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Gulf Islands National SeashoreVisitors walking on the white sandy beach with blue water in background.
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Gulf Islands National Seashore
Directions to the Florida District
Brown National Park Service entrance sign at Perdido Key welcomes visitors.
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Entrance signs throughout Gulf Islands National Seashore indicate the different units.
 

The Perdido Key Area is off Florida Route 292, southwest from Pensacola; turn east on Johnson Beach Road.

Naval Live Oaks is on U. S. 98 east of Gulf Breeze, Florida.

The Okaloosa Day Use Area is on U. S. 98 east of Fort Walton Beach, Florida.

To reach Fort Barrancas and the Advanced Redoubt onboard Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida, use the Blue Angel Parkway (Florida Route 173).

The Fort Pickens, and Santa Rosa areas, take U.S. 98 east across the Pensacola Bay Bridge.

 
A view of the Advanced Redoubt drawbridge.  

Did You Know?
The Third System fortifications consisted of 42 forts built between 1816 and 1870. They were used to guard all the principal harbors, rivers, and naval yards of the United States. Only the Advanced Redoubt of Fort Barrancas at Gulf Islands National Seashore was built entirely for land defense.

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Last Updated: August 07, 2009 at 15:10 EST