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Attraction · Museum
Air Force Armament Museum
An SR-71, a B-52 and around thirty aircraft in a 17-acre air park, free to enter, and outside the gate so no base pass is needed.
Attraction · Water feature
Choctawhatchee Bay
Twenty-seven miles of near-tideless brackish water with one narrow way out to the Gulf, which is why everything on this coast floats on it.
Attraction · Water feature
Crab Island
A submerged sandbar north of the Destin bridge where the bay runs waist-deep and several hundred boats raft up. Reachable only by water.
Page · Crab Island
Crab Island
Crab Island is a submerged sandbar, not an island. How to reach it from Fort Walton Beach by pontoon, shuttle or charter, what it costs and how deep it is.
Page · Things to Do
Things to Do in Fort Walton Beach
Things to do in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, sorted by where you stand: downtown, Okaloosa Island, Crab Island and the bay, the Gulf, and Destin.
Page · Attractions
Fort Walton Beach Attractions
Every attraction in and around Fort Walton Beach: the temple mound, the Armament Museum, the Gulfarium, Crab Island, the beach parks and what is in Destin.
Guide · Guide
Crab Island: How to Actually Get There, and What the Day Costs
You are not buying a ticket to Crab Island. You are buying a boat, a seat on a boat, or a captain, and the three cost wildly different amounts and produce wildly different days.
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Destin or Fort Walton Beach? An Honest Comparison
Two towns either side of one pass, sharing a beach, a bay and a sandbar. They are not interchangeable, and the right answer depends on things most comparisons never mention.