Why is the sand on Navarre Beach and across the Emerald Coast so white that it looks like grains of sugar?
This quartz-rich sand actually washed down from the Appalachian Mountains by way of the Apalachicola River, where it entered the Gulf of Mexico and eventually made its way onto our shores. This sand is pure, white quartz crystals ground into perfect granules, leaving the sand powdery soft, even squeaking, under your toes!
We hope you will love our beaches as much as we do. And please remember to leave only your footprints behind so others can enjoy it as well.
