Santa Rosa Beach
Old Hogtown, on the bayous of Choctawhatchee Bay.
- County
- Walton
- Old name
- Hogtown
- Eden Gardens
- 1897 mansion, state park since 1968
- Tides
- One high, one low a day
Then
- 1700s
The settlement on Hogtown Bayou is known as Hogtown until the late 18th century.
- 1897
The two-story Wesley mansion is built at nearby Point Washington, on Tucker Bayou.
- 1968
The mansion and its grounds become Eden Gardens State Park.
Now
Santa Rosa Beach is an unincorporated community on Hogtown Bayou, an arm of Choctawhatchee Bay. Its ZIP code stretches across 15 miles of the Emerald Coast, taking in Point Washington and Highway 30A beach communities such as Grayton Beach and Seaside.
At Eden Gardens State Park, paddlers can follow Tucker Bayou out to the bay, and camellias bloom for a festival each February.
On the water
From NOAA's predictions for Santa Rosa, Hogtown Bayou, FL over the next 340 days. Heights are in feet above mean lower low water (MLLW).
- Pattern
- Usually one high and one low a day
- Typical daily range
- 0.5 ft
- Biggest swing
- 1.0 ft on Dec 24
- Smallest swing
- 0.0 ft on Mar 22
- Highest high
- 1.1 ft, Oct 29 at 3:30 AM
- Lowest low
- −0.5 ft, Jan 20 at 11:54 AM
2 tide stations around Santa Rosa Beach
- Santa Rosa, Hogtown Bayouin town
- Lagrange Bayou7.4 mi