Worth the trip from Laguna Beach: Vortex Spring, 36 mi off
Visits to Gulf Islands National Seashore run to about 7.6M a year. With nothing inside Laguna Beach, the list has 6 places within 40 miles. Among them are 4 museums, a cave and a national seashore. Florida Caverns State Park lies 58 mi out, the pick for a day trip.
Vortex Spring
Freshwater spring and cave diving site in Florida.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
Where they are
Out at 39 mi is Air Force Armament Museum, the farthest.
Orange: Laguna Beach. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Each place in turn
Look within 60 miles for all 9.
2Gulf Islands National Seashore
96,000 underwater acres in Mississippi and Florida (US) managed by the National Park Service.
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9Walton County Heritage Museum
History museum in DeFuniak Springs, Florida.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Laguna Beach →
Photo credits
Vortex Spring: Paul Clark. Edited slightly by Daniel Case prior to upload, CC BY 2.0 · Gulf Islands National Seashore: National Park Service, Public domain · Florida Caverns State Park: Tim Ross, Public domain · Air Force Armament Museum: Greg Goebel, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Man in the Sea Museum: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Florala City Park: Skye Marthaler, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Baker Block Museum: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Heritage Museum of Northwest Florida: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Walton County Heritage Museum: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0
