Comprised of red clay, the Bay Bluffs are a unique geological feature in Florida. Walkways and rest areas provide relatively easy walking access, parking and a magnificent view of Escambia Bay.
Interesting Facts:
- The bluffs overlooking Escambia Bay are unique to Pensacola in Florida.
- Don Tristan DeLuna, arriving in Pensacola Bay in 1559, noted the presence of a red bluff as a point for his anchorage.
- As far back as the 1750’s, abundant clay deposits in these highly-eroded bluffs provided the raw material for brickyards along the route. Some of the bricks were used to build Fort Pickens.
- In 1992, archeologists found the wreck of a 16th-century galleon in shallow water just off the bluffs.
