The beaches along the Florida Gulf Coast are stunning. That’s not just a residency bias, they are truly beautiful. Soft, and white, and stretching for 100s of miles.
More so in winter, than any other time of the year, the white sand beaches are often mistaken for snow. Even the dunes look like drifts.
If you look closely though, the sand isn’t really white… it’s clear. The crystal quartz of the Gulf Coast is as fine, and light, as sugar.
These beaches are part of the Gulf Shores National Seashore near Navarre, FL and near Fort Pickens State Park in Pensacola, FL.
(Photos shot with a Nikon D60, using an 18-55mm, 55-200mm, 20mm f/2.8 wide-angle, 50mm f/1.8 prime lens, Nikon CoolPix S205 and/or iPhone4)
For more photos, please visit my Flickr photostream.
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The white sands of the Golf Coast, including the ones on the Mexican Beaches in Playa Del Carmen are just beautiful
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Fabulous!!!
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Those beaches are just absolutely gorgeous! I love beaches!
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I’d love to walk on sugar like this!
Hasta luego or hasta la proxima vez 🙂
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Having spent many summer vacations on beaches on the panhandle, it’s always a letdown to experience the sand/rock/mud of other beaches. None compares.
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What a truly beautiful coast line.
Mollyxxx
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I will have to visit these beaches the next time I get to Florida.
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Gorgeous indeed.
We enjoy spending time on Vanderbilt Beach at Naples. We choose that site because FIL lives there.
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I loved the last picture most. the place looks stunning.
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I love the Gulf Coast. It is the most beautiful place in the world.
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