Mexico Beach, FL Road Trips
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Photo: Brent Singleton
Trip Routes
4
Longest Drive
554.8 mi
Miami, FL
Quickest Drive
5h 34m
Jacksonville, FL
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Mexico Beach, FL by the Numbers
Recent demographic snapshot from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey.
Population
1,033
Median Income
$64,013
Median Home Value
$399,300
Median Age
59.5
Source: US Census Bureau ACS 5-year (public domain). See our methodology for details.
Mexico Beach, FL at a Glance
Founded
1966
Elevation
13 ft
Area
2 mi²
City data from Wikidata (Q999465), available under CC0. Photos from Wikimedia Commons under their respective licenses. See our methodology for details.
Traveler Guide to Mexico Beach, FL
The Emerald Coast, also called the Miracle Strip, is in the Florida Panhandle and consists of the coastal regions of Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton, and Bay counties. The region is informally known as the "Redneck Riviera". South Walton Beach 30A, a 15-mile beach road between Panama City Beach and Sandestin, is a relatively unknown jewel consisting of first-class development, totally rewriting the idea of "Redneck Riviera".
The Pensacola-Navarre area (Escambia and Santa Rosa counties) is also included in this area, but it is primarily described in the West Florida article.
Important places to visit include the Apalachicola National Forest and the beach, which is absolutely beautiful on the Emerald Coast in Destin and Fort Walton Beach. The South Walton Beach 30A, a 15-mile beach road between Panama City Beach and Sandestin, is a relatively unknown scenic route. See Santa Rosa Beach.
There are deep sea fishing and parasailing opportunities in this region.
There are four commercially served airports in this region. Pensacola International Airport, the largest airport in the region, located in Pensacola, primarily serves Pensacola, Navarre, Milton, and Fort Walton Beach; mainly covered and described within the West Florida article Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport, the largest airport within the counties specifically included in this article (see the above, "Understand" section for details, primarily serves Fort Walton Beach, Destin, Navarre, and Niceville. Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport, an airport in Panama City Beach, serving the city thereof. Destin Executive Airport, a small airport in Destin, only serves small Cessna Caravan flights to Atlanta, Jackson, and Memphis on Southern Airways Express.
Travel tips adapted from Emerald Coast on Wikivoyage, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Content summarized; visit the source for the full article. See our methodology for how we use it.
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