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Attractions near Fort Walton Beach

Around Fort Walton Beach, start with Gulf Islands National Seashore

Yearly visitors to Gulf Islands National Seashore number about 7.6M. None of our places to visit is inside Fort Walton Beach; 10 are within 40 miles. They include 8 museums, a national seashore and a zoo & aquarium. A drive of 47 mi brings you to Vortex Spring.

Attractions nearby
19
within 60 miles
The big one
2 mi
Gulf Islands National Seashore
National park units
1
parks & monuments
National Seashore · 2 mi south

Gulf Islands National Seashore

96,000 underwater acres in Mississippi and Florida (US) managed by the National Park Service.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Map of the places

Out of town, most of the 10 are to the west.

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Orange: Fort Walton Beach. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors

Everything nearby

All the places to visit

Look within 60 miles for all 19.

Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Fort Walton Beach → · Fort Walton Beach’s history →

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Vortex Spring: Paul Clark. Edited slightly by Daniel Case prior to upload, CC BY 2.0 · Fort Pickens: Notneb82, CC BY-SA 3.0 · USS Massachusetts: Unknown authorUnknown author or not provided, Public domain · National Naval Aviation Museum: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Gulf Islands National Seashore: National Park Service, Public domain · Fort Barrancas: National Park Service, Public domain · Air Force Armament Museum: Greg Goebel, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Pensacola Museum of History: User:TheCustomOfLife, Public domain · Man in the Sea Museum: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Baker Block Museum: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Florala City Park: Skye Marthaler, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Museum of Industry: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pensacola Museum of Art: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Heritage Museum of Northwest Florida: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Historic Pensacola's Museum of Commerce: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Science and Discovery Center of Northwest Florida: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Walton County Heritage Museum: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0

Know a spot visitors miss?Locals know the overlook without the crowds and the diner the tour buses skip.
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