Big Bend Coast Voyage Tips and guide

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The Big Bend Coast is a region in Florida that includes the rural Gulf Coast counties of Dixie, Levy, Taylor, Citrus, Hernando, and Pasco. It includes the Nature Coast, which consists of the three northernmost counties of the Big Bend Coast.

• 28.553611-82.3886111 Brooksville
• 29.145556-83.0416672 Cedar Key
• 28.900556-82.5936113 Crystal River
• 29.584167-82.9241674 Fanning Springs
• 28.80359-82.575935 Homosassa Springs
• 28.83582-82.330376 Inverness
• 28.203889-82.4488897 Land O Lakes
• 28.248889-82.7177788 New Port Richey
• 30.114444-83.58259 Perry
• 28.4789-82.547810 Spring Hill
• 28.237222-82.17944411 Zephyrhills

• 29.316667-83.11 Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge

The Big Bend Coast is one of the quietest parts of the state, between the tourist spots in St. Petersburg and the Florida Panhandle. Although on the Gulf of Mexico, one of the world's warmest bodies of water during the Northern Hemisphere summer, there's not much tourism here as the coast is a swamp. The region lacks barrier islands found off most of Florida's coast; hence, population is low and concentrated on rivers and inland areas, giving it some similarities to North Central Florida to the east.

The region's climate is hot and humid in summer but can get fairly cold in winter, similar to North Central Florida. Gulf water temperatures drop substantially as the North American continent cools throughout fall, so it does little to moderate the region's climate.

• Northwest to the Florida Panhandle with the state capital, Tallahassee
• East to North Central Florida with cities including Ocala and Gainesville
• South to the Tampa Bay Area with Tampa and St. Petersburg