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Attractions near Cortez

Cortez’s draw is Florida Maritime Museum

About 124K people a year visit De Soto National Memorial. Look within 40 miles and the list grows by 51 beyond the one inside Cortez. The mix takes in 22 museums, 6 stadiums & arenas and 5 zoos & aquariums. Travel 42 mi and you reach Busch Gardens Tampa.

Attractions nearby
70
within 60 miles
The big one
4 mi
Anna Maria Island
National park units
1
parks & monuments
Big draws
2
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Beach · 4 mi northwest

Anna Maria Island

Island in Florida, United States.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Plotted on the map

On the map, most of the 51 sit to the north.

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Orange: Cortez. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors

Everything nearby

All of them, one by one

52 places in all: one in town and 69 within 60 miles.

The places inside Cortez lead. The rest are ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places come first and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Cortez → · Cortez’s history →

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Tropicana Field: EaglesFanInTampa, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Raymond James Stadium: NASA, Public domain · Anna Maria Island: Bfpage at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0 · Benchmark International Arena: Miosotis Jade, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Busch Gardens Tampa: Wolle8ball, CC BY 3.0 · Salvador Dalí Museum: Taty2007, CC BY 3.0 · Yuengling Center: User:TheCustomOfLife, Public domain · John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art: Taty2007, CC BY 3.0 · Fort De Soto Park: Christopher Hollis, Public domain · Al Lang Stadium: Franksgiving, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Honeymoon Island State Park: Christopher Hollis, Public domain · Siesta Beach: 4net, CC BY 3.0 · Henry B. Plant Museum: Ebyabe, CC BY 2.5 · Warm Mineral Springs: Blas0082, Public domain · Myakka River State Park: Mx. Granger, CC0 · Tampa Riverwalk: Barbthebuilder, CC BY-SA 3.0 · MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Adventure Island: rickpilot_2000, CC BY 2.0 · Egmont Key State Park: The original uploader was Dlohcierekim's sock at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.5 · Florida Aquarium: Zeng8r (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · McKechnie Field: User Jamesb01 on en.wikipedia, Public domain · Mote Marine Laboratory: Will Pittenger, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dinosaur World: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ed Smith Stadium: Newsthug, CC0 · Sunken Gardens: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Florida Railroad Museum: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Straz Center for the Performing Arts: Barbthebuilder, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · De Soto National Memorial: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Museum of Science & Innovation: Tampa MOSI at en.wikipedia, CC BY 3.0 · Tampa Museum of Art: Zeng8r at English Wikipedia, FAL · The Ritz Ybor: Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bishop Museum of Science and Nature: Netweave, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Marie Selby Botanical Gardens: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cracker Country: Cvwayne, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Florida Holocaust Museum: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sarasota Jungle Gardens: Rpgray, Public domain · Tampa Bay History Center: Christopher Hollis, Public domain · Florida Museum of Photographic Arts: Fmopa, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Polk Theatre: Ebyabe, CC BY 2.5 · Ashley Gibson Barnett Museum of Art: Kiran891, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Morean Arts Center: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sarasota Opera House: Viva-Verdi, Public domain · The James Museum of Western and Wildlife Art: LittleT889, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Tiki Gardens: Florida Division of Tourism, Public domain · Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art: Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art, CC0 · Palma Sola Botanical Park: Asit K. Ghosh Thaumaturgist, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sarasota Classic Car Museum: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tampa Bay Automobile Museum: dave_7, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Dunedin History Museum: AbeEzekowitz, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Explorations V Children's Museum: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Hollis Garden: VisitCentralFL, CC BY 2.0 · Military Heritage & Aviation Museum: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mulberry Phosphate Museum: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Rialto Theatre: Candleabracadabra, CC BY-SA 3.0 · St. Petersburg Museum of History: Myotus, CC BY 4.0 · University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum: Mardcarr, CC BY-SA 4.0

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