Orange Sand Flagler Beach, Florida

Flagler County, Florida

Flagler Beach

Six miles of coquina-orange beach, interrupted once, by a pier.

The sand is orange. Crushed coquina shell gives Flagler Beach a colour no other stretch of Florida coast has, across six miles broken by a single fishing pier.

Flagler Beach Florida museum
Flagler Beach Florida museum Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0

What this place is

Why Flagler Beach is here

Flagler Beach was incorporated on 16 April 1925.

Built as a beach town and still one - low-rise, unincorporated in feel, and deliberately undeveloped compared with its neighbours.

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  1. 1925Incorporated
  2. 2013Coolest Small Town finalist
Flagler's coquina orange set against the quartz white of the rest of Florida's coast.

Worth the trip

What to look for

  1. 01

    The fishing pier, the only interruption in six miles of sand.

  2. 02

    The Flagler Beach Historical Museum.

Time your visit

The weekend that matters

  • Annual

    First Friday

    Not annual but monthly: the first Friday of every month, 6pm to 9pm at Veterans Park on South 2nd Street. Free, with music, local vendors and the beach a block away.

Hotels, inns, rentals and campgrounds

Where to Stay

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Restaurants, seafood, cafes and bars

Where to Eat

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Parks, beaches, museums, tours and charters

Things to Do

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Flagler Beach on the record

Pictures of the place

Archive and Creative Commons photographs of Flagler Beach. Nothing here is generated; every image is credited to the person who took it.

A1A Scenic and Historic Coastal Byway - Landscaping at Flagler Beach Pier
A1A Scenic and Historic Coastal Byway - Landscaping at Flagler Beach Pier Unknown authorUnknown author or not provided · Public domain
A1A Scenic and Historic Coastal Byway - Flagler Beach Pier
A1A Scenic and Historic Coastal Byway - Flagler Beach Pier Unknown authorUnknown author or not provided · Public domain

Public record

Flagler Beach by the numbers

  • 5,250Residents (2023)
  • 22.5% Homes held for seasonal use
  • 163 Places in this guide

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