St. James Island is an inhabited area along the

Florida Panhandle The Florida Panhandle (also West Florida and Northwest Florida) is the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Florida; it is a Salient (geography), salient roughly long and wide, lying between Alabama on the north and the west, Georgia (U. ...

surrounded by the

Carrabelle River Carrabelle River is located in Carrabelle, Florida, and flows into St. George Sound in Apalachicola Bay and the Gulf of Mexico The Gulf of Mexico ( es, Golfo de México) is an ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, largely ...

, Crooked River, Ochlockonee River, and St. George Sound in Franklin County, Florida. It is more than long and averages wide. It is separated from the mainland by the

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Crooked River. The highest elevation on St. James Island is above sea level, the highest on the

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coast of Florida between Pensacola and

Tampa Tampa () is a city on the Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Florida. The city's borders include the north shore of Tampa Bay and the east shore of Old Tampa Bay. Tampa is the largest city in the Tampa Bay area and the seat of Hillsborough County ...

. The city of Carabelle and communities of

Lanark Village Lanark Village is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Franklin County, Florida, Franklin County, Florida, United States, located along U.S. Route 98 in Florida, U.S. 98, on the Gulf of Mexico. It is east of Carrabelle, Florida. In ...

, St. Teresa, Alligator Point, and Bald Point are on the island. Bald Point State Park is on the eastern end of the island and another part of the island is in

Tate's Hell State Forest Tate's Hell State Forest is 202,000 acres (819 km²) of land in Franklin County, Florida, Franklin and Liberty County, Florida, Liberty counties in Florida. The forest is located near Carrabelle, Florida, Carrabelle off U.S. Route 98 in Florid ...

. The area has been used commercially for timber and commercial fishing with tourism and retirement increasing more recently. Locally it is not usually spoken of as an island.

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Islands of Franklin County, Florida Islands of Florida {{FranklinCountyFL-geo-stub