Located in Lee County, Bunche Beach Preserve - officially known as San Carlos Bay - Bunche Beach Preserve - is a 718-acre preserve that has a white-sand beach. This beach is known as Bunche Beach. As an interesting fact, this preserve was named after Ralph Bunche, who was the first African-American to win the Nobel Prize in 1950. The beach in this preserve was first acquired by Lee County in 1949, which sought to use this land as a recreational area for African Americans whose access to beaches was limited by the Segregation-era practices of the time. A dense forest is present near this beach. Bunche Beach Preserve does not have lifeguards.
