A long time has passed since St. Marks last had appreciable importance, but this place on Apalachee Bay in Florida’s Big Bend is a very old and historic Gulf port. Located on the St. Marks River it was a major river port as early as 1821. The railroad line to Tallahassee is now abandoned and has become the very poplar, paved Tallahassee-St. Marks Historic Railroad Trail State Park.

St. George Island is a barrier island with the Apalachicola Bay on the north and the Gulf of Mexico on the south. There are 20 miles of beach on the gulf-side, and miles of marshes on the bayside. Although much of the island is overrun with vacation rentals, there still is a little of the Old Florida left around the lighthouse and the east end of the island is protected from development as a State Park.

St. George Island is a barrier island with the Apalachicola Bay on the north and the Gulf of Mexico on the south. There are 20 miles of beach on the gulf-side, and miles of marshes on the bayside. Although much of the island is overrun with vacation rentals, there still is a little of the Old Florida left around the lighthouse and the east end of the island is protected from development as a State Park.