Super Fitness Health BlogLearn about Marco Island Florida
Marco Island is a great place to call home. It is the biggest of Florida’s amazing Ten Thousand Islands chain running from Everglades City in the north to Flamingo, the 6800 acre island has an impressive array of natural attractions to keep residents and tourists alike enamored with the community for a lifetime.
Part of the 99-mile Wilderness Waterway, Marco Island’s varied geography alone is astounding. There are fifty foot high sand hills, pine forests, fields and pristine sandy beaches, and a swamp of salt-water-friendly mangrove trees. Burrowing owls inhabit the island–in fact, bird enthusiasts report that Marco Island is the only island in the Ten Thousand Islands eco-system to be home to these birds.
The city provides a full range of services for residents, with an excellent school system and infrastructure. Residents can find many activities on Marco Island, including scuba diving, canoeing, water skiing, sport fishing, and much more. There are even archaeological findings that are over 2000 years old from native American 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 census data to be released on December 21, 2010 is expected to show some growth. The real estate boom led to growth from the Naples, Florida metropolitan area, with many exclusive homes popping up during that time. With the housing price pullback that followed, Marco Island real estate has been found by bargain hunters to be priced very attractively. In fact, Marco Island condos and foreclosures represent 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 11,000+ s.f. estate. There are numerous waterfront properties on the island, many with private access to the pristine Gulf of Mexico.
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