Rosemary Beach, Florida

Last updated

Rosemary Beach, Florida
Unincorporated community
Rosemary Beach, Florida.jpg
Downtown Rosemary Beach
USA Florida location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Rosemary Beach, Florida
Coordinates: 30°16′47″N86°00′52″W / 30.27968°N 86.014479°W / 30.27968; -86.014479
Country United States
State Florida
County Walton
Elevation
30 ft (10 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
32461
Area code 850
GNIS feature ID1955359 [1]

Rosemary Beach is an unincorporated planned community in Walton County, Florida, United States on a beach side road, CR 30A, on the Gulf Coast. [2] Rosemary Beach is developed on land originally part of the older Inlet Beach neighborhood. The town was founded in 1995 by Patrick D. Bienvenue, President of Leucadia Financial Corporation, and was designed by Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company. The town is approximately 105 acres (0.42 km2) and, upon completion, included more than 400 home sites and a mixed-use town center with shops, restaurants, and activities.

Contents

The design of the town reflects the French Quarter in New Orleans. [3] Rosemary Beach was named after Rosemary Milligan, a realtor and entrepreneur, who inhabited the area since 1974 and owned much of the land that is now Rosemary Beach before selling the property to developers. The town is also rumored to be named after the fresh rosemary growing in the area. [4] [5]

Design

Eastern Green, Rosemary Beach Eastern Green, Rosemary Beach, Florida.jpg
Eastern Green, Rosemary Beach

Rosemary Beach is one of three planned communities on Florida's Gulf coast designed by Andrés Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk. The other two are Seaside and Alys Beach. The three are examples of a style of urban planning known as New Urbanism.

Rosemary Beach, designed in 1995, offers shops, restaurants, a hotel, and public green spaces. [3] The design of the town reflects New Orleans’ French Quarter [3] and European Colonial influences in the West Indies and Caribbean. Sustainable materials, natural color palettes, high ceilings for better air circulation, [6] balconies, and easy access to the beach by foot [3] are typical design features.

The architecture of the homes in Rosemary resemble places like New Orleans, St. Augustine, Charleston S.C., and the West Indies. The houses along Rosemary Beach are close together and are all neutral colored. [7] The community has four open door swimming pools. [8]

Beach

Rosemary Beach beaches are only accessible to people who are staying in Rosemary at the time. To gain beach access, residents are required to have a code or a wristband to allow them to go to the beach. [9]

The water at this beach is warm, so many people can be found in the waves in the ocean along with walking or jogging down the beach, building sand castles, and reading. Vacationers can also rent different water activities, like kayaking or paddle boarding. [10] Many residents rent out their houses for the summer.[ citation needed ]

Tourism

There are nature reserves located around the Rosemary area, like Eden Gardens State Park, Timpoochee Trail and Deer State Park, and Topsail Hill Preserve State Park. There are hiking trails and different wildlife located in these areas. Camping is also available at Topsail Hill Preserve State Park. [11]

Tourism in Rosemary Beach has significantly spiked in the past few years. [12] As tourists, the main form of transportation around the beach area is through biking. [7] The temperature in Rosemary Beach during the summer ranges from a high of 90 °F (32 °C) to a low of 75 °F (24 °C). During the winter months, the temperature ranges from a high of 66 °F (19 °C) to a low of 45 °F (7 °C).

Water activities are popular, such as, kayaking, paddle boarding, jet skiing, parasailing, and many more excursions. Along with the water activities, there are Blue Dolphin Tours, where one can sightsee for dolphins on a two-hour boat ride excursion. There is also a sunset tour option. There are many places for shopping around the 30A area. There are many boutiques which offer swimwear, beachwear, toys, home décor, souvenirs, etc.[ citation needed ]


See also

Related Research Articles

DPZ CoDesign (DPZ) is an architecture and town planning firm based in Miami, Florida, founded in 1980 by the husband-and-wife team of Andrés Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk. The firm advocates for New Urbanist town planning in the United States and other countries, having completed designs for over 300 new and existing communities. In addition to Duany and Plater-Zyberk, DPZ's partners include Galina Tachieva, Marina Khoury, Senen M. A. Antonio and Matthew J. Lambert.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Walton County, Florida</span> County in Florida, United States

Walton County is a county located on the Emerald Coast in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Florida, with its southern border on the Gulf of Mexico. As of the 2020 census, the population was 75,305. Its county seat is DeFuniak Springs. The county is home to the highest natural point in Florida: Britton Hill, at 345 feet (105 m). Walton County is included in the Crestview–Fort Walton Beach–Destin Metropolitan Statistical Area.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">New Urbanism</span> Urban design movement promoting sustainable land use

New Urbanism is an urban design movement that promotes environmentally friendly habits by creating walkable neighbourhoods containing a wide range of housing and job types. It arose in the United States in the early 1980s, and has gradually influenced many aspects of real estate development, urban planning, and municipal land-use strategies. New Urbanism attempts to address the ills associated with urban sprawl and post-WW II suburban development.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Seaside, Florida</span> Unincorporated community in Florida, United States

Seaside is an unincorporated master-planned community on the Florida Panhandle in Walton County, between Panama City Beach and Destin. One of the first communities in America designed on the principles of New Urbanism, the town has become the topic of slide lectures in architectural schools and in housing-industry magazines, and is visited by design professionals from all over the United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Andrés Duany</span> American architect and urban planner

Andrés Duany is an American architect, an urban planner, and a founder of the Congress for the New Urbanism.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk</span> American architect and urban planner

Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk is a professor at the University of Miami's School of Architecture and an architect and urban planner in Miami, Florida.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Prospect New Town</span> New Urbanist housing development in Colorado, USA

Prospect New Town is a New Urbanist housing development located on the southern edge of the city of Longmont in Boulder County, Colorado, in the United States. The first full-scale new urbanist new development in Colorado, it was developed starting in the mid-1990s by Kiki Wallace and designed by the firm of Duany Plater Zyberk & Company, who also designed the new urbanist communities of Seaside, Florida, and Kentlands in Gaithersburg, Maryland. As of 2009, the project is in its sixth phase of development. It is intended to have a population of approximately 2,000 people in 585 units on 340 lots.

A Form-Based Code (FBC) is a means of regulating land development to achieve a specific urban form. Form-Based Codes foster predictable built results and a high-quality public realm by using physical form as the organizing principle, with less focus on land use, through municipal regulations. An FBC is a regulation, not a mere guideline, adopted into city, town, or county law and offers a powerful alternative to conventional zoning regulation.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Florida State Road 30A</span> Highway in Florida

State Road 30A (SR 30A) is a Florida Department of Transportation designation shared by four alternate routings of SR 30 in the Florida panhandle. Two segments have SR 30A signage; the other two do not as they are segments of U.S. Route 98 (US 98). Three of the four SR 30A segments are next to the shore of the Gulf of Mexico for most of their length.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Southern Village, North Carolina</span>

Southern Village is a 312-acre (1.3 km2) New Urbanism neighborhood located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Established in 1994, Southern Village includes 550 single-family homes, 375 townhomes and condominiums, 250 apartments, and 350,000 square feet (33,000 m2) of retail, office, and civic space. Southern Village was the top selling neighborhood in the Triangle market from 1999 to 2001. Nationally recognized as an example of smart growth, Southern Village has been featured in numerous publications including TIME, Better Homes & Gardens, and Builder magazines.

Grayton Beach is a small, historic beach village on the Florida Panhandle Gulf coast halfway between Destin and Panama City in Walton County and adjacent to Grayton Beach State Park. Collectively, the area is known as the “Beaches of South Walton", with South Walton referring to the southern portion of Walton County below the Choctawhatchee Bay.

The Mississippi Renewal Forum was a design charrette in which over 200 community leaders and design professionals worked together to plan the rebuilding of the Mississippi Coast post-Hurricane Katrina. In the course of a week in October 2005, the charrette’s design teams generated new plans and codes for all eleven municipalities along the Mississippi coast, including Waveland, Bay St. Louis, Pass Christian, Long Beach, Gulfport, Biloxi, D’Iberville, Ocean Springs, Gautier, Pascagoula and Moss Point.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">William Randolph Hearst Memorial State Beach</span> Beach in California, United States

William Randolph Hearst Memorial State Beach is located near the historic town of San Simeon along California State Route 1, in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States. It is named for newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst (1863–1951), whose family is closely associated with the area.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mashpee Commons</span> Lifestyle center in Massachusetts

Mashpee Commons is a lifestyle center located on Cape Cod in the town of Mashpee, Massachusetts. The center opened in 1986 and is considered to be an early example of new urbanist development.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Santa Rosa Beach, Florida</span> Unincorporated community in Florida, United States

Santa Rosa Beach is an unincorporated community in Walton County, Florida, United States. It is part of the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Carlton Landing, Oklahoma</span> Town in Oklahoma, United States

Carlton Landing is a master-planned resort town in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, United States, conceived and built by real estate developer Grant Humphreys. It was established on October 21, 2013, and had a population of 94 as of 2020.

Seacrest and Seacrest Beach are communities located along County Road 30A in the Florida Panhandle. They are located at the eastern end of scenic highway 30A. Following the development of adjacent Alys Beach, the Seacrest Beach community is split into two geographic areas. The eastern side of Seacrest Beach borders Rosemary Beach and the western side borders WaterSound Beach. Recreational opportunities at the beach community include fishing, kayaking, swimming, golfing, and beachgoing. The nearby coastal dune lake, Camp Creek, offers hiking and bird watching. On June 10th, 2024 a shark attack occurred, injuring 3 swimmers in the water, 2 people got amputations, 1 lost her hand, and the 2nd lost her hand and leg. The beach is closed currently

Las Catalinas is a private resort founded in 2006 along the shores of the Pacific Ocean in the Guanacaste Province of northwest Costa Rica. The objective was to create a compact, car-free, and fully walkable resort, based on the principles of New Urbanism. Las Catalinas was founded by Charles Brewer (businessman), who was intrigued by the effect walkable private resorts have on the health, happiness and well being, of humans.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Seagrove Beach, Florida</span> Unincorporated community in Florida, United States

Seagrove Beach, Florida is a two-mile-long beach community located on the Gulf of Mexico in Walton County, Florida, United States. It is located along Florida State Road 30A, east of Seaside and west of WaterSound. Seagrove Beach is recognized locally as an independent neighborhood, but its mailing address is Santa Rosa Beach. Like other communities along 30A and Florida's Emerald Coast, Seagrove Beach is known for its scenic and appealing "sugar white" beaches and blue/green waters. There are 20 public beach accesses available for use in Seagrove Beach. One Seagrove Place is the tallest and one of the oldest condominiums in the area. According to the Visit South Walton website, Seagrove Beach is "laid back, but luxurious" and home to upscale boutiques, casual cafes, a state park, and rare coastal dune lakes.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alys Beach, Florida</span> Unincorporated luxury community in Florida, United States

Alys Beach is an unincorporated planned community in Walton County, Florida, United States directly off of CR 30A, on the Gulf Coast. Alys Beach plan was designed by Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company. The village is approximately 158 acres (0.64 km2).

References

  1. ↑ "Rosemary Beach". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ Kathleen Walls. "American Roads Travel Magazine" . Retrieved January 11, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Blackerby, Cheryl (January 27, 2018). "Alys Beach: A stark, elegant example of New Urbanism". Palm Beach Daily News. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Obituary:Rosemary Milligan".
  5. ↑ "MILLIGAN REALTY, INC".
  6. ↑ "Rosemary Beach: Our History". Rosemary Beach Property Owners Association. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
  7. 1 2 Hutcherson, Jackie (June 8, 2008). "Rosemary Beach, Fla., gives new definition to cookie-cutter uniformity". St. Louis Post Dispatch (MO).
  8. ↑ "Pools & Parks". Rosemary Beach®. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
  9. ↑ Alley, Jasmine (June 27, 2020). "30 Fun Things to Do at Rosemary Beach for the Perfect Vacation in 2021". Jasmine Alley. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
  10. ↑ Allman-Baldwin, Lysa (June 16, 2011). "Fun in the sun and sand in Rosemary Beach". New York Amsterdam News.
  11. ↑ Alley, Jasmine (June 27, 2020). "30 Fun Things to Do at Rosemary Beach for the Perfect Vacation in 2021". Jasmine Alley. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
  12. ↑ Garman, Valerie (November 26, 2014). "2014 a year record for Florida, local tourism". News Herald, The (Panama City, FL).
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.