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Appearance move to sidebar hide 30.40583-86.61889 From Wikivoyage North America > United States > Florida > Florida Panhandle > Emerald Coast > Fort Walton Beach Fort Walton Beach

Contents

• 1 Get in
  • 1.1 By plane
  • 1.2 By car
• 2 Get around
• 3 See
• 4 Do
• 5 Buy
• 6 Eat
• 7 Drink
• 8 Sleep
• 9 Go next

Fort Walton Beach is a small city in the Emerald Coast region of Florida, 40 miles east of Pensacola.

Get in

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By plane

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• 30.483333-86.5252781 Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport(VPS IATA).Serves Fort Walton Beach and nearby Valparaiso. American Eagle, Delta Air Lines, Delta Connection, United Express serve the airport.

By car

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US 98 connects Fort Walton Beach with Pensacola and Panama City. It also connects with nearby Destin. Florida 85 connects the area with I-10.

Get around

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Fort Walton Beach has two main arterials. The Miracle Strip Parkway (US 98) travels along the seacoast and through Eglin Air Force Base, and the Eglin Parkway (Florida SR 85) links the city with Okaloosa Regional Airport.

See

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• 30.3944-86.5941 The Gulfarium,1010 Miracle Strip Parkway,☏ +1 850-243-9046,toll-free: +1-800-247-8575.Admissions are open from 9AM until 4PM. Park closes at 6PM.
• 30.40443-86.607322 Indian Temple Mound and Museum,139 Miracle Strip Pkwy SE.Aug-May M-F 10AM-4:30PM; Jun-Jul M-Sa 10AM-4:30PM, Su noon-4:30PM.
• 30.4659-86.56183 Air Force Armament Museum,100 Museum Dr(Eglin Air Force Base),☏ +1 850 882-4062,[email protected].M-Sa 9:30AM-4:30PM.Free.(updated Jul 2018)

Do

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• Visit the beach.
• Billy Bowlegs Festival.Pirate-themed street party early each June.(updated Jun 2020)

Buy

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• Antique stores and shops along Highway 98/Miracle Strip Parkway across from the Indian Temple Mound.

Eat

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Ft. Walton Beach has many restaurants, including:

• Anglers,1030 Miracle Strip Pkwy(by the base of the pier on Okaloosa Island),☏ +1 850 796-0260.(updated Jun 2020)

Drink

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Sleep

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• 30.3956-86.60491 Beal House Fort Walton Beachfront, Tapestry Collection by Hilton,380 Santa Rosa Boulevard,☏ +1 850 243-9444,toll-free: +1-877-243-9444,fax: +1 850 243-5445.
• Comfort Inn & Suites,137 Miracle Strip Pkwy,☏ +1 850 362-6700.Check-in: 3PM, check-out: 11AM.
• 30.3956-86.60042 Hampton Inn,1112 Santa Rosa Blvd,☏ +1 850 301-0906.Check-in: 4PM, check-out: 11AM.
• The Island,1500 Miracle Strip Pkwy,toll-free: +1-800-874-8962,[email protected].
• Super 8,333 Miracle Strip Pkwy,☏ +1 850 344-9944.Some rooms with jacuzzi tubs.(updated Jun 2020)

Go next

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• Destin is just to the east on the other side of Okaloosa Island.
• Pensacola is about half an hour to the west.

Routes through Fort Walton Beach

Pensacola ← Navarre Beach ←

WE

→ Panama City → Lakeland

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