Fort Pickens - Pensacola Things To Do

  • Address: Ranger station at Fort Pickens Rd., Fort Pickens, Pensacola, FL
  • Phone: +1 850 934 2600
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Fort Pickens
Ranger station at Fort Pickens Rd.
Fort Pickens, Pensacola, FL

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  •   JAN 07.  FORT PICKENS IS ACCESSIBLE ONLY BY BOAT .  Hurricane Ivan in 2004 washed away the only access road.   Access to Fort Pickens is currently restricted to only national park service personnel and maintenance contractors.   May 07.  Actually only 1.5 miles of the beach... more on TripAdvisor
  • The Fort Pickens Area is the western seven miles of Santa Rosa Island, near Pensacola Beach. Fort Pickens is the largest of four forts built to defend Pensacola Bay, Florida, and its navy yard. The fort was begun in 1829, completed in 1834, and used until the 1940s. Built in the age of wooden war... more on Nps.gov
  • If you're coming ashore in Pensacola for the first time, we've got some surprises for you. There is water everywhere--the Gulf of Mexico for diving, surfing, marlin chasing; bays and bayous for sailing, skiing, fishing; rivers for canoeing, kayaking, tubing. And there are miles and miles of white... more on GoingToTheBeach.com
  • Located on Santa Rosa Island, Fort Pickens guarded the island and the entrance to the harbor. Geronimo was imprisoned, along with other Apache prisoners, in the Fort, and Confederates held it during the Civil War. Visitors can take a self-guided ... more on Weather.com

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Pensacola Beaches (Fort Pickens)

My husband and I went to Pensacola over the Labor Day weekend. Although we love to go to the beach, this time because of the weather we could not get in to the water! They had the red flags out telling people to stay out of the water. Unfortunately and sadly some people ignored them and there wer... A TripAdvisor Member, a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on TripAdvisor

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Love This Place (Camping is the life for me)

Went camping at Gulf Island Pensacola Fl. the wk of 7-04-03 Some people know it as Ft. Pickens but we know it as a lttle heaven here on earth beautiful place it stormed some while we were there but even that didn't take away from the beauty This is a wonderful place for family camping you've got ... A TripAdvisor Member, a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on TripAdvisor

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Great Place!

Great location close to New Orleans! We are college students who wanted a cheap vacation, and we got way more than we bargained for! It was clean and beautiful, as this is a protected area. We saw lots of wildlife, and the campground was quiet, neat ... A TripAdvisor Member, a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on TripAdvisor

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Great Vacation/Go Blue Angels

My husband and I stayed at the campground at Ft. Pickens July 9-11th and we really enjoyed it. If you like camping, then this is the place for you! Ft. Pickens has not been crowded by condos and beachshops, so you can enjoy the natural beauty of the area and still be in driving distance to all of... A TripAdvisor Member, a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on TripAdvisor

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Fort Pickens #3

Fort Pickens was great. Me and my family went there only in August. There was this cool part with a barrel where you pick up the barrel lid and you can actually hear the sounds of the civil war. At first me and my sister were scared but when we did it again ... Foreigner, a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on TripAdvisor

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