a 12,000 s.f. luxurious waterfront estate. There are plenty of choices in water front properties, many with private access to the pristine Gulf of Mexico waters.
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