1969 Map of Gulf Breeze

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Gulf Breeze occupies the peninsula tip between Pensacola Bay and Santa Rosa Sound, showing a mid-century community defined by its maritime surroundings. The residential street grid is well-established near Shoreline Park and the Water Tank, while the historic Andrew Jackson Trail skirts the northern shore near Butcherpen Cove. Across the sound, Santa Rosa Island stretches westward toward Fort Pickens State Park, its landscape marked by the Sabine Sand Hills and the developing area of Pensacola Beach. Notable local institutions like St Anna Ch and St Francis Ch are situated alongside recreational spaces including the Boy Scout Camp and Girl Scout Camp. This 1969 survey captures the area before extensive modern coastal development, mapping the U.S. Dept of the Interior Biological Laboratory and the complex shoreline of Little Sabine Bay.