America 250
These iconic opening words — ‘Four score and seven years ago’ — began the Gettysburg Address delivered by this U.S. president.
Abraham Lincoln
Under Destin's ground sign regulations, this is the maximum height permitted for all ground signs.
26 feet
Building, Planning, and Code Compliance are the three divisions within this department.
Community Development Department
Often called "sea cows", these gentle, slow moving vegetarian mammals occasionally make surprise appearances in the shallow waters of the Choctawhatchee Bay.
Manatees
This former application system began with the letter “C” and ended with the letter “S.”
Compass
There are [number] branches in the U.S.military
6
(The Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Space Force, and Coast Guard)
Under the definition provided by Florida Statute 327.02 and local ordinance, human-powered watercraft like paddleboards, kayaks, and canoes are excluded from this specific category of rented or chartered motorized watercraft.
Livery Vessel
If a permitted project goes this long without a recorded inspection, the building permit becomes void.
6 Months
Destin's harbor and the Choctawhatchee Bay are home to a large, year round resident population of this intelligent, smiling marine mammal.
Dolphin
This is the year Destin was originally chartered as a municipality.
1984
Though it officially became a state in August 1959, this 50th state is often linked to July 4, 1960, the day its star was formally debuted on the American flag.
Hawaii
According to Destin's short-term rental guidelines, a newly registered property must have its mandatory signage properly posted on the premises within this many days following the completion of registration.
7 days
The day that MGO went live for Community Development
May 13, 2025
Waders in Destin are taught to move their feet in this manner to avoid stepping on flat, camouflaged creatures that like to bury themselves in the sand. If stung contact Destin Beach Safety or Dial 9-1-1.
The stingray shuffle
The three founding Families who formed Destin
Destin, Marler, and Woodward
The third president of the United States.
Thomas Jefferson
This Destin zoning district is intended to provide the city with an intense mixed use resort destination by providing for commercial transient accommodations (commercial hotel, motel, bed and breakfast establishments and other commercial transient living accommodations); seasonal multi-family attached or single-family detached residential uses; permanent multi-family attached or single-family detached residential uses; retail; service; restaurant; office; and similar commercial uses are allowed in this zoning district.
Holiday Isle Mixed Use (HIMU) zoning district
This type of meeting is typically held on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday.
Pre-Application Meeting
About 100 years ago, a surge from a hurricane closed the opening between the Gulf of Mexico and Choctawhatchee Bay in Destin with sand. Fishers dug a trench to open the gateway back up, and the tides took over to widen it into what is now called.
Destin East Past/Destin Jetties
The famous, white sand is not local shell fragment, instead it is made up of nearly 100% pure quartz crystals that eroded from these ancient mountains.
Appalachian Mountains
July 4, [year] saw the first organized celebration with fireworks in Philadelphia.
1777
Southern wax myrtle, fringe tree, sparkleberry, and pindo palm are a few of the trees that make up this list
TABLE 12-1: APPROVED STREET TREES
(850) 279-6658 is a phone number for which division
Code Compliance Division
Destin beaches are home to four types of sea turtles, including this critically endangered species known as the smallest and rarest sea turtle in the world.
Kemp's Ridley sea turtle
A 360-foot World War II and Korean War Liberty cargo ship that was intentionally sunk as an artificial reef in 1977.
The Destin Liberty (Thomas Hayward)