Parks · Our pick in Florida
St. Andrews State Park
For Shell Island
The Gulf on one side, St. Andrews Bay on the other, and a shuttle to Shell Island.
Photo Credit
In the area: The Anhinga Trail, Everglades National Park. Image courtesy of © Daniel Kraft · CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia CommonsAbout St. Andrews State Park
St. Andrews State Park sits between the Gulf and St. Andrews Bay, with a mile and a half of beach for swimming, snorkelling and fishing, dunes and pine woods, and a campground. It is a stopover for migrating birds and butterflies, and the starting point for the shuttle to Shell Island, with tickets sold online or at the park. A shipwrecked sailor, “Teddy the Hermit”, lived here in his boat for 25 years after a 1929 hurricane.
Our take
- Shuttle to Shell Island
- Gulf and bay in one park
- Snorkelling
- Address
- 4607 State Park Lane, Panama City, FL 32408
Panama City Beach, Florida - Phone
- (850) 708-6100
- Website
- floridastateparks.org
Opening hours, prices and seasonal openings change, so please check with St. Andrews State Park before you go.
Last checked: October 2026 How we choose
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