The sand on Destin’s beaches is among the whitest and purest in the world. Consisting mainly of small quartz particles, this Destin’s White Sand was created from a process involving the Appalachian Mountains and the Apalachicola River more than 20,000 years ago. At the end of the last Ice Age, when the world temperatures began warming and the ice caps began melting, large volumes of water were carried by the rivers to the world’s oceans. The Apalachicola River, rising in the Appalachians, carried water to the Gulf of Mexico, where it still continues to run today.
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Destin’s White Sand
The river carried the quartz particles from the Appalachian Mountains and deposited them in the Gulf of Mexico, just 125 miles to the east of what is now Destin. As the sea level began to rise, quartz sands formed a new shoreline. The sands today continually replenish and reach as far west as the Pensacola Pass.
Planning a Trip to See Destin’s Famous White
Sand Beaches?
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