The park is two city blocks, separated by a major thoroughfare but joined by an elevated walkway (handicap access by elevators at each end). Except for the road noise, it's a fabulous place. The lake in the southern half is large and beautiful, surrounded by cypress forest; the stream in the northern half is equally attractive. And throughout the park are swans. Swans, swans, swans. Had no idea there were so many different kinds of swans.
Pretty amazing, what one dedicated soul can do. The four of us that visited were all impressed with the place. Worth the drive. Parking available in a vacant lot across the street.
We didn't find the gardens all that interesting, but there's a boardwalk path down a staircase that leads to a blackwater swamp in the adjoining nature preserve that was beautiful and interesting. Bring insect repellent.
Its a hotel.
An easy hike of a quarter mile or so. The cavernous space underneath the bridge is great fun for kids up to the age of senility.
"Just a road washout." Yeah, but a helluva view! Not easy to find but not far off the (new) road. Worth a visit.
It's basically just a city park on a dammed-up section of the Pedernales River. When I was there in March 2018, swimming was verboten, but a local told me the city council had recently voted to change that. Pretty enough, but just a picnic (and maybe swimming) spot.
In the early 20th Century, a French-Canadian whose name I forget attributed the miraculous cure of his son's illness to Ste Anne, and in gratitude built this shrine to her. It's about 100 yards off the road on the south side of the pond at the end of Ste Anne's Shrine Road, next to a white wooden fence. You can barely see it from the road, and many people confuse it with the remains of an altar to St Christopher located on the edge of the pond. (There was also a church, which may or may not have been destroyed by a jealous local prelate.)
The road to the fort was washed out by a hurricane years ago and never replaced. Rent a bike at Pensacola Beach and ride the seven miles. There are places where you'll have to dismount to get through loose sand, but worth the effort. One of the more interesting old US forts I've seen.
Very well-designed and creative upscale yard art, plus a couple of more traditional sculptures. There are about a dozen strewn around a very attractive campus, plus one (a stack of drill bits) that doesn't hew to the theme. Definitely worth a detour from the interstate.