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St. Andrews State Park
Panama City Beach, Florida
  

Full Facility Camping and RV Park 
 

▪ Beaches
▪ Bicycling
▪ Boat Ramp
▪ Boating
▪ Campfire Circle
▪ Camping
▪ RV Camping
▪ Youth Camping
▪ Campfire Circle
▪ Canoeing
▪ Concessions
▪ Fishing
▪ Nature Trails
▪ Picnicking
▪ Scuba Diving
▪ Showers
▪ Snorkeling
▪ Swimming

St. Andrews State Park is one of the most popular outdoor recreation spots in Florida and is well known for its sugar white sands and crystal-clear emerald green water.

This 1,260 acre park is located on a peninsula with over 1 1/2 miles of beach on the Gulf of Mexico and the Grand Lagoon . This park offers camping, swimming, canoeing, snorkeling, diving, hiking, picnicking. fishing and boat launching for the active park visitor.

Full Facility Camping
The 1,260 acre coastal park with its 700-acre pristine barrier Shell Island has 176 campsites with electric and water hookups available for reservation through Reserve America.

Fishing
Fishing opportunities include deep-sea jetty and surf fishing. Two fishing piers and jetties provide excellent vantage points year-round. Catches include Spanish Mackerel, red fish, flounder, sea trout, bonito, cobia, dolphin and bluefish. A boat ramp is located on the Grand Lagoon near the fishing pier. A concession offers snacks, souvenirs, bait, fishing licenses, limited grocery items and rental of chairs, umbrellas, snorkeling gear, canoes, kayaks, and bicycles.

Picnicking
Picnic sites are available in several locations on the Gulf beach and Grand Lagoon.

Nature Trails
The Heron Pond Trail starts at the turpentine still and winds through a number of plant communities. Pine flat woods, sand pine scrub, freshwater and saltwater marshes are encountered as well. The Gator Lake Trail and overlook provide visitors with a beautiful vantage point for spotting alligators and a variety of water fowl, wading birds and other small animals.

Our diverse habitat is responsible for the variety of birds and wildlife within the park. At Button Bush Marsh overlook a host of birds can be viewed. Herons and Ibis feed along the fertile marsh edge as a variety of water-fowl swim and feed in the depths. Watch out for the alligators as they sun themselves and hunt their prey.

Plantlife
The park's uplands are characterized by rolling white sand dunes separated by low swales of either pine flat woods or marshes. Dunes covered with sea oats abound. Dunes found farther inland are covered with sand pines, scrub oaks, rosemary and other hardy plants that play an important role in preventing erosion during intense storms and hurricanes. We encourage visitors to identify these diverse plant communities along with our abundant wildlife by walking the nature trails.

Information provide August 2002 by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.  For additional information or to check for park updates, please visit http://www.dep.state.fl.us/ .  To report any problems with the information posted, please email webmaster@destin-ation.com.

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