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The Forgotten Coast is a trademark first used by the Apalachicola Bay Chamber of Commerce on September 1, 1992. [1] The name is most commonly used to refer to a relatively quiet, undeveloped and sparsely populated section of coastline stretching from Mexico Beach on the Gulf of Mexico to St. Marks on Apalachee Bay in the U.S. state of Florida. [2]
Alligator Point is a small beach community made up of mostly beach homes and the Alligator Point Yacht Basin. [1] Located on Florida's "Forgotten Coast", nearby attractions include Bald Point State Park and the St. Marks Wildlife Refuge. [2] Alligator Harbor is known for its clam harvesting and was featured on Discovery Channel's "Dirty Jobs."
The City of Mexico Beach was officially incorporated as a municipality in 1967. [1] [2] Before Hurricane Michael, "the town was "old Florida," ... a collection of 50-year-old bungalows and newer vacation homes on stilts," where tourists walked on white sand beaches. [9] On November 22, 1985, Hurricane Kate's eye passed over Mexico Beach.
The peninsular coast of the US state of Florida is formed from contact with three main large bodies of water: the open Atlantic Ocean to the east, the Caribbean Sea to the south, and the Gulf of Mexico to the West (making part of the larger Gulf Coast of the United States).
Pages in category "Populated coastal places in Florida on the Gulf of Mexico" The following 82 pages are in this category, out of 82 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This image of the Gulf of Mexico and the western Caribbean Sea shows showers and thunderstorms gathering near Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, Central America and western Cuba on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023.
Beaches of Bay County, Florida This page was last edited on 25 December 2015, at 03:41 (UTC) . Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License ; additional terms may apply.
The Florida Suncoast (or Florida Sun Coast) is a local marketing name for the west-central peninsular Florida coastal area, also sometimes known as Florida's Beach communities. The region contains nearly 150 miles (240 km) of Gulf of Mexico beaches and the warm, sunny winter climate attracts tourists from across the US, Canada, and Europe. The ...