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For the area of Mexico's Gulf Coast, see Costa Esmeralda. The Costa Esmeralda is the stretch of beaches which run north from Veracruz to the mouth of the Rio Tecolutla near the town of Tecolutla on the Gulf coast of For the area of Sardinian coast, see Costa Smeralda. The Costa Smeralda (English “Emerald Coast” is a Coastal area in northern Sardinia, 55 km long and covering more than 30 km² with enchanting Beaches


Location of Florida's Emerald Coast
Emerald-green waters in Destin, FL, part of the "Emerald Coast".
Emerald-green waters in Destin, FL, part of the "Emerald Coast". Destin is a city located on the Emerald Coast of Florida, in Okaloosa County.
Pensacola Beach, part of the "Emerald Coast".
Pensacola Beach, part of the "Emerald Coast". Pensacola Beach is an Unincorporated community located on Santa Rosa Island, a Barrier island, in Escambia County, Florida,

The Emerald Coast is an area in the US state of Florida on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, roughly bounded by Pensacola, Florida on the west and Port St. Joe, Florida on the east. Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the The Gulf of Mexico ( Spanish: Golfo de México) is the ninth largest Body of water in the world Pensacola is the westernmost city in the Florida Panhandle and the County seat of Escambia County. Port St Joe is a city in Gulf County, Florida, United States.

Popular vacation destinations include Pensacola Beach, Gulf Breeze, Navarre Beach, Fort Walton Beach, WaterColor, Panama City Beach, Destin, and Seaside, a development community whose iconic pastel-paint and tin-roof construction was made famous in the Jim Carrey movie The Truman Show, filmed in the area from 1996-1997. Pensacola Beach is an Unincorporated community located on Santa Rosa Island, a Barrier island, in Escambia County, Florida, The Gulf Breeze was also a Passenger train run by Amtrak. Gulf Breeze is a city located on the Fairpoint Navarre Beach, is an Unincorporated community in Santa Rosa County in the U Fort Walton Beach is a city in Okaloosa County Florida, United States. WaterColor is an unincorporated Master-planned community located in Seagrove Beach on the Northwest Gulf Coast of Florida, United States near The City of Panama City Beach (a/k/a Panama City Beach or simply "PCB" is a city in the Florida Panhandle on the Gulf of Mexico in Bay County Destin is a city located on the Emerald Coast of Florida, in Okaloosa County. Seaside is an unincorporated Master-planned community on the Florida panhandle roughly midway between Fort Walton Beach and Panama City. James Eugene Redmond "Jim" Carrey (born January 17 1962 is a Canadian-American Film actor and Comedian. The Truman Show is a 1998 fantasy Comedy-drama film directed by Peter Weir and written by Andrew Niccol. Other communities on the Emerald Coast include Perdido Key, Navarre, Sandestin, Mexico Beach, Grayton Beach, Inlet Beach, Santa Rosa Beach, and Seagrove. Perdido Key Florida is an Unincorporated community located in Escambia County Florida, between Pensacola, Florida and Orange Beach Navarre is an unincorporated community in Santa Rosa County in the Northwest Florida Panhandle. Sandestin is a golf and beach resort in Walton County, Florida, United States. Mexico Beach is a city in Bay County, Florida, United States. Grayton Beach is a small historic beach village on the Florida Panhandle Gulf coast halfway between Destin and Panama City in Walton County 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 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 and the west end of Panama City Beach, raising property values. Walton County is a County located in the state of Florida. As of 2000 the population was 40601

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 flying squadron and the initial training site where all naval aviators earn their "wings of gold"), Hurlburt Field, Eglin Air Force Base (one of the largest military bases in America), Tyndall Air Force Base (home to the Air Force's new F-22 Raptor 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. Naval Air Station Pensacola or NAS Pensacola, "The Cradle of Naval Aviation" is a United States Navy base located in Warrington, Florida The United States Navy 's Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, popularly known as the Blue Angels, was formed in 1946 and was the world's first officially sanctioned Hurlburt Field is a US Air Force installation located in Okaloosa County Florida, immediately west of the Town of Mary Esther and is part of the Eglin Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located southwest of Valparaiso in Okaloosa County, Florida, United States Tyndall Air Force Base is a base of the United States Air Force located near Panama City in Bay County, Florida, United Center for Information Dominance Corry Station is the home of the Navy's Center for Information Dominance or CID

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 (albeit erroneously) as the Redneck Riviera, although this term is sometimes applied to a larger region of the coast from Mobile, Alabama to Apalachicola, Florida.

Redneck Riviera is also the title of a song by Tom T. Hall about this region. Tom T Hall (born May 25, 1936 in Olive Hill, Kentucky) is an American country balladeer, Songwriter, and Lyrics include:

Gulf Shores up through Apalachicola
They got beaches of the whitest sand
Nobody cares if gramma's got a tattoo
Or Bubba's got a hot wing in his hand

See also

Ariel Dunes at Seascape Resort.
Ariel Dunes at Seascape Resort. Gulf Shores is a coastal city in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. A tattoo is a permanent marking made by inserting ink into the layers of Skin to change the pigment for decorative or other reasons Bubba is a relationship Nickname formed from brother, given to boys to indicate their role in the family especially the oldest male sibling Florida's Forgotten Coast is the name commonly used to refer to a quiet section of coastline stretching from Mexico Beach to St The Florida Panhandle is the region of the state of Florida which includes the westernmost 16 counties 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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