Grayton Beach is a small, historic beach village on the Florida Panhandle
Gulf coast
The Gulf Coast of the United States, also known as the Gulf South or the South Coast, is the coastline along the Southern United States where they meet the Gulf of Mexico. The coastal states that have a shoreline on the Gulf of Mexico are Tex ...
halfway between
Destin and
Panama City
Panama City, also known as Panama, is the capital and largest city of Panama. It has a total population of 1,086,990, with over 2,100,000 in its metropolitan area. The city is located at the Pacific Ocean, Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, i ...
in
Walton County and adjacent to
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 th ...
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Collectively, the area is known as the "Beaches of South Walton", with South Walton referring to the southern portion of Walton County below the
Choctawhatchee Bay
Choctawhatchee Bay is a bay in the Emerald Coast region of the Florida Panhandle. The bay, located within Okaloosa and Walton counties, is an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico and has a surface area of .
It connects to Santa Rosa Sound in Fort Wal ...
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Geography
The village is in the center of a stretch of coastal dune lakes. Western Lake is one of the nearby coastal dune lakes. Most land north of
County Road 30A in the Grayton Beach community is state park.
References
External links
Grayton Beach State Park
Walton County, Florida
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Unincorporated communities in Walton County, Florida
Populated places established in 1890
Unincorporated communities in Florida
Populated coastal places in Florida on the Gulf of Mexico
Beaches of Walton County, Florida
Beaches of Florida