Escambia Extension Park is a nice enough smaller park that puts an emphasis on disc golf…read more The park was quite busy with people enjoying playing disc golf and the course is well laid out. There is off-street parking, so that is definitely a plus. If you are into disc golf, I would definitely recommend here.

Excellent Park with Baseball fields & football fields for adult and youth sports.read more

This was a great place to escape the hustle and bustle of the daily grnd and just get back to…read morenature for a bit and clear my head. Graham Creek Nature Preserve is a great place in Foley, Alabama to get away from the asphalt and steel of modern life. I found it a great place to cleanse my soul and just relax. It is well-kept and definitely a place that I will return to. I will give it five stars.

We went by the Preserve to walk after Breakfast today and discovered they were decorating for their…read moreHaunted Forest. This looks like so much fun for the whole family! I can see teenagers having a blast with each other and siblings driving each other crazy. Support the Preserve and get your tickets on their page. Have fun!!!

The Hawkshow Lagoon National Memorial to Missing Children is a moving and touching memorial for…read moremissing children. It sits overlooking Pensacola Bay and the setting is serene and beautiful in a simple kind of way. I am glad I cane across here and spend a moment praying for those children.

Hawkshaw Lagoon Memorial Park, completed in 1996, is the only National Memorial for Missing…read moreChildren. You walk across the pedestrian bridge which is over part of the lagoon. On the observation deck is a bronze statue called "The Sanctuary" created by Sam Nettles. On the plaque: "The Sanctuary" is both a shelter and a memorial. The arms and hands form a shelter and represent protection, our gift to our children. The shelter also forms a memorial in which resides a sacred spiritualism that is universal and primal. / In the family grouping, the child completes the circle, making the couple a family. The parents focus on their child and in turn, the child focuses its love and trust on the parents. This simple exchange is one of the essential truths of life. We all love our children and want to protect them. / Let us hope that we can begin to try to understand and appreciate that which we memorialize - the families, parents, and friends of lost and missing children. The view is serene and overlooks Pensacola Bay. You can get a good view of the Pensacola Bay Bridge from here. Something else to see nearby - just across Bayfront Parkway is Veterans Memorial Park. It's really worth walking across the street to see. Be careful crossing the busy street because cars may not stop even though there is a marked pedestrian walkway. Chances are you've parked over at the memorial and have walked here since there's really no parking where this memorial is.

We discovered this gorgeous park last year and made it there to some great free concerts put on by,…read moremy new favorite music store, Blues Angel Music. Unfortunately there were no Sunday concerts due to Covid but 2021 is looking good. The Vince J. Whibbs, Sr. Community Maritime Park is a multi-use, public-private park development on Pensacola's waterfront. The Randall K. and Martha A. Hunter Amphitheater overlooks beautiful Pensacola Bay. The amphitheater part of the park supports a covered stage a "Back of House" facility that supports two dressing room spaces, & grass seating for up to 5,000. It really is picturesque sitting on that grass with breezes coming off the bay and digging the music, very nice indeed. While I am very fond of the concerts there's a lot more going on in this well laid out, well maintained and highly functional park. The Rotary Centennial Playground is great for kids ages 5-12 and includes climbing structures and more for them to explore and play. The walking path around the water makes the park perfect for working out, biking and running or if you're just looking for a looking for a place to walk that had enough room for social distancing and was by water, this is a great choice. Hey, love to fish? Well you can do that at the park too! Because the park is on the waterfront, it makes a nice place for fishing, there's even a fishing peir. It's also right next door to the Blue Yahoo stadium, the AAA team for the Cincinnati Reds. I know there's a bigger connection to the Yahoo's but not sure what that's about. Let me close by talking about our last concert in 2019. We roll up with our picnic, chairs and coolers and get hit with a little Memphis rockabilly. Wait I just left Memphis and I'm in Florida. LOL But it was really good and everyone was in to it. There was a very nice crowd, very nice people and there's free water and there's a Greek food truck set up on the edge of the concert area at the top of the hill. Somebody slap me LOL Very important note: The great folks at Blues Angel Music put on the free concerts and people are offered a chance to buy raffle tickets for some really cool musical instruments and other nice stuff. They do this to raise money for their foundation that provide musical instruments for schools and those in need, big kudos to those guys. Music has been VERY big influence in my life and I support this effort, it's a pretty big deal! Bottom line: Our last show was rockabilly but there's other genres of music represented by the water at Maritime Park!! You can bring a chair, your cooler and the parking & the admission is free. It's really cool and highly recommended for this weekly family friendly fun outing for your Sunday. Even if concerts aren't your thing it's still just an all around great park. http://facebook.com/pg/communitymaritimepark/events/

This is a small park with extremely limited parking. Still, it has its charm and was a good place…read moreto chill for a bit. That's an added plus, the water view is pretty cool, as well. The park is named for Vince Whibbs. He was the mayor of Pensacola from 1978 to 1991. He they have a nice statue of him at the end of the park. All in all, I'm going to give this small park four stars.

This place is amazing! I am not even a surf or skateboard…read moredude, but walking around this facility made me WANT to be. You need/want it...they have it; surf boards of all sizes and materials, skate boards sizes/materials/wheels, clothes, socks, padding...everything. The only thing that I could "use" was the delightful coffee bar in the back of the store. This alone is worth stopping in for. The quality of their coffees could put Starbucks to shape. They have comfortable seating were you can sit and watch the skate board people practice. This is truly a wonderful concept store! Best wishes and I hope to see you when we return to GS in 2019.

Great family oriented, my grand kids attend camp shred and have for a few years now. Highly…read morerecommended

I'm obsessed because they have two, nice large dog parks separated for big and small…read more It's shaded has lots of oak trees with Spanish moss and some seating in the shade. Couldn't be happier. There's also a small water station. Parking right in front and it's a short walk to the sound which has picnic tables and a ton of veins to trail paths throughout the park. Including those fabulous raised boardwalk paths. We walked some of the boardwalk paths recently and so enjoyed the experience. You are above the Bayou and Marshland and have a lovely perspective of the bay and tons of nature. People were trying to spy frogs and snakes and other critters. I imagine there's a lot you can see if you are patient. We love just having the access to it and being able to see the Santa Rosa sound to Pensacola Beach across the way. It's a true highlight of the area. Gulf Breeze does such an amazing job of maintaining its trails. We are really happy it is easily accessible and a well maintained community feature. Have barely scratched the surface of exploring it yet but look forward to seeing more of what it has to offer!

I come here early in the morning to enjoy the calm water and to take my cat for a walk on the…read morepaths, Family friendly picnic area. Great place to launch your boat, wave runner, paddle board or kayak. I love the paths to take my cat (a Savannah) for a walk. The few dogs we do see are kept on their leashes

Nice dog park, great amenities for kids. Plenty of picnic tables. The park is clean and safe.read more

Small but suitable dog park, amazing looking playground for the kids…read more I wouldn't go out of my way to bring my dog here but I might go out of my way to bringy nieces. Overall, a good stop if you're on this side of town (otherwise go to the dog parks in East Hill).