Bay Bluffs Park

Escambia County · Panhandle & Emerald Coast

Red clay bluffs above Escambia Bay on the Scenic Highway, closed since 2023 while the boardwalks are rebuilt.

ABOUT THIS PLACE

Bay Bluffs Park protects 26 acres of steep wooded hillside above Escambia Bay at 3400 Scenic Highway, east of downtown Pensacola, with trailheads near Bay View Park and at Summit Boulevard. The bluffs are the point of it. This is clay country, and the deposits here were dug for brickmaking as far back as the 1750s; erosion keeps cutting the face while sandy soil covers the ground above. Nearly a mile of boardwalk and stairway once ran between the two trailheads through thick live oak forest, dropping and climbing the hillside enough to leave most walkers out of breath. The park is closed and has been since 2023, when storms and years of decay left the boardwalk structure unsafe to walk on. A state grant of 2.2 million dollars has been secured to rebuild it. The city's own schedule puts a survey and structural assessment in late 2026, design over about six months after that, bidding in the spring of 2027 and construction starting around October 2027. Anyone planning a visit before then should telephone the City of Pensacola first, because the reopening date has moved before

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