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Beach · Santa Rosa Beach
Ray’s Multi-Mountain Beach Access is a neighborhood Gulf entrance at the end of Sandy Lane in Grayton Beach. Located in the New Grayton area, it sits west of the main beach access at Hotz Avenue. Its wooden walkway and stairs cross the dunes and lead down to the sand.
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Beach · Santa Rosa Beach
Eastern Lake West Beach Access is a neighborhood beach entrance at Eastern Lake Road and South Gulf Drive in Seagrove Beach. The walkover leads to the beach beside the western side of Eastern Lake’s outfall. Amenities include a rinse shower and bike rack, with parking available along Eastern Lake Drive. The access also provides a route for carrying a kayak or paddleboard to the lake.
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Beach · Destin
Pompano Access is a public Gulf beach entrance at Pompano Street and Scenic Highway 98 in Destin’s Crystal Beach neighborhood. The city lists free admission, showers and access from dawn to dusk. Its pedestrian walkway leads from the neighborhood street to the sand, making it a convenient nearby beach entry.
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Beach · Destin
Tarpon Access is a City of Destin public beach entrance at Tarpon Street and Scenic Highway 98. It provides free access to the Gulf beach, with showers listed among the city’s facilities, making it a convenient starting point for a coastal walk or beach visit.
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Beach · Destin
Shirah Access is a free public beach entrance at Shirah Street and Scenic Highway 98 in Destin’s Crystal Beach neighborhood. Also known as Crystal Beach Access, it provides a boardwalk route to the sand for nearby residents and visitors. Follow the posted beach signs and use the designated public access corridor.
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Beach · Santa Rosa Beach
State park offering a boardwalk hike across the dunes to a picturesque beach with white sands
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Beach · Destin
A state park in Destin with Gulf beach access, picnic areas, camping and a nature trail through coastal scrub habitat.
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Beach · Santa Rosa Beach
Blue Lake Road Beach Access is designated as a neighborhood access, which are sometimes hard to find and usually have no amenities other than a dune walkover
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Beach · Santa Rosa Beach
Sugar Dunes Beach Access provides a neighborhood route to the Gulf at the end of Beachside Drive in Seagrove Beach, east of Eastern Lake. A short boardwalk crosses the dunes to the sand, and a shower is available near the access. It is about half a mile south of Scenic Highway 30A.
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Beach · Inlet Beach
Lupine Beach Access is South Walton’s easternmost public beach access, at the end of Walton Magnolia Lane in Inlet Beach. A long wooden walkover with several rises and stairs leads across the dunes to the beach beside Camp Helen State Park. There is no public parking at this neighborhood access.
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Beach · Santa Rosa Beach
Greenwood Beach Access is a neighborhood beach entry on Montgomery Street in Seagrove Beach, one block south of Scenic Highway 30A and about a quarter mile east of County Highway 395. A wooden walkover leads between the homes and dunes to the Gulf shoreline. Bicycle racks are available by the entrance.
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Beach · Santa Rosa Beach
Nightcap Street Beach Access is a small neighborhood access in Seagrove Beach, one block west of County Road 395. A wooden stairway leads from Scenic Highway 30A down to the Gulf beach. This walk-up access has no parking or restrooms, so plan to arrive on foot from nearby accommodations.
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Beach · Santa Rosa Beach
Bullard Beach Access is an undeveloped neighborhood beach entrance on the west end of Dune Allen Beach. The access sits where Highland Avenue meets Bullard Road, one block south of Scenic Highway 30A, and provides a simple route to the Gulf shoreline.
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Beach · Santa Rosa Beach
Headland Avenue Beach Access is a public neighborhood beach entrance in Seagrove Beach at Headland Avenue and Montgomery Street. The walkover leads to the Gulf on the east side of the former Seagrove Villas Motel site. There is no public parking at this access; arrive on foot or by bicycle and use the designated walkover.
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Beach · Destin
Silver Shells Access is a free public beach entrance in Destin near Seventh Street and Scenic Highway 98. Adjacent to the June White Decker access area, it provides a designated route to the Gulf beach. The City of Destin lists access hours from dawn to dusk.
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Beach · Santa Rosa Beach
Grayton Beach State Park is a Florida State Park located between Panama City Beach and Destin, near the unincorporated area of Grayton Beach, on CR 30A, in northwestern Florida. Its sister park is Deer Lake State Park.
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Beach · Santa Rosa Beach
Beachwood Villas Access is in Seagrove Beach on Scenic 30A across from Beachwood Villas, Somerset Bridge Road, and the Tom Thumb in Seagrove Beach, Florida. There is a bike rack but no car parking, and the access has a shower and quite a long boardwalk to the high bluff overlooking the gulf.
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Beach · Santa Rosa Beach
Gulf Point Road Beach Access is a neighborhood beach entry where Gulf Point Road meets Blue Mountain Road in Blue Mountain Beach, two blocks east of County Highway 83. A wooden path winds through coastal vegetation to the Gulf beach. There is no on-site parking; follow posted beach flags and keep to the public walkover.
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Beach · Seacrest
A neighborhood beach access on Scenic Highway 30A in Seacrest, intended primarily for walk-up beach access.
