Miramar Beach(Eucalyptus Beach, Rosewood Miramar Beach)

Located in the town of Miramar Beach and near the city of Destin, Miramar Beach is a long and popular beach with white sand and a backdrop of oceanfront houses. Travel+Leisure magazine listed it as one of the best beaches in Florida, and it is also a favorite of Randall Kaplan, the world’s foremost beach expert who is known as Mr. Beach.  In addition, the Nebraska newspaper The Lincoln Journal Star has listed it as one of the best beach towns in the United States.

Miramar Beach has lifeguards between March 1st and October 31.  In addition to lifeguards, the beach and the area near it has many amenities including restrooms, showers, volleyball courts, a boardwalk, rental facilities for beach chairs and umbrellas, and bike storage rocks.  Dogs on leash are only allowed in Miramar Beach if their owners are full time local residents or property owners.

Miramar Beach offers many fun activities including sunbathing, beachcombing, swimming, paddleboarding, surfing, kitesurfing, boogie boarding, volleyball, jet-skiing, parasailing, bodysurfing, windsurfing, boating, snorkeling, scuba diving, water-skiing, kayaking, canoeing, surf-skiing, and wildlife watching. 

This beach is ideal for less-experienced swimmers because the clear water here usually has gentle waves.  You can check the Miramar Beach live camera online to see the gentle waves here.  If you are planning to swim, kayak, canoe, or paddleboard here, we recommend being careful because the water here is known to have unpredictable rip currents and dangerous waves. 

If you like taking pictures with beautiful views, this beach offers amazing Instagram-worthy views of the Northwestern Florida shoreline and the Gulf of Mexico, especially at sunset.  If you like shopping, there are many interesting shopping stores near the beach.  You can also explore the nearby town of Miramar Beach through golf carts – there are many nearby Miramar Beach golf cart rentals nearby.

Miramar Beach has a beach wheelchair for disabled visitors – this beach wheelchair is located at the main entrance of the beach at 2375 Scenic Gulf Drive.  If you are planning to use this beach wheelchair, you can contact the lifeguards deployed here for more information regarding the beach chairs.  In addition to the beach wheelchair, this beach offers disabled-friendly restrooms and a disabled-friendly boardwalk for visitors with disabilities.

Getting to Miramar Beach is easy – the main entrance for this beach is located near 2375 Scenic Gulf Drive.  There is a large free parking lot near this entrance – there are also multiple free street parking spaces nearby along Scenic Gulf Drive.  In addition to the main entrance, there are multiple other entrances for this beach along Scenic Gulf Drive – some of these entrances are located near 1328 Scenic Gulf Drive, 1294 Scenic Gulf Drive, and 1196 Scenic Gulf Drive.  This beach is easily accessible from United States Highway 98 and Florida State Road 30.

The sand at Miramar Beach is made of quartz and this sand was formed 20,000 years ago in the Appalachian Mountains – this quartz sediment was weathered down and eventually carried to the shoreline by rivers.  In addition, this beach also hosts many fun events including live music performances and concerts.

There are many attractions near Miramar Beach within a 25-minute-drive.  The Destin Harbor Boardwalk is a popular boardwalk that offers many fun things to explore including shops, restaurants, amusement rides, and bars.  This boardwalk also offers many fun activities including zip lining, parasailing, and mini-golf and it also offers rental facilities for watersports equipment, and sitting areas.  Gator Beach – The World's Greatest Alligator Park is an alligator park where visitors can see and feed hundreds of live American alligators – this park also hosts fun shows about these amazing creatures.  In addition, the park also has a Discovery Zone that has interpretive exhibits about alligators and their habitat.  If you like go-karting, The Track – Destin offers fun go-kart tracks and it also offers many other fun rides including bumper cars, spinning coasters, and blaster boats – this go-karting facility also has mini-golf courses and an arcade.  Destin History and Fishing Museum offers informative exhibitions about Destin’s unique and vibrant history – in addition, the museum also has a wide variety of fishing-related exhibits including author Ernest Hemingway’s fishing rod and many antique fishing equipment.  If you are looking for another attraction near the beach, Henderson Beach State Park is an oceanfront state park that has a beach named Henderson Beach State Park Beach and it offers many fun activities including swimming, biking, fishing, hiking, wildlife watching, picnicking, and camping.

If you get hungry, there are many great restaurants near Miramar Beach.  Pompano Joe’s Seafood House offers amazing local seafood with Caribbean culinary influences and it also offers a variety of other dishes including soups, salads, sandwiches, and steaks.  Melting Pot Destin is an upscale restaurant that is known for serving delicious fondues and it also offers a variety of other dishes including steaks, seafood, and salads.  Surf Hut is an oceanfront restaurant that offers many amazing dishes with local culinary influences including seafood, salads, barbecued ribs, and sandwiches.  Kenny D’s offers a variety of amazing Cajun dishes including etouffee, gumbo, and Cajun-style seafood.  If you are looking for another good and affordable nearby restaurant, Pedro’s Cantina and Grill offers a variety of excellent Mexican dishes including tacos, fajitas, nachos, and chimichangas.

If you are looking for a hotel near Miramar Beach, there are many great nearby options.  The 4-Star Henderson Beach Resort offers many amenities including a pool, a lazy river, a spa, a bar, a courtyard, a fitness center, loaner facilities for bikes and watersports equipment, and multiple restaurants.  Another upscale hotel is the 4-Star Hilton Sandestin Beach Golf Resort & Spa that offers many amenities including a spa, multiple pools and hot tubs, multiple restaurants and bars, poolside cabanas, watersports equipment rental facilities, and poolside market.  The 4-Star Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort is another upscale Miramar Beach resort that offers many amenities including rental facilities for bikes and water sports equipment, multiple restaurants and bars, a fitness center, a tennis court, multiple pools, shopping stores, hot tubs, and multiple golf clubs.  A more affordable hotel is the 3-Star Embassy Suites by Hilton Destin Miramar Beach that is also known as Embassy Suites Miramar Beach and offers many amenities including a pool, a fitness center, a restaurant, complimentary evening receptions, and complimentary breakfast.  If you are looking for another good and affordable nearby hotel, the 3-Star Best Western Sugar Sands inn & Suites offers many amenities including a pool, an exercise room, and complimentary breakfast.  Another great local hotel is the 2-Star Comfort Inn Miramar Beach Destin.  Another great accommodation option is staying in a vacation rental property – one of the great vacation rental properties here is Majestic Sun Miramar Beach.