Uncrowded, pristine white sand beaches, with clear, emerald blue-green water – our beaches are definitely world-class!
It’s a 15-minute walk from Abaco Rose to Camp Helen State Park natural area, where Lake Powell, Florida’s largest coastal dune lake flows into the Gulf. |
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Picture yourself here -- at uncrowded Inlet Beach, just 50 yards from the doorstep of your Abaco Rose Beach Vacation Home! |
Comfortable beach chairs and large umbrellas are for rent at Rosemary Beach - just next door.
Abaco Rose guests – even those who are not beach fanatics – return home raving about our beaches!
Beaches of the Emerald Coast
Visitors have been traveling to the Emerald Coast for its bright white sand and emerald green waters for hundreds of years. With more than 65 miles of beachfront, there are plenty of activities to enjoy like sunbathing, swimming, snorkeling, shelling, dolphin-spotting, boating, parasailing, jet skiing, fishing and so much more.
The Emerald Coast’s legendary pure white sand resulted from quartz crystals washing down from the Appalachian Mountains centuries ago. Along their journey, the crystals were bleached, ground, smoothed and polished until the surf of the Gulf of Mexico deposited these millions of grains of sand on the shoreline.
During the day the beach is abuzz with activities on the sand, on the surf and under the sea. Volleyball and Frisbee games take place on the beach with bodysurfing, swimming, boating, kayaking, sailing and windsurfing on the water while scuba divers and snorkelers spy playful bottle-nosed dolphins, sea turtles and manta rays underwater.
Come late afternoon, our guests gather to marvel at breathtaking Gulf Coast sunsets. The sight of a fiery sun dipping into the shimmering emerald water marks the perfect end to a perfect day at the beach.
Award-winning beaches, year after year!
The Emerald Coast offers better beaches than Brazil, Hawaii or Mexico, according to a new magazine poll.
Readers of Diversions, a travel and lifestyle magazine for doctors, picked the Emerald Coast as Best Beach in the magazine’s 2007 Readers Choice Awards. Cancun came in second, South Carolina’s Kiawah Island and Myrtle Beach tied for third and Hawaii’s beaches, Sydney’s Bondi Beach and Brazil’s Ipanema were all ranked further down.
Southern Living magazine has named the area the South’s No. 1 beach 12 years in a row, and the magazine’s readers picked the Emerald Coast as Top Family Destination multiple times.
USA Today readers have also named the Destin/Fort Walton Beach area as the country’s best beach, and Coastal Living named Destin harbor this year as sixth best of all American harbors.
Panama City Beach has won numerous national awards for its beaches. To name a few: The Travel Channel rated Panama City Beach as the #10 beach in America in 2001. The Surfrider Foundation, an international group dedicated to protecting the world's oceans and beaches, selected Panama City Beach as the #3 "Most Healthy Urban Beach" in America in 2000.
Dr. Stephen Leatherman, also known as Dr. Beach, the country's foremost expert on beaches, selected Panama City Beach as the #1 beach in America in his 1995 annual rankings. In 2000, Panama City Beach was selected by the readers of Southern Living among the top five in the "Best Beach" category.
National winners, Best Beach (Dr. Beach)
1995 St. Andrews SRA, Florida
1994 Grayton Beach SRA, Florida
"Best Beach in the South"
(12 years in a row)
Southern Living Readers
#3 "Best Beach" in the U.S.
National Geographic Traveler
"The beach communities on Scenic Highway 30-A somehow manage to
drip Southern family charm, pioneer cutting-edge design, and stay out of the limelight. They also share what may be the best beach in the
continental U.S."
The New York Times
Every beach along Scenic Highway 30-A is a certified Blue Wave Beach. Over 16% of all U.S. beaches certified by the Clean Beaches Council are
located in Walton County, Florida – home of Abaco Rose!
Voted #1 Beach in America
USA Today
Best Beach Destination (2 Years in a Row)
People magazine
From Coastal Living Magazine - its 2007 awards:
Rosemary Beach - rated U.S. #4 Best Beach for Swimming
Grayton Beach - in top 20 of "Dr. Beach's Favorite Little-Known Beaches"
Grayton Beach (again!) - rated U.S. #7 Best Walking Beach
Beach Supplies
(available at Rosemary Beach – next door)
Bamboo Beach & Bicycle Company 850.231.0770
This shop provides one-stop shopping for cycling and beach recreation needs. Adult bikes, kid’s bikes, baby joggers and scooters can be rented daily or weekly, and rates average $20/day for an adult bike rental.
For beach lovers, Bamboo Beach & Bicycle Company sells sunscreen, cameras, sunglasses, towels, fins, goggles, snorkels, floats, kites, boogie boards, crab nets, pails, beach balls and more. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
seven days a week.
Sea Oats Beach Service 850.231.4079
This service is available March 1 through October 31, seven days a week from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. (weather permitting) and provides beach recreation rentals as follows:
Chair rental (2 chairs and 8’ umbrella) $25/1st day
$22/2nd day
$18/3rd day
$15/each additional day
Hammock rental $25/day
Sailboat rental $50/hour
Kayak rental $25/hour
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