Alligator Point Beach
This pristine coastal community is located just an hour from Tallahassee on the Gulf of Mexico at the eastern-most boundary of Franklin and Wakulla counties. Alligator Point offers both protected boating in the Alligator Harbor Aquatic Preserve and deep water fishing in the Gulf of Mexico. Alligator Point Yacht Basin is a full-service marina conveniently located on Alligator Point. At the eastern end of Alligator Point, the area known as Bald Point is a naturalists’ paradise.
Tidal marshes along northwestern Bald Point offer unobstructed views over a flat terrain of needle rush and saw grass, and provide rich feeding grounds for land and seabirds such as bald eagles, osprey and migrating falcon and is a draw for gallinules, tricolor herons, limpkins, anhinga, nesting yellow-crowned night herons, pied-billed grebes, and great egrets. This is the location of the Bald Point State Park.
The park offers a multitude of land and water activities. Coastal marshes, pine flatwoods, and oak thickets foster a diversity of biological communities that make the park a popular destination for birding and wildlife viewing. Every fall, bald eagles, other migrating raptors, and monarch butterflies are commonly sighted as they head south for the winter. Bald Point offers access to two Apalachee Bay beaches for swimming, sunbathing, and fishing. Other activities include canoeing, kayaking, windsurfing, and hiking. Facilities include a fishing dock and picnic pavilions.