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Gulf Islands National Seashore map. Gulf Islands National Seashore is an American National seashore that offers recreation opportunities and preserves natural and historic resources along the Gulf of Mexico barrier islands of Florida and Mississippi. In 2023, it was the fifth-most visited unit of the National Park Service.
Other communities on the Emerald Coast are Perdido Key, Sandestin, Mexico Beach, Grayton Beach, Inlet Beach, and Santa Rosa Beach. The area is a family drive destination, attracting tourists from across the Southern United States due to its close proximity. The Emerald Coast is a three-hour drive east of New Orleans. [5]
Jacksonville Beach is a coastal resort city in Duval County, Florida, United States.The population was 23,830 at the 2020 census. [6] The city is part of group of communities collectively referred to as the Jacksonville Beaches on the northern half of San Pablo Island. [8]
Jacksonville Beach, originally known as Ruby and then as Pablo Beach, grew around the series of luxury hotels built in the area. Further growth was facilitated by the Jacksonville and Atlantic Railroad connecting the town to Jacksonville. Atlantic Beach also grew as a resort community around a large hotel, and smaller hotels were built at Mayport.
Gulf State Park is a public recreation area on the Gulf of Mexico in the city of Gulf Shores in southern Baldwin County, Alabama. The state park 's 6,150 acres (2,490 ha) mostly encompass the land behind the Gulf Shores beach community, between Highway 59 and SH 161 , with the west end extending further south to a wide beach area. [ 3 ]
It is owned by Gulf Shores Airport Authority and located two nautical miles (4 km) north of the City of Gulf Shores. [1] Also was known as Jack Edwards National Airport , [ 2 ] it is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.
U.S. Route 90 (US 90) in the state of Florida is the northernmost east–west United States Numbered Highway in the state and runs parallel with Interstate 10. US 90 not only passes through the county seats of all the 16 counties it runs through on its course in Florida and is also the road upon which many of the county courthouses are located, but it was the first paved road in Florida (from ...
Neptune Beach is a beachfront city east of Jacksonville in Duval County, Florida, United States. When the majority of Duval County communities consolidated with Jacksonville in 1968, Neptune Beach, along with Jacksonville Beach , Atlantic Beach and Baldwin remained quasi-independent.