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The Emerald Coast is an area in the US state of Florida
Florida

Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
 on the coast
Coast

The coast is defined as that part of the land adjoining or near the ocean or its saltwater arms. A precise line that can be called a coastline cannot be determined due to the process of tides....
 of the Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Mexico

The Gulf of Mexico is the ninth largest body of water in the world. Considered a smaller part of the Atlantic Ocean, it is an oceanic basin largely surrounded by the North American continent and the island of Cuba....
, roughly bounded by Pensacola, Florida
Pensacola, Florida

Pensacola is the westernmost city in the Florida Panhandle and the county seat of Escambia County, Florida. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city had a total population of 56,255 and as of 2006, the estimated population was 53,248....
 on the west and Port St. Joe, Florida
Port St. Joe, Florida

Port St. Joe is a city in Gulf County, Florida, Florida, United States. The population was 3,644 at the 2000 census. As of 2004, the population recorded by the U.S....
 on the east.






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The Emerald Coast is an area in the US state of Florida
Florida

Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
 on the coast
Coast

The coast is defined as that part of the land adjoining or near the ocean or its saltwater arms. A precise line that can be called a coastline cannot be determined due to the process of tides....
 of the Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Mexico

The Gulf of Mexico is the ninth largest body of water in the world. Considered a smaller part of the Atlantic Ocean, it is an oceanic basin largely surrounded by the North American continent and the island of Cuba....
, roughly bounded by Pensacola, Florida
Pensacola, Florida

Pensacola is the westernmost city in the Florida Panhandle and the county seat of Escambia County, Florida. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city had a total population of 56,255 and as of 2006, the estimated population was 53,248....
 on the west and Port St. Joe, Florida
Port St. Joe, Florida

Port St. Joe is a city in Gulf County, Florida, Florida, United States. The population was 3,644 at the 2000 census. As of 2004, the population recorded by the U.S....
 on the east. It had previously been dubbed the "Playground Area of the Gulfcoast" from the 1940s through the 1980s, as witnessed by the name of the Fort Walton, Florida, later Fort Walton Beach, Florida
Fort Walton Beach, Florida

Fort Walton Beach is a city in southern Okaloosa County, Florida, United States. As of 2004, the population estimate for Fort Walton Beach, Florida is 19,992 recorded by the U.S....
 (from 1953) newspaper, the "Playground News", later the "Playground Daily News", now the "Northwest Florida Daily News".

Popular vacation destinations include Pensacola Beach
Pensacola Beach, Florida

Pensacola Beach is an unincorporated community located on Santa Rosa Island, Florida, a barrier island, in Escambia County, Florida, Florida, United States....
, Gulf Breeze
Gulf Breeze, Florida

Gulf Breeze is a city located on the Fairpoint Peninsula in Santa Rosa County, Florida, United States and is a suburb of Pensacola, Florida which lies to the north, across Pensacola Bay....
, Navarre Beach
Navarre Beach, Florida

Navarre Beach, is an unincorporated community in Santa Rosa County, Florida in the U.S. state of Florida. It is on Santa Rosa Island, Florida, a barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico....
, Fort Walton Beach
Fort Walton Beach, Florida

Fort Walton Beach is a city in southern Okaloosa County, Florida, United States. As of 2004, the population estimate for Fort Walton Beach, Florida is 19,992 recorded by the U.S....
, WaterColor
Watercolor, Florida

WaterColor is an unincorporated master-planned community located in Seagrove Beach on the Northwest Gulf Coast of Florida, United States near Destin, Florida....
, Panama City Beach
Panama City Beach, Florida

The City of Panama City Beach is a city in the Florida Panhandle on the Gulf of Mexico in Bay County, Florida, Florida, United States. The city is often referred to under the umbrella term of "Panama City, Florida," despite being a distinct municipality from the older and larger inland Panama City to the east, making Panama City and Panama...
, Destin
Destin, Florida

Destin is a city located on the Emerald Coast of Florida, in Okaloosa County, Florida. The city styles itself "The World's Luckiest Fishing Village", and claims to have the largest fishing vessel fleet in the state of Florida....
, and Seaside
Seaside, Florida

Seaside is an unincorporated master-planned community on the Florida panhandle in Walton County, Florida, roughly midway between Fort Walton Beach, Florida and Panama City, Florida....
, a development community whose iconic pastel-paint and tin-roof construction was made famous in the Jim Carrey
Jim Carrey

James Eugene Carrey , best known as Jim Carrey, is a two-time Golden Globe Award-winning Canadian-American actor and stand-up comedian. He is probably best known for his manic and slapstick performances in comedy films such as Dumb and Dumber, The Mask , Liar Liar, and Bruce Almighty....
 movie The Truman Show
The Truman Show

The Truman Show is a 1998 dystopia comedy-drama film directed by Peter Weir and written by Andrew Niccol. The cast includes Jim Carrey as Truman Burbank, as well as Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich, Ed Harris and Natascha McElhone....
, filmed in the area from 1996-1997. Other communities on the Emerald Coast include Perdido Key
Perdido Key, Florida

Perdido Key, Florida is an unincorporated community located in Escambia County, Florida, between Pensacola, Florida, Florida and Orange Beach, Alabama....
, Navarre
Navarre, Florida

Navarre is an unincorporated area community in Santa Rosa County, Florida in the Northwest Florida Panhandle. Navarre is about 25 miles east of Pensacola, Florida and about 15 miles west of Fort Walton Beach, Florida....
, Sandestin
Sandestin, Florida

Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort is located in Destin, Florida, United States. Located on Northwest Florida?s Gulf Coast, Sandestin is a destination resort for all seasons and for all ages....
, Mexico Beach
Mexico Beach, Florida

Mexico Beach is a city in Bay County, Florida, Florida, United States. The population was 1,017 at the 2000 census. As of 2005, the population recorded by the U.S....
, Grayton Beach
Grayton Beach, Florida

Grayton Beach is a small, historic beach village on the Florida Panhandle Gulf of Mexico halfway between Destin, Florida and Panama City, Florida in Walton County, Florida and adjacent to Grayton Beach State Park....
, Inlet Beach
Inlet Beach, Florida

Inlet Beach is located in south Walton County, Florida. Inlet Beach is the most eastern South Walton County beach and is named after Phillips Inlet at the border of South Walton and Bay County, Florida counties....
, Santa Rosa Beach, and Seagrove. Approximately 80% of the Emerald Coast's 4.5 million yearly visitors flock to Destin, FL.

The area is known as a family drive destination, although in the past decade, its popularity has expanded greatly, leading to new construction booms and seemingly overnight changes. Many development communities similar to Seaside have sprung up in Walton County
Walton County, Florida

Walton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. As of 2000, the population was 40,601. The United States Census Bureau 2005 estimate for the county is 50,324 ....
 and the west end of Panama City Beach, raising property values.

Deep-sea fishing is a huge draw for the area, with Destin holding the nickname "World's Luckiest Fishing Village" (and several saltwater world records) and Panama City Beach hosting the annual high-dollar Bay Point Billfish Invitational. Eating seafood is perhaps even more popular than catching it, with a seafood restaurant and/or oyster house seemingly on every other corner.

This roughly 100-mile stretch is home to several military bases, with installations including Pensacola Naval Air Station (home of the Navy's famed Blue Angels
Blue Angels

The United States Navy's Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, popularly known as the Blue Angels, first performed in 1946 and was the world's first officially sanctioned military aerial demonstration team....
 flying squadron and the initial training site where all naval aviators earn their "wings of gold"), Hurlburt Field
Hurlburt Field

Hurlburt Field is a U.S. Air Force installation located in Okaloosa County, Florida, immediately west of the Town of Mary Esther, Florida. It is part of the greater Eglin Air Force Base reservation, and is home to Headquarters Air Force Special Operations Command , the 1st Special Operations Wing , the USAF Special Operations School and th...
, Eglin Air Force Base
Eglin Air Force Base

Eglin Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located southwest of Valparaiso, Florida in Okaloosa County, Florida, Florida, United States....
 (one of the largest military bases in America), Tyndall Air Force Base
Tyndall Air Force Base

Tyndall Air Force Base is a United States Air Force Base located 12 miles east of Panama City, Florida, Florida, about 75 mi west-southwest of Tallahassee, Florida....
 (home to the Air Force's new F-22 Raptor
F-22 Raptor

The Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptor is a Fighter aircraft#Fifth generation jet fighters , fighter aircraft that uses stealth aircraft technology....
 fighter jets), Coastal Systems Station-Naval Surface Warfare Center (home to the Navy Experimental Diving Unit and Naval Diving & Salvage Training Center), and Corry Station Naval Technical Training Center
Corry Station Naval Technical Training Center

Center for Information Dominance Corry Station is the home of the Navy's Center for Information Dominance or CID.The original Corry Field had its beginning in 1923 in a remote area north of Pensacola, Florida, with relocation to its present site in 1928....
.

In addition to military and related civilian contractors, which are a major presence, tourism, fishing and hospitality industries are also major employers in the area.

"Redneck Riviera"

The Emerald Coast is known colloquially as the Redneck
Redneck

Redneck refers to a person who is stereotypically Caucasian race and is of lower socio-economic status in the United States and Canada. Originally limited to the Appalachians, and later the Southern United States, this term has become widely used throughout North America, and to a lesser extent, Australia....
 Riviera
Riviera

Riviera is an Italian term originally from the Middle Ages for the coast of Liguria. The term is now more generally applied to any coast popular with tourists, particularly in warm areas....
, although this term is usually applied to a larger NO region of the coast from Mobile, Alabama
Mobile, Alabama

Mobile is the third most populous city in the Southern United States United States state of Alabama and is the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama....
 to Apalachicola, Florida
Apalachicola, Florida

Apalachicola is a city in Franklin County, Florida, Florida on US 98 about 80 miles southwest of Tallahassee. The population was 2,334 at the 2000 census....
.

Redneck Riviera is also the title of a song by Tom T. Hall
Tom T. Hall

Tom T. Hall is an United States country music, songwriter, and country singer. He has written 11 #1 hit songs, with 26 more that reached the Top 10, including the pop crossover hit "I Love", which reached #12 on the Billboard Hot 100....
 about this region. Lyrics include:
Gulf Shores
Gulf Shores, Alabama

Gulf Shores is a coastal city in Baldwin County, Alabama, Alabama, United States. As of the United States Census, 2000, the population was 5,044....
 up through Apalachicola
They got beaches of the whitest sand
Nobody cares if gramma's got a tattoo
Tattoo

A tattoo is a permanent marking made by inserting ink into the layers of skin to change the pigment for decorative or other reasons. Tattoos on humans are a type of decorative body modification, while tattoos on animals are most commonly used for identification or branding....
Or Bubba
Bubba

Bubba is a relationship nickname formed from brother, given to boys to indicate their role in the family, especially the eldest male sibling....
's got a hot wing in his hand


See also

  • The Forgotten Coast
    The Forgotten Coast

    Florida's Forgotten Coast is the name commonly used to refer to a quiet section of coastline stretching from Mexico Beach to St. Marks, Florida in the U.S....
  • Florida Panhandle
    Florida Panhandle

    The Florida Panhandle is the region of the state of Florida which includes the westernmost 16 List of counties in Florida in the state. It is a narrow strip lying between Alabama on the north and the west, Georgia also on the north, and the Gulf of Mexico to the south....
  • West Florida
    West Florida

    West Florida was a region on the north shore of the Gulf of Mexico, which underwent several boundary and sovereignty changes during its history....


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