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Bradenton, Florida

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Current Temperature

  • 81.6°F
  • 27.6°C

City Guide

Bradenton is a city in the state of Florida in America. It is situated on the Gulf coast. It's economy is based on tourism and agricultural products. Tropicana, the orange juice company is headquartered here.

Get in

  • Arrive by air at Sarasota/Bradenton International airport in Sarasota. You can also fly into Tampa International airport in Tampa. Tickets to Tampa are generally cheaper and it's easier to get a direct flight since the airport is bigger.
  • Easy access by car from Interstate 75.

Get around

  • Anna Maria Island provides a free trolley service that runs the length of the island.
  • The MCAT (Manatee County Area Transit) bus system stops at all the major shopping areas, beaches, schools, hospitals, etc.

See

  • Go to Myakka State Park. (http://www.floridastateparks.org/myakkariver/default.cfm) See the REAL Florida.
  • Visit the South Florida Museum (http://www.southfloridamuseum.org/) where Snooty the Manatee lives.
  • De Soto National Memorial (http://www.nps.gov/deso/) features live reenactments of Conquistadors shooting things.

Do

  • Swim, jetski, or sindsurf at Anna Maria Island and Longboat Key Beaches.
  • Go for a ride on The Seafood Shack Showboat. Save money on your evening meal with a boat ticket.
  • Canoe on the Peace River (http://www.swfwmd.state.fl.us/education/interactive/peaceriver/)

Eat

  • At the Seafood Shack in Cortez village.
  • At the Mar Vista on Longboat Key.
  • At Moore's on Longboat Key.
  • At the Rod and Reel pier on Anna Maria Island.

Drink

  • At 'RJ Gators' on Manatee Ave.
  • At Rasher Tierney's on 41.

Get out

  • Bradenton is next to Sarasota.
  • Bradenton is next to Saint Petersburg.
  • Bradenton is next to Palmetto.

Geography

Alaska is one of two U.S. states not bordered by another state, Hawaii being the other. Alaska has more coastline than all the other U.S. states combined. It is the only non-contiguous U.S. state on continental North America; about 500 miles (800 km) of Canadian territory separate Alaska from Washington State. Alaska is thus an exclave of the United States, part of the continental U.S. but is not part of the contiguous U.S. Juneau, Alaska's capital city, though located on the mainland of the North American continent, is inaccessible by land—no roads connect Juneau to the rest of the North American highway system.

The state is bordered by Yukon Territory and British Columbia, Canada, to the east, the Gulf of Alaska and the Pacific Ocean to the south, the Bering Sea, Bering Strait, and Chukchi Sea to the west and the Beaufort Sea and the Arctic Ocean to the north.

Alaska is the largest state in the United States in land area at 570,380 square miles (1.477277×106 km²), more than twice as large as Texas, the next largest state. It is larger than all but 18 sovereig

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