Relocating to Fort Walton Beach

Nestled along the emerald waters and white-sandy beach of Florida's Gulf Coast, Fort Walton Beach is one of the country's best places to live. Fort Walton Beach is just six miles west of Destin and just a short drive from Panama City and Pensacola, Florida and Mobile, Alabama.

Fort Walton Beach features long, warm, sunny summers, and brief mild winters. The average high temperature is 63 degrees in February, 84 degrees in May, 90 degrees in August and 71 degrees in November. There are on average 343 sunny days per year in Fort Walton Beach.

One of the Best Places to Live

Voted Best Beach In The South and Top Family Destination 13 years running by Southern Living Magazine readers.
Recently picked as the #1 Beach in America by USA Today readers.
AJC.com’s Best of The Big Winner, Best Place to Hit The Beach.
Golden Shell 2005 Award: Top 10 Best Value, Family Beach and Snowbird Beach by Florida Beaches Guide.
#1 Favorite Beach Destination for the third year in a row by middle Tennessee families. -Best of Parenting Poll 2005
Presented the Reader’s Choice Award by ConventionSouth and top meeting planners.
Ranked #2 on the Business Vitality Index by Moody’s Economy.com.
Ranked #13 Small City on the Boomtowns of 2007 by Inc.
“Destin, Fort Walton Beach, Okaloosa Island really are just irresistible.”
-Atlanta Journal Constitution
“This is the place where you shrug off sophistication and wear your flip-flops.” Leisure World
“Most striking about this part of Florida is the natural beauty of the area.” Corporate & Incentive Travel