A May Day Festival centers on Allen Park, established by the Okaloosa Negro Civic Club in the 1950s, and the Carver-Hill Museum, which chronicles the history of the local African-American community. Main Street throws various events (a cruise-in car show, fall festival, barbeque and Veterans Day parade). Augustine by way of cities well- and less-known, including Crestview. In 1929, the Old Spanish Trail opened to enable the ultimate transcontinental road trip, connecting San Diego to St. The annual Florida Panhandle Watermelon Festival sweetens the scene at the Washington County Agricultural Center. Falling Waters State Park stages some drama within its 100-foot-deep, 20-foot-wide sinkhole when water levels are sufficiently high, a waterfall crashes inside. Holmes Creek, a spring-fed creek, flows through here with canoes and tubes (boating and fishing tours are popular, too). Oyster shacks and an annual Riverfront Festival highlight the town’s maritime identity, as does the renovated Crooked River Lighthouse, erected in 1895. Back in “civilized” Carrabelle, the Camp Gordon Johnston Museum commemorates soldiers who completed their amphibious training here, including D-Day veterans. CarrabelleĪnglers revel in the area’s bays and grassy flats, which reveal species from tarpon to trout sun-celebrants and shell-seekers enjoy natural respites such as Dog Island, accessible only by boat. The working farm here produces sugar cane and its own syrup, and annual quilt shows and peanut boils capture the essence of Northwest Florida. Grab a paddle, or a tube, to glimpse limestone bluffs and experience area shoals – a particularly adventuresome one along the Chipola River Canoe Trail is known as “Look and Tremble Falls.” Venture into history at Florida's Panhandle Pioneer Settlement, an impressive collection of original and replica structures featuring 19th-century log cabins, a farmhouse and a school. Rivers run near it – the Chipola to the west, the Apalachicola to the east. Though the town boasts more than 900 historic sites, it’s an easy walk among most of them. Fishing boats run in place of cotton-laden steamboats, and shrimp and blue crab are tasty here. Its waterfront isn’t the center of industry it was in the mid-19th century, but some of the brick warehouses once devoted to cotton production remain – shop for clothing and other gift items at Grady Market for a taste – and the river’s influence is ever-present.
Stretching from Pensacola to Apalachicola, it promises history, charm, a multitude of activities, and an abundance of smiles.ĬITIES IN FLORIDA'S PANHANDLE Apalachicola Your Vacation Guide to Northwest Florida Florida's Panhandle is renowned for outdoor adventure, family fun, and its stunningly white beaches.
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