Panama City Beach Resort Pool and Boardwalk

A beachfront resort pool deck and raised wooden boardwalk are shown in Panama City Beach, Florida. The boardwalk crosses the dune line to provide controlled pedestrian access from the property to the Gulf-side beach, where sand fencing and sea oats help stabilize the coastal dunes. The compact pool terrace, sun loungers, and adjacent seating areas are typical of lodging properties built along the beach to concentrate guest amenities on a narrow strip between the building and the protected shoreline.

Photo taken in February 2011.