Johnson Beach - Gulf Islands National Seashore

Johnson Beach is a designated recreational area in Perdido Key on the Gulf Islands National Seashore. The area provides lifeguards, facilities and a parking lot and is ideal for water-based recreational activities and hiking. The area is well-known for the Discovery Nature Trail, a raised boardwalk that is roughly half a mile that takes visitors through dunes, pine trees and salt marsh outlooks. Entrance fees are required and collected upon admittance into the park.

Enhanced Visitor Experience Coming Soon

Beginning in early September, Gulf Islands National Seashore will begin a project to enhance the visitor experience and decrease habitat impacts in the Perdido Key Area. The project is scheduled from September through February.

The closures associated with this project include Johnson Beach Road beyond the parking lot. During the closure, the road will be closed to all vehicle, bicycle, and pedestrian traffic. The park pavilions, facilities, and the main parking lot will remain open for public day use.

The project will enhance the visitor experience by creating 110 new parking spaces in three new parking areas, seven new dune crossovers to the sound and Gulf of Mexico, and a new half-mile multi-use path on Johnsons Beach Road. Two of the seven new dune crossovers will be ADA-accessible.

These enhancements will eliminate roadside parking along Johnson Beach Road as well as reduce the number of crossovers from 11 to seven. Additionally, to improve safety, new speed tables will be installed to provide crosswalks, slow traffic, and reduce impacts to wildlife.

Perdido Key provides critical habitat for the Perdido Key beach mouse, the most critically endangered small mammal in North America.

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Wheel Chair Accessible

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