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West Coast
Since Ponce de Leon’s landing, and centuries after, Florida’s more calm (compared to the Atlantic) west Coast and Gulf of Mexico served more as a refuge and pirate hideaway, than a route of commerece.
FLORIDA’S EMERALD COAST
WEST COAST CITIES
(North to South)
Alabama
Mobile, Alabama
MOBILE BAY
Daphne
Gulf Shores
Orange Beach
FLORIDA
Perdido Key
(Big Lagoon State Park)
Pensacola
Pensacola Beach
(HWY98)
Fort Walton Beach
Destin
Mirimar Beach
Panama City Beach
Port St. Joe
APALACHICOLA
Apalachicola National Forest
Apalachicola Bay
East Point
northern excursion to
WAKULLA SPRINGS
north to
TALLAHASSEE
Quincy (northwest)
Madison (east)
(HWY19)
Perry (southwest of Madison)
(HWY98)/
South from Perry to the Gulf
Fish Creek (coast)
Cross City (west of Gainesville)
Horseshoe Beach (coast)
Suwannee River
CEDAR KEY
(HWY24)—[Sumner/Rosewood/Gainesville]
Waccasassa Bay Preserve
Gulf Hammock Wildlife Refuge
YANKEETOWN (HWY40)
Crystal River
Manatees were thought to be Mermaids by the 16th Century Spanish Explorers who encountered the gentle giants in the crystal clear, spring-fed rivers coursing through Florida’s interior. In the north, a by a dense, hardwood, making canopy (Hammock)
Tarzan
inland excursion
Rainbow Springs (River)
The Witch’s Well
Dunnellon northeast to
Ocala
Ocala National Forest / Silver Springs / HWY40
“Tarzan & His Mate”
Making Movies in the Florida Jungle (HAMMOCK)
Homosassa (Springs)
WEEKI WACHEE — [ HWY50/ VAB ]
Weeki Wachee Springs
Spring Hill
southwest to the Gulf
Hernando Beach
New Port Richey
Seven Springs
Tarpon Springs
Palm Harbor
Clearwater
BELLEAIR
Indian Rocks Beach
Indian Shores
Largo / Pinellas Park
Treasure Island
St. Pete Beach (Gulfport)
ST. PETERSBURG
OLD TAMPA BAY
TAMPA BAY
Tampa
(I-4) east to Lakeland
(301) south to Brandon
TAMIAMI TRAIL
(HWY41) south to Big Cypress
Apollo Beach
Sun City
Palmetto
(Manatee River)
BRADENTON
east to the Gulf
Ana Maria Island (south)
Bradenton Beach
Coquina Beach
Longboat Key
Siesta Key
east to mainland
SARASOTA
HWY41 (southeast)
Varno
Osprey
Venice
(HWY41) east across the Glades to Plantation
Port Charlotte
Gasparilla Sound / Charlotte Harbor
(west to Gulf)
Manasota Key
Cape Haze
Boca Grande
Captiva
(Pine Island east)
Sanibel Island
Cape Coral
east to
FORT MYERS
Bonita Springs
(HWY41) south to
NAPLES
Marco Island
Ten Thousand Islands
• WGCU Public Media: Ten Thousand Islands
CAPE ROMANO (east)
Big Cypress
EVERGLADES CITY
(northwest corner) south to
Plantation Island
CHOKOLOSKEE BAY
Chokoloskee south to Florida Bay.
Eastern Excursion
Everglades
southeast from Chokoloskee
to southern tip of mainland)
FLAMINGO (east of Cape Sable)
CAPE SABLE (southwest tip)