Beautiful wide, clean, uncrowded and white sandy beaches. Clear water. Rent the famous yellow cabanas and beach loungers.

Throw your hat in a sandcastle competition. Or throw a kite in the air for the Treasure Island Kite Festival. Bike the boardwalk to lunch. Get a little misty at the sunset. Go fishin’. Explore a sand bar. Get lost in a drum circle. See what this community looked like twenty years ago – hint: just like it does today!

Treasure Island got its name early in the 20th century, after several property owners attempted to boost sales of the properties being developed on the island by first burying and then pretending to discover a couple of wooden chests on the beach around 1915.

After claiming the chests were filled with treasure, the news of the discovery quickly spread and people began calling the island Treasure Island.

Treasure Island is a 3.8-mile barrier island that actually is made up of five separate islands.

There are also 3 distinct beach areas – Sunshine Beach to the north, Sunset Beach to the south and Municipal Beach/Treasure Island Beach in the middle.