The Pensacola Bay Area has been loved by explorers since 1559. Now you, too, can embark on your adventure and discover our destination visiting many geocaches in the Pensacola Bay Area.
Using a GPS-enabled device, instead of a compass, you can become a modern-day Ponce de Leon in search of hidden treasure.
While visiting, make sure to stop by and visit Penny's Travel Bug Hotels. Penny is a butterfly named after the Monarch Butterfly that is special in America. Their wings are a most vivid tawny-orange and a beautiful contrasting deep black vein. Instinct directs their destination to Pensacola's way station treasure providing nourishing rest along white sugar-white sand beaches and emerald waters. This American city is proud of her heritage, the City of Five Flags is how she is known; providing a tie that binds our hospitality to those that roam. Penny's Travel Bug Hotels is a place where caching travel bugs can stay safely within the confines of her cocoon. Penny has three travel bug hotels located at each of the visitor centers. While you are exploring you may also be interested in the Pensacola Photo Trail.
Stop by the Pensacola Visitor Information Center and visit Penny’s Travel Bug Hotel. This TB Hotel is a place where lost and weary caching travel bugs can stay safely within the confines of her cocoon.
The Monarch Butterfly is special in America, large with a vast domain; Their wings are a most vivid tawny-orange and a beautiful contrasting deep black vein. Instinct directs their destination to Pensacola’s way station treasure providing nourishing rest along white sugar sandy beaches and emerald waters. This American city is proud of her heritage, the City of Five Flags is how she is known; providing a tie that binds or hospitality to those that roam. We’ve called this butterfly Penny, to symbolize Pensacola’s first explorers seeking treasures.
**Please take note: This is a high muggle traffic area at certain times of the day. There are transients in the park as well…Please be very stealthy**
**Please replace the bag so it doesn’t show.**
Penny has expanded her Cocoon Hotel’s Westward and opened a travel bug hotel. This cache has been placed with permission at the Perdido key Visitor Center.
More InfoPenny has expanded her Cocoon Hotel’s Southward and opened a travel bug hotel. This cache has been placed with permission. It will cost you $1.00 to get through the toll bridge onto Pensacola Beach.
This TB Hotel is a place where lost and weary caching travel bugs can stay safely within the confines of her cocoon. The 1.5 difficulty is because of the high muggle area during certain times of the day.
UWF Geocaches
Explore the beautiful campus of the University of West Florida. The campus includes more than 20 miles trails of hiking, running and biking trails. The campus also includes the beautiful Edward Ball Nature Preserve Trail and Boardwalk.
Migrate to Pensacola to Explore the Great Florida Birding & Wildlife Trail
In Pensacola, we’re lucky to be located under the superhighway for birds, the Atlantic Flyway that stretches 3,000 miles from the Caribbean to the Arctic tundra on which a kaleidoscope of amazing birds migrates to and from their wintering grounds. We’re the official gateway to the Great Florida Birding and Wildlife Trail of which we boast 10 stops.
10 Fun Free Things to do in Pensacola
Needing inspiration for a fun and inexpensive way to spend your time in the Pensacola Bay Area?
Top 10 Activities in Pensacola for Families
Ready to get away and take a break? An escape to Pensacola can be just the antidote your family needs. The Pensacola Bay area encompasses Greater Pensacola, as well as Pensacola Beach and Perdido Key. The variety of activities that await sets Pensacola apart as a destination for families looking to spend their vacation on the Gulf Coast.
Hiking Scenic Pensacola
Let me guess, you brought some hiking shoes along to the beach and you’re expecting to make a 2-hour trip to get to the nearest place with a secluded trail, woods or a quiet waterway. Well, you and your hiking shoes are in luck.
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