West Florida
West Florida is in the Florida Panhandle region of Florida. This area is comprised of Calhoun, Escambia, Holmes, Jackson, Santa Rosa, and Washington counties.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Pensacola and Milton.
Pensacola
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Pensacola is a historic beach city in northwest Florida, in the United States of America. It is in Escambia County, Florida's westernmost county, at the tip of the "panhandle".
Milton
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Miltonis in the Florida Panhandle. It prides itself on its large variety of outdoor activities. Downtown sits on the banks of the Blackwater River, and the vista of early 1900s buildings overlooking the water is the iconic image of the town.
Chipley
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Chipley is a city in West Florida. It's the county seat of Washington County with a population around 3,500.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Marianna and Gulf Breeze.
Marianna
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Marianna is a city in and the county seat of Jackson County, Florida, United States, and it is home to Chipola College, part of the state's public system.
Gulf Breeze
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Gulf Breeze is a city in Santa Rosa County, Florida. It is located between Downtown Pensacola and Pensacola Beach, and is part of the Pensacola Metropolitan Area.
Pensacola Beach
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Pensacola Beach is an unincorporated community in West Florida on Santa Rosa Island, a 40-mile barrier island. Anchored at the western tip of Florida, it stretches along the Gulf of Mexico.
Blountstown
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Blountstown is a city and the county seat of Calhoun County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 2,266.
Navarre
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Navarre is a beach community in the Florida Panhandle, located between Pensacola, Milton, and Destin. It has won numerous awards for its beaches, and provides easy access to areas for boating, swimming, hiking, fishing, and camping.
Perdido Key
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Perdido Key is a barrier island at the western tip of Florida's Panhandle. Perdido Key is a short distance south west of the city of Pensacola. It is the furthest west beach in Florida, and is described as being one of the most beautiful beaches on the Gulf Coast.
Cantonment
Cantonment is a historic and river recreational community in northwest Florida, in the United States of America. It is located in Escambia County, Florida's westernmost county, at the tip of the panhandle and is home to an International Paper Mill operation.West Florida
- Type: historical region
- Description: region
- Also known as: “Florida Occidental”
- Category: administrative territorial entity of the Spanish Empire
- Location: Florida Panhandle, Florida, United States, North America
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Latitude of center
30.65° or 30° 39′ northLongitude of center
-86.6833° or 86° 40′ 60″ westWikidata ID
Q1425202
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Vietnamese—“West Florida” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “পশ্চিম ফ্লোরিডা”
- Catalan: “Florida Occidental”
- Chinese: “西佛罗里达”
- Chinese: “西佛羅里達”
- Danish: “Republikken West Florida”
- Danish: “Republikken West Forida”
- Danish: “Vestflorida”
- Dutch: “Republiek van West-Florida”
- Dutch: “Republiek West-Florida”
- French: “Floride occidentale”
- Galician: “Florida Occidental”
- German: “Westflorida”
- Hebrew: “מערב פלורידה”
- Hungarian: “Nyugat-Florida”
- Indonesian: “Florida Barat”
- Italian: “Florida occidentale”
- Italian: “Panhandle occidentale”
- Italian: “Repubblica della Florida occidentale”
- Japanese: “西フロリダ”
- Japanese: “西フロリダ共和国”
- Korean: “서플로리다”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vest-Florida”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “West Florida”
- Norwegian: “Vest-Florida”
- Polish: “Floryda Zachodnia”
- Portuguese: “Florida Ocidental”
- Portuguese: “Flórida Ocidental”
- Romanian: “Republic of West Florida”
- Romanian: “West Florida”
- Russian: “Западная Флорида”
- Serbian: “Западна Флорида”
- Spanish: “Florida Occidental”
- Swedish: “Florida Occidental”
- Swedish: “Västflorida”
- Swedish: “West Florida”
- Ukrainian: “Західна Флорида”
- Venetian: “Florida osidentałe”
- Vietnamese: “Tây Florida”
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