From there, it's possible to connect to major hub cities in Tampa, Orlando, Jacksonville or Atlanta and then connect with routes around the world. Two small municipal airports serve Carrabelle and Apalachicola, both coastal cities. The closest port is located 25 miles from Apalachicola. It's the 28-foot deep Port of St. Joe in neighboring Gulf County that offers stevedoring but not warehousing. It really is great in Franklin County's massive wilderness.
Bird watchers love to visit here for the chance to glimpse rare species.
A favorite stop for bird watching is the St. George Island Causeway, where a mountain plover was sighted recently and Sprague's pipits are viewed with some regularity. Black skimmers, least terns, gull-billed terns and common goldeneye are sighted during certain seasons of the year. Connecticut warblers frequent the youth camp woods segment of George Island State Park, and on occasion you may even see a snowy plover if you walk the beach area from where the paved road ends. Extremely rare, the red-throated loon visits once in awhile in the winter. The beaches are great and essentially unspoiled.