Take your family travels to Panama City Beach in 2023. The destination, situated where the Gulf of Mexico meets St. Andrews Bay, offers 27 miles of sugar-white-sand beaches and clear waters. With sunshine year-round and can’t-miss attractions, the destination is popular among travelers. For those who need a little push to visit, Visit Panama City Beach shines sunlight on 10 little-known facts about the destination to help encourage travelers to visit.
Keep reading for these 10 interesting facts:
- Lake Powell, at the west end of Panama City Beach, is the largest dune lake in Florida.
- Whitetail deer are adept enough in the water to cross from the mainland at St. Andrews State Park to Shell Island, often surprising boaters.
- Panama City Beach is home to 100 public beaches, including in St. Andrews State Park and Camp Helen State Park.
- The destination is home to one of the highest concentrations of Atlantic bottlenose dolphins, also a reflection of the region’s excellent water quality.
- The famous white sand resulted from quartz crystals washed down from the Appalachian Mountains centuries ago.
- Panama City Beach is known as the Wreck Capital of the South due to its many shipwrecks off the Gulf Coast.
- The best time to go diving in this region is April–September.
- St. Andrews State Park is ranked as one of the United States’ Top 10 Beaches.
- With hundreds of seafood restaurants, Panama City Beach is known as the Seafood Capital of the World.
- Beat the heat at Shipwreck Island, a favorite waterpark among visitors and locals alike.
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