Pensacola Scenic Bluffs Highway
Florida Scenic Byway 11 mi in Florida.
About the Pensacola Scenic Bluffs Highway
The Pensacola Scenic Bluffs Highway traverses through miles of wetlands supporting a diversity of flora and fauna ending its northern terminus at tidal wetlands where U.S. 90 bridges the Escambia River.
Many visitors to this byway value various natural resources, including towering trees, waterways filled with fish and shellfish, and clay deposits historically used for making bricks. It also features a fascinating history and awe-inspiring ocean outlooks. Drivers describe the highway as having a “Sunday afternoon drive” feel. Families picnic at Gaberonne, and lovers watch the moon rise from Bay Bluffs Park, overlooking Escambia Bay.
Take a journey along the same seashore first explored by Spanish Settler Don Tristan de Luna in 1559 and learn why his ship has been sunken offshore since then. Drivers glimpse Escambia Bay’s scenic vistas from atop giant bluffs, the highest points along Florida’s coastline.
Florida Department of Transportation, Florida Scenic Highways Program's own description, in its words. Byway page on floridascenichighways.com.
Camping along the byway
- Mile 1 · 4.5 mi offNaval Live Oaks Youth Group Camping · National Park Service · 1 sites
Public campgrounds within 5 miles of the road as the crow flies, in order along the byway; each one's page has its facts, season and weather by month.
About this page's facts
The line is the Federal Highway Administration's scenic byways layer (HEPGIS, a snapshot of 2022-06-24, a US government work), cut at the state line and simplified for the map; the length is the line's. The designation is the program's own: the national tiers from FHWA's America's Byways roster, the rest from the layer's designation field. Road conditions, closures and seasonal gates change: check the agency's own page and the state's road conditions before you go.