Navarre Beach Marine Park[1] is a beach park run by the county commission of Santa Rosa County,[1] located on Santa Rosa Island between Eglin Air Force Base property and the residential and commercial area of Navarre Beach.
In 2008, a marine science center was founded at a former ranger station on the property.
This organization is known as the Navarre Beach Marine Sanctuary, and has several artificial diving reefs located on both the gulf and sound sides of the park.
The third and newest of the three science organizations is the Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center.
Two of these five access points also have diving reefs for snorkeling and scuba diving The park has a roughly one mile long path for walking, running, and bicycling.