The Naval Live Oaks Reservation is part of the Gulf Islands National Seashore and is near Gulf Breeze, Florida. It was purchased by the U.S. government in 1828 as the first federal tree farm and began
Highway 98 going through the Naval Live Oaks.
View from the top of the bluff in the Naval Live Oaks, looking south on the rest of the reservation.
Gulf Islands National Seashore is an American national seashore that offers recreation opportunities and preserves natural and historic resources along the Gulf of Mexico barrier islands of Florida, A
Gulf Islands National Seashore, near Pensacola
The color of the sand in the region is exceptionally white, as seen in this 1957 photo at Pensacola Beach, Florida, adjacent to the protected area designated in 1971.
Horn Island (in Mississippi).
Gulf Islands National Seashore geologic cross section