List of coasts of Florida facts for kids
The US state of Florida has many different names to different parts of the state's shoreline. Some of them are official names while others are unofficial names used by marketers for tourism purposes and may have even fallen into general disuse. Coasts can overlap. The following officially and unofficially named coasts (proceeding roughly counterclockwise from northeasternmost shore):
- First Coast / Historic Coast
- Surf Coast (1970s local name for Daytona area)
- Space Coast / Mosquito Coast
- Treasure Coast
- Gold Coast
- South Florida
- Florida Keys
- Sun Coast
- Paradise Coast (name for Naples area)
- Lee Island Coast
- Cultural Coast, most notably includes the city of Sarasota
- Florida Suncoast
- Nature Coast
- Big Bend Coast
- Forgotten Coast
- Emerald Coast
Fun Coast
Various localities have tried to claim usage of the term "Fun Coast". In the 1990s promoters initiated a campaign to dub the Halifax area the "Fun Coast". This particular branding had previously been attempted for the St. Petersburg area in the 1980s and Fort Lauderdale in 1993. By 1995 promoters pushed to sell Volusia and Flagler Counties together as the "Fun Coast". In 1999, when the Halifax area was preparing to split from area code 904, the Daytona Beach/Halifax Area Chamber of Commerce lobbied to claim the previously unassigned "386", spelling "FUN" on a telephone keypad, as their new code. This measure, supported by various government officials, agencies, and residents, was successful, and area code 386 was created to cover the area around Daytona as well as a non-contiguous part of North Central Florida.
