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Emerald Coast Areas & Cities
Browse the cities, regions, and beach areas of the Emerald Coast, including Destin, Miramar Beach, 30A, and Fort Walton Beach.
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- Region30A30A is the scenic coastal corridor along County Road 30A in South Walton County, Florida, running roughly 24 miles between Dune Allen Beach and Inlet Beach east of Destin. The route links beach towns such as Grayton Beach, Seaside, WaterColor, Alys Beach, and Rosemary Beach, and is known for its rare coastal dune lakes, three state parks, and the paved Timpoochee Trail.
- CityDestinDestin is a coastal city on Florida's Emerald Coast in Okaloosa County, known for its white-sand beaches, emerald-green Gulf waters, deep-water harbor, and charter fishing fleet.
- RegionEmerald CoastThe Emerald Coast is the Northwest Florida Gulf shoreline known for sugar-white quartz sand and clear emerald-green water. This atlas covers its core real-estate markets - Destin, Miramar Beach, Sandestin, the 30A corridor, Santa Rosa Beach, Fort Walton Beach, and Okaloosa Island - as one browsable map of cities, neighborhoods, condo buildings, resort communities, beaches, and attractions.
- CityFort Walton BeachFort Walton Beach is a coastal city in Okaloosa County on Florida's Emerald Coast, set along Santa Rosa Sound directly west of Destin, where Brooks Bridge connects downtown to Okaloosa Island beaches. Miracle Strip Parkway gathers waterfront parks, dining, and landmarks such as the Indian Temple Mound Museum, with Eglin Air Force Base and Hurlburt Field anchoring the year-round community.
- CityMiramar BeachMiramar Beach is a coastal community in Walton County, Florida, along the Gulf-front Emerald Coast east of Destin. It is known for its white-sand beaches, Scenic Gulf Drive, and the Sandestin resort area.
- Beach AreaOkaloosa IslandOkaloosa Island is a Gulf-front stretch of Santa Rosa Island between Fort Walton Beach and Destin on Florida's Emerald Coast, with white-sand beach between the Gulf of Mexico and Santa Rosa Sound. Its corridor is anchored by the Okaloosa Island Boardwalk, a Gulf fishing pier, Gulfarium Marine Adventure Park, and public beach accesses along Santa Rosa Boulevard.
- CitySanta Rosa BeachSanta Rosa Beach is an unincorporated community in Walton County on Florida's Emerald Coast, stretching from Hogtown Bayou and Choctawhatchee Bay south to the Gulf beaches of Scenic Highway 30A. One of South Walton's oldest communities, it is framed by Point Washington State Forest, Topsail Hill Preserve State Park, and Grayton Beach State Park.