20101116
Florida Public Beach Access Sites
vector digital data
https://publicfiles.dep.state.fl.us/otis/gis/data/BEACH_ACCESS_SITES.zip
Public Beach Access Sites Along the Panhandle,Southwest Coast, and the East Coast of Florida. Panhandle region includes Escambia County to Citrus County. Southwest Florida region includes Hernando County to Monroe County. East Coast region includes Nassau County to Miami Dade County.
Florida's beaches are important to many people, from commercial fishermen to wildlife watchers to the millions of vacationers that visit the state each year. Florida's sandy beaches are one of its major attractions for residents and visitors alike. While there are hundreds of miles of sandy beaches, many public access points are under-utilized because no one knows they exist. Locating beach access points can be quite a challenge for those who want to spend the day at the beach. In response to this, the Florida Coastal Management Program has developed this data so visitors can match their interests and needs with beach accesses along the Gulf of Mexico.
This data set was developed by the Florida Coastal Management Program and by Dr. Stephen Holland at the University of Florida. Public beach access site data for the SW Gulf coastal counties was collected from the Fall of 2009 to the Summer of 2011. Data for the Florida east coast beach access points will be collected via GPS from June, 2011 to October, 2011, and updated/integrated into the comprehensive shapefile.
20210715
Date data last updated in the GIS library
As needed
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24.507902
None
Tourism and Cultural
Recreation
public beach access sites
RCP
ISO 19115 Topic Categories
society
None
Hernando County to Monroe County
Southwest Florida
Florida
Escambia County to Citrus County
Panhandle
East Coast
Nassau to Brevard County
Other Constraints
Must read and fully comprehend the metadata prior to data use. The files and attribute data are intended to used as a relative location reference only. Data is not always based on a site specific survey. Acknowledgement of the Originator when using the data set as a source.
Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection
Ann Lazar
Environmental Administrator
mailing and physical
3900 Commonwealth Blvd., MS 240
Tallahassee
FL
32399-3000
US
850-245-2168
Ann.Lazar@dep.state.fl.us
FDEP, Florida Coastal Management Program
Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.6.1.9270
Maintainence and updates for Okaloosa county. 5 more access points added in Okaloosa county
Removed East Inlet Drive Access Point in Palm Beach (no longer public). Corrected Sunny Isles Beach 186th St. access was incorrectly labeled as Broward County corrected to Miami-Dade. Updated Pompano Beach fishing pier parking rate from 1.00/hr to 1.25/hr.
Obtained data form Coastal Management Program and inseretd in ArcSDE. Data published in DataCatalog,DataMiner and MapDirect.
20101116
105354
Data was edited for accuracy. A new field SITE_ID was added with this update.
20110602
Updated data obtained from CMA and inserted in ArcSDE.
20110617
East Coast beach access site data obtained via GPS device and entered into the geodatabase.
20110725
Obtained updated data from CMA and inserted in ArcSDE. Metadata updated
20110728
Previously recorded data was checked for accuracy and edited accordingly utilizing the 2010 cadastral layer and county information
20110915
Obtained updated data from CMA and inserted in ArcSDE. Metadata updated.
20110918
East coast data collection was completed in October, 2011, entered into the geodatabase and updated in the layer. This process step marks the completion of the entire data for all of Florida's coastline.
20111031
Obtained updated data from CMA and inserted in ArcSDE. Metadata updated.
20111101
Data was updated for accuracy after a complete QA review.
20111130
Obtained updated data from CMA and inserted in ArcSDE. Metadata updated.
20111201
Obtained updated data from CMA and inserted in ArcSDE. Metadata updated.
20120312
Layer updated from shapefile submitted by Brandon Adams, Florida Coastal Management Program. The following updates were made: - Assigned names to unnamed sites. - Provided location information for access sites. - Calculated geometry for all points. Metadata imported.
20120615
Removed East Inlet Drive Access Point in Palm Beach(no longer public). Corrected Sunny Isles Beach 186th st. access was incorectly labled as Broward county corrected to Miami-Dade. Updated Pompano Beach fishing pier parking rate from 1.00/hr to 1.25/hr.
20131216
Updated data in SDE/DataMiner. Metadata updated
20131223
Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) OTIS/GIS Section
mailing and physical
2600 Blair Stone Rd
MS 6520
Tallahassee
Florida
32399
US
Updated data obtained from Florida Coastal Office and updated the same in SDE/DataMiner. Metadata updated.
20140519
Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) OTIS/GIS Section
mailing and physical
2600 Blair Stone Rd
MS 6520
Tallahassee
Florida
32399
US
Reviewed Citrus, Hernando, Pasco, Hillsborough, Manatee, Sarasota, Charlotte, Lee, Martin, Indian River and St. Lucie counties and updated amenities and access sites if there were any significant changes.
20141112
FDEP - Florida Coastal Office
Chris Robertson
GIS Coordinator
mailing and physical
3900 Commonwealth Blvd. MS 240
Tallahassee
Florida
32399
US
850-245-2183
850-245-2190
Christopher.M.Robertson@dep.state.fl.us
Updated data obtained from Florida Coastal Office and updated the same in FDEP's GIS library. Metadata updated.
20141113
Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) OTIS/GIS Section
mailing and physical
MS 6520
2600 Blair Stone Rd
Tallahassee
Florida
32399
US
GIS.Librarian@dep.state.fl.us
Added Historic Virginia Key Beach Park located on Virginia Key in Miami-Dade County.
20160906
FDEP - Florida Coastal Office
Mitra Sartipi
GIS Coordinator
mailing and physical
3900 Commonwealth Blvd
Tallahassee
FL
32399
US
850-245-2183
Mitra.Sartipi@dep.state.fl.us
Obtained updated data and updated the same in the GIS library
20190220
Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) OTIS/GIS Section
mailing and physical
2600 Blair Stone Rd
MS 6520
Tallahassee
Florida
32399
US
GIS.Librarian@dep.state.fl.us
New field ACCESS_STATUS added to indicate accessibility to the beach including parking availability. Metadata updated. Symbology updated.
20190816
FDEP
Janis Morrow
Environmental Administrator
mailing
2600 Blair Stone Rd
Tallahasee
FL
32399-2400
US
850-245-8543
Janis.Morrow@floridadep.gov
Obtained updated data and updated the same in the GIS library.
20190820
Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) OTIS/GIS Section
mailing and physical
2600 Blair Stone Rd
MS 6520
Tallahassee
Florida
32399
US
GIS.Librarian@dep.state.fl.us
Obtained updated data and updated the same in the GIS library. COUNTY_NUM field removed from the layer as per data provider - WRM GIS Program Support.
20200505
Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) OTIS
mailing and physical
2600 Blair Stone Rd
MS 6520
Tallahassee
Florida
32399
US
GIS.Librarian@dep.state.fl.us
Removed inactive site in Palm Beach county. In April 2020 the layer was transformed from HARN to NAD83_2011
20200701
Obtained updated data and updated the same in the GIS library.
20200724
Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) OTIS
mailing and physical
2600 Blair Stone Rd MS 6520
Tallahassee
FL
32399-2400
US
GIS.Librarian@dep.state.fl.us
Removed following points by request: FL1830, FL549, FL578, FL583
20200930
Obtained data from WRM-GIS Program Support and updated the same in the GIS library.
20201001
Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) OTIS
mailing and physical
2600 Blair Stone Rd MS 6520
Tallahassee
FL
32399-2400
US
GIS.Librarian@dep.state.fl.us
March 2021 Update - corrected some attributes of several features
20210325
Obtained data from WRM-GIS Program Support and updated the same in the GIS library.
20210330
Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) OTIS/GIS Section
mailing and physical
2600 Blair Stone Rd
MS 6520
Tallahassee
Florida
32399
US
GIS.Librarian@dep.state.fl.us
Sites FL1794 and FL1801 removed. Points added at Kenlyn Rd. and Root Trail. FL 1810 updated.
20210707
Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP), Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection
Shawn Terry
mailing and physical
2600 Blair Stone Rd
Tallahassee
FL
32399-2400
850-245-7532
Shawn.Terry@dep.state.fl.us
Obtained data from RCP-GIS Program Support and updated the same in the GIS library.
20210715
Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) OTIS
mailing and physical
2600 Blair Stone Rd
MS 6520
Tallahassee
Florida
32399
US
GIS.Librarian@dep.state.fl.us
Vector
Entity point
2195
DEP.BEACH_ACCESS_SITES
Shape
Feature geometry.
ESRI
Coordinates defining the features.
BEACH_OR_CITY_NAME
Beach or City
ACCESS_NAME
Name of access point
X_LONGITUDE
Longitude
County
County
LOCATION_ADDRESS
Address or description of location
FEET_OF_FRONTAGE
Frontage of access point. A value of -99 indicates that the actual value is unknown.
PANHANDLE_GULF_ATLANTIC
Location of access point within 3 data regions (Panhandle, Gulf or Atlantic)
Y_latitude
latitude
ATLANTIC_COAST
Access point located on Atlantic coast
ACCESS_SIGN
Existing access sign
Gulf_Coast
Access point located on Gulf coast
ENTRANCE_FEE
Entrance Fee requirement
Y
Yes
ENTRANCE_FEE_AMOUNT
Entrance fee amount
PARKING_FEE
Parking fee requirement
PARKING_FEE_AMOUNT
Parking fee amount
REGULAR_PARKING
Parking available
NUMBER_OF_SPACES
Number of parking spaces
ADA_PARKING
ADA parking available
ADA_SPACES
Number of ADA spaces
Park
Acess point is a park or is located within a park
RV_SPACES
No. of RV parking spaces
RV_Parking
RV parking available at the access point
Lifeguard
Lifeguard at access point
Restroom
Restrooms available
ADA_ACCESSIBLE
ADA accessible access point
BOARDWALK_TRAIL
Boardwalk, trails, walkways (paved or unpaved) are available
SHELTER_COVERED_PICNIC
Covered picnic areas available
PICNIC_OPEN
Open picnic areas available
CAMPING_FULL_FACILITY
Full facility camping available
PRIMITIVE_CAMPING
Primitive camping available
Shower
Showers available
FISHING_PIER
Fishing pier at access point
Boat_Ramp
Boat ramp available at access point
NUMBER_OF_SLIPS
Number of slips at access point
PETS_ALLOWED
Pets allowed at access point
FOOD_ON_SITE
Food on site
FOOD_NEARBY
Food within walking distance from access point
Marina
Marina at access point
Notes
Notes
PUBLIC_WEB_CAM
Other
other
SITE_ID
COUNTY_ABB
A two character code used to identify each county
COUNTY_ID
A six digit number used to identify each public beach access in the county. The number is designed to accommodate additional points and the removal of points without affecting the County_ID number of other points in the county.
STATE_ID
The State_ID attribute is a ten character alphanumeric code used for two purposes. The first is to provide a unique identification for each of the state's beach access points. The second purpose is to allow the user to sort the beach access points in a geographic arrangement around the state beginning with Nassau County down the Atlantic Coast, around the Keys, up the peninsula on the Gulf, and across the panhandle to Escambia County. The code is comprised of three main parts. The first part of the State ID is a two digit County_Num. This number helps sort each of the points in order around the state.The second part of the State_ID is two characters which identify the county. This part is used to separate the first and third parts of the code so the points can be sorted within each county.The third part of the code is the six digit County_ID.
OBJECTID
Internal feature number.
ESRI
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Web_URL
Access point website
ACCESS_STATUS
20210715
Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) OTIS/GIS Section
mailing and physical
2600 Blair Stone Rd
MS 6520
Tallahassee
Florida
32399
US
GIS.Librarian@dep.state.fl.us
FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
FGDC-STD-001-1998
local time