About Palm Coast

Palm Coast is sometimes referred to as the top golfing destination in the southeast United States, no small feat in a state that seems to have a golf course for every resident. Yet Palm Coast, with its close proximity to the World Golf Hall of Fame, the Players Championship, the PGA Tour, and the Champions Tour, manages to accomplish this by offering some of the most scenic golf courses in the country. Take Ocean Hammock Golf Club, which was designed by Jack Nicklaus. It opened recently to much fanfare as the first truly oceanfront Florida course in the last seventy-five years, and indeed, eight of its holes are directly next to the water. Golf is such a part of Palm Coast that most resorts offer golf packages to its visitors.

Non-golfers will find plenty to do off the links as well. With the Intracoastal Waterway running right through the city, fishing and boating are two of the most popular ways (behind golfing, of course) visitors spend their time. Nature lovers will want to check out the Princess Palace Preserve and Washington Oaks Gardens State Park. The Princess Palace Preserve is a 1,500-acre swatch of land that surrounds the oldest standing home in Flagler County, all of which was once owned by an exiled Russian Prince and his Princess. Also noted as a stop on Florida's Great Birding Trail, the Princess Palace Preserve is a wonderful place to catch a glimpse of Florida's wildlife in a wide variety of untouched habitats, including salt water marshes, wetlands, hardwood hammocks and scrubby upland. The Washington Oaks Gardens State Park is located on a barrier island, where its 389 acres of coastal habitat are home to many species of birds and exotic Floridian plants. Both facilities have several miles of hiking and/or horseback riding trails.