Santa Rosa Beach is an
unincorporated community in
Walton County,
Florida, United States. It is part of the
Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
Santa Rosa Beach, FL is located at 30.3960324°, -86.2288322°. It is located north of
U.S. Route 98
U.S. Route 98 (US 98) is an east–west United States Highway in the Southeastern United States that runs from western Mississippi to southern Florida. It was established in 1933 as a route between Pensacola and Apalachicola, Florida, and has sinc ...
on the shores of Hogtown Bayou of the
Choctawhatchee Bay. U.S. Route 98 leads east 18 mi (29 km) to
Rosemary Beach and west 10 mi (16 km) to
Miramar Beach.
The town was originally known as Hogtown until the later part of the 18th Century.
Although unincorporated, the area is assigned a specific
ZIP code, 32459, which also includes the communities of
Point Washington to the East and a 15-mile stretch of the
Emerald Coast
The Emerald Coast is an unofficial name for the coastal area in the US state of Florida on the Gulf of Mexico that stretches about through five counties, Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton, and Bay, which include Pensacola Beach, Navar ...
from the east side of
Miramar Beach to the west side of
Seagrove Beach and the beach communities along
30A, including
Grayton Beach and
Seaside.
Overall, this zip code covers a land area of 65 square miles (plus 0.82 square miles of water area) for a population of 11,457 (4,831 households) according to the
2010 census.
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See also
*Deer Lake State Park
Deer Lake State Park is a Florida State Park located in Santa Rosa Beach, on CR 30A, in northwestern Florida. Its sister park is Grayton Beach State Recreation Area.
Recreational Activities
The park has such amenities as beaches, birding, fishi ...
*Grayton Beach State Park
Grayton Beach State Park is a Florida State Park located between Panama City Beach and Destin, near the unincorporated area of Grayton Beach, on CR 30A, in northwestern Florida. Its sister park is Deer Lake State Park.
The of land for the ...
*Point Washington State Forest
The Point Washington State Forest is in the U.S. state of Florida. The forest is located in the panhandle, in southern Walton County. It was purchased under Florida's Conservation and Recreation Lands (CARL) program in 1992. The main road thr ...
*Topsail Hill Preserve State Park
Topsail Hill Preserve State Park is a Florida State Park located in Santa Rosa Beach, ten miles (16 km) east of Destin, off U.S. 98, in northwestern Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United S ...
References
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Unincorporated communities in Walton County, Florida
Unincorporated communities in Florida
Populated coastal places in Florida on the Gulf of Mexico