100 Yards Off The Beach
Dune Rise is part of the small Seacliffs community on the quiet north end of Cape San Blas near St. Joseph's Peninsula State Park. Our home is located closer to the beach than all but a few others, and we offer by far the best rental rates in the community. It's seriously a bargain.See Rates and Availability.
Unobstructed gulf views from three spacious covered patios bring the sights and sounds of our beautiful sugar-sand beach right to your back door.
Whether you head to the beach or the large community pool also just steps away, Dune Rise is right in the middle of the relaxation "action".
The house isn’t fancy or stuffed with designer touches and high-end finishes, though I'm always working on improving the place. Newest things - beautiful and durable CoreTec floors for the bedroom levels, a whole-house dehumidifier, new stainless range and dishwasher and more. If you’re looking for laid back and relaxing, you’ll love Dune Rise.
Pets - Well-behaved pets are welcome. There is a flat $100 pet fee to cover the additional cleaning expense. If you are looking to bring more than two pets please contact me.
Keeping Cape San Blas affordable
Rents have gone crazy since everybody discovered Cape San Blas during the pandemic. I'm not looking to squeeze out the folks who have loved this place for a long time, so I haven't jacked up my rates and don't intend to, though I'm sorry to say that rising insurance and other costs have made it necessary to raise rates a bit.
That means, though, that popular weeks are getting booked way in advance. Consider booking your Summer weeks maybe a year ahead of time. I've reduced the initial payment down to just 20% of the booking to make that a more practical thing to do.
Spacious, Comfortable, Modern Home
Dune Rise is not merely a rental property; it is our family's vacation home. Here you will find comfortable - not fancy but not rental-house cheap - furnishings, a well-equipped kitchen, quality linens and modern entertainment choices including full digital cable, Roku with Guest Mode and whole-house high-speed Internet service.
The house features three bedrooms - a King master suite on the top level and Queen and Two Twin bedrooms on the third level - and comfortably sleeps six adults or four adults and four kids. Each bedroom has a private full bathroom. We've built a large list of guests who return year after year, which we believe is the best testament to the homey feel of Dune Rise.
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Not the typical Florida beach
St. Joseph's Peninsula - usually referred to as Cape San Blas, though the cape is only a small part of it - is a rare find in Florida these days. Peaceful, largely unspoiled and full of quiet natural spaces, the peninsula is an escape from not just your everyday life but also the crowded, commercialized beaches of Florida's gulf coast. Not just a summertime destination, the peninsula is an amazing place to visit any day of the year.
Hurricane Michael hit the peninsula pretty hard, but recovery is well underway and the natural beauty remains.
At Dune Rise, the beach is just 100 yards away, but we encourage guests to explore the rest of the peninsula as well. Just one mile from our front door you can find yourself on a bayside woodlands trail in the state park that will make you think you're a thousand miles from nowhere. The giant unspoiled dunes farther inside the park are a must-see. On the bay you can go kayaking or just enjoy the view from the bayside boardwalk at Salinas Park. A bike/pedestrian path runs the entire length of the peninsula as well.
And on the beach you'll enjoy a level of peace and quiet unmatched on any gulf coast beach. In the off season you may be the only people on the beach at times, and any time of the year you'll find far fewer people on our beaches than elsewhere.
Off the peninsula, it's a short trip to the famous Indian Pass Raw Bar, Apalachicola and Port St. Joe. The entire "Forgotten Coast" is a wonderful throwback to a simpler time in coastal Florida. Click through the Forgotten Coast gallery at right for shots of the amazing places here.
Finding "The Forgotten Coast"
Although it seems like half of Atlanta relocates to the Florida panhandle for the city's Spring Break week, it seems that a lot of people have still never heard of Cape San Blas. Given the crowds found in Panama City Beach and all along the Gulf Coast, that's not a bad thing at all.
But if you're more interested in a natural beach / bay setting and Old Florida charm than highrise condos and mini-golf, "The Forgotten Coast" is only an hour farther down the road from Panama City. Dare to turn off of the Interstate and four-lane highways and the quiet country roads will lead you here.
Cape San Blas / St. Joseph's Peninsula (consult your geography textbooks for the distinction between the two) lies off the southern tip of the panhandle between the little towns of Port St. Joe and Apalachicola. You may need to zoom in on Google Maps to see it, but it's worth finding.
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