- Mon Jan 29, 2018 8:02 pm
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After hurricane Ivan, Navarre was torn up so bad that the road to Pensacola Beach ceased to exist after the last house on the beach (the Turner house). You could park there and walk a half mile and you had the place to yourself.
That lasted for three or four years before they finally reopened the road. That was the end of that, as it's now patroled regalarly.
You can go east from Pensacola Beach for about a mile past the Portifino Resort. Technically, you're still on Pensacola Beach until you get to the National seashore, but it's kind of a no man's land as far as enforcement goes.
The few PB lifeguards who do venture down don't seem inclined to bother anyone. The downside is that people can and do park on the highway and walk over the dunes to the beach. It's only 50 or 100 feet, so they can be on top of you before you know it.