Punta Rassa (Punta Rassa)
Punta Rassa is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lee County, Florida, United States. The population was 1,620 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Punta Rassa is located in southwestern Lee County at 26.51667°N, -82°W (26.5104, -81.9988), at the west end of a peninsula bordered to the north by the Caloosahatchee River, to the west by San Carlos Bay, and to the south by the Gulf of Mexico. The community sits at the east end of the Sanibel Causeway, which crosses San Carlos Bay to Sanibel Island. McGregor Boulevard (County Road 867) forms the southern edge of the community; the highway leads northeast 15 mi to Fort Myers, the Lee county seat. Punta Rassa is bordered to the east by the unincorporated community of Iona.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Punta Rassa CDP has a total area of 11.6 km2, of which 6.2 km2 are land and 5.4 km2, or 46.55%, are water.
Punta Rassa is located in southwestern Lee County at 26.51667°N, -82°W (26.5104, -81.9988), at the west end of a peninsula bordered to the north by the Caloosahatchee River, to the west by San Carlos Bay, and to the south by the Gulf of Mexico. The community sits at the east end of the Sanibel Causeway, which crosses San Carlos Bay to Sanibel Island. McGregor Boulevard (County Road 867) forms the southern edge of the community; the highway leads northeast 15 mi to Fort Myers, the Lee county seat. Punta Rassa is bordered to the east by the unincorporated community of Iona.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Punta Rassa CDP has a total area of 11.6 km2, of which 6.2 km2 are land and 5.4 km2, or 46.55%, are water.
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