The approximate coordinates for the City of Bristol is located in northwestern Liberty County at 30°25′37″N 84°58′45″W / 30.427063°N 84.979099°W / 30.427063; -84.979099,[8] in the Florida Panhandle.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Bristol has a total area of 1.6 square miles (4.2 km2), all land.

[9] Like all of North Florida, the climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild winters.

Two schools are based in Bristol: One notable feature of the park is the 2 ft (610 mm) narrow-gauge Veterans Memorial Railroad, operating multiple types of locomotives including a coal-powered steam locomotive built by Crown Metal Products.

[16][17] A widely reported claim was once made by Elvy E. Callaway that the site of the Biblical Garden of Eden lay in northern Liberty County.

He cited as evidence the Apalachicola River, with its four heads, and local sources of torreya (which Callaway claimed was gopher wood, the material said to have been used by Noah in constructing his ark).