Riding in Bill Baggs Recreational Park south of Crandon

[Freddynmb]

Hey guys, it looks like tomorrow Wednesday might be pretty good, and since it's blowing WNW (off shore for most of our spots) I started looking for something else on google earth. At first I thought of Marco Island, but it's about 2.5 hrs away. I the came across Bill Baggs State Rec Area and noticed that the west side of the Park might be a pretty good spot. I've never been there before, does anybody know anything about it? It seems there's no actual beach and is more like Mathesson, but in the south west part of the island it does show signs of sand.
If not we were thinking on Hobby beach, although we're trying to leave it as the worse case.

http://www.google.com/maps?hl=en&lr=&q=morningside+park&near=Miami,+FL&radius=0.0&cid=25773889,-80193889,17955271753821385890&li=lmd&ie=UTF8&om=1&z=16&ll=25.823477,-80.180132&spn=0.014274,0.019956

Thx Freddy

[ricki]

Hey guys, it looks like tomorrow Wednesday might be pretty good, and since it's blowing WNW (off shore for most of our spots) I started looking for something else on google earth. At first I thought of Marco Island, but it's about 2.5 hrs away. I the came across Bill Baggs State Rec Area and noticed that the west side of the Park might be a pretty good spot. I've never been there before, does anybody know anything about it? It seems there's no actual beach and is more like Mathesson, but in the south west part of the island it does show signs of sand.
If not we were thinking on Hobby beach, although we're trying to leave it as the worse case.

http://www.google.com/maps?hl=en&lr=&q=morningside+park&near=Miami,+FL&radius=0.0&cid=25773889,-80193889,17955271753821385890&li=lmd&ie=UTF8&om=1&z=16&ll=25.823477,-80.180132&spn=0.014274,0.019956

Thx Freddy

With a boat it is a good option, even better further south on the Flats. If folks rode there in westerly winds I wonder how many would bother to cross the state to ride off Marco. It is so much closer abd more wide open on the Flats.

Unfortunately, kiteboarding has been banned at Bill Baggs for a very long time and windsurfing outside the rental concession before that. Some had tried to negotiate a designated kite launch but without success. I wouldn't mess with the rangers there. Hobie has its share of hazards too some mentioned at:

http://fksa.org/viewtopic.php?p=11651

[kiwiar2000]

ride Off Matheson Hammocks. Crandon is not possible, BillBags u cant. Hobbie You could(if all else fails)
-Danny

[Freddynmb]

Hey you guy are great, thanks for the info on Bill baggs. As far as Mathesson I thought about it but it's too much off shore for me. I should have gone to Marco Island, but the fact that's pretty cold this morning made me back out.
Thanks again and good luck for us this weekend.
Freddy

[kiwiar2000]

tomorrow, friday, saturday, and sunday are all from the North winds.

-Danny