"Florida, Where the Sawgrass Meets the Sky" -- the official anthem for the State of Florida.
Upper Grand Lagoon is part of the Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is a CDP (census designated place) in Bay County, Florida. It's a small town in the panhandle of Florida, to the west of Panama City, encompassing a good portion of Panama City Beach. The population in 2010 was just under 14,000 people. Panama City is only a little over two miles away, making Upper Grand Lagoon fairly handy to an action-packed Floridian city. There is no public transportation, though, so bring a bike, get a car, or be prepared to hoof it everywhere.
There's a whole range of apartment and condo rental options in Upper Grand Lagoon (with variations in price, size, and location) but some digging is required to find the perfect apartment for rent
"Florida, Where the Sawgrass Meets the Sky" -- the official anthem for the State of Florida.
Upper Grand Lagoon is part of the Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is a CDP (census designated place) in Bay County, Florida. It's a small town in the panhandle of Florida, to the west of Panama City, encompassing a good portion of Panama City Beach. The population in 2010 was just under 14,000 people. Panama City is only a little over two miles away, making Upper Grand Lagoon fairly handy to an action-packed Floridian city. There is no public transportation, though, so bring a bike, get a car, or be prepared to hoof it everywhere.
Moving to Upper Grand Lagoon
There's a whole range of apartment and condo rental options in Upper Grand Lagoon (with variations in price, size, and location) but some digging is required to find the perfect apartment for rent. Not only that, but Upper Grand Lagoon also gets an incredibly low WalkScore of 11: because there's no public transportation, you will need a car to look for your house, as well as to run most of your errands if you end up living here. However, the weather is great all year round, so grab your bank statements, tax returns, pay stubs, and IDs, and head on down to Upper Grand Lagoon whenever you're ready to look for an apartment. You'll surely find an apartment complex in which to rent an apartment, and one that perfectly suits your needs!
Neighborhoods in Upper Grand Lagoon
In lieu of neighborhoods, Upper Grand Lagoon is home to over 40 planned communities of varying price ranges and number of rooms per unit. Most are within biking distance of a beach, but most of them require a car to get anywhere else. If you want to know in what area of town you should look for a community, check out the list below. It can help you decide where the right place in town is for you to call home!
Allison Trace: Allison Trace has about 67 people living in it and has one of the longer commute times of its fellow communities at about 15 to 20 minutes. Consider living here if you work in town!
Emerald Pointe Resort: Emerald Pointe Resort is off of Thomas Drive and is near the Caterpillar Den Hookah Lounge and Oxygen Bar.
Gulf Coast Highway: Gulf Coast Highway is nestled between Highway 98 and Front Beach Road. The Panama City Beach Beer Festival takes place just down the street.
Hidden Pines: Hidden Pines is a twisty, turny planned community near the Emerald Pointe Resort.
Holley Circle Commercial Park: Holley Circle Commercial Park is a great place to live in if you prefer running errands to be convenient. Located in a commercial area, the neighborhood has businesses like Atlantis Limo and Transportation and Seidokan Aikido of PCB.
Holley Street Commercial Park: The name says it all. Holley Street Commercial Park is a commercial place with few residences, though it does have businesses as diverse as the Willis Conservatory of Classical Ballet and Waste Pro USA.
Magnolia Bay Club: This lovely neighborhood is a developing community off of Grandiflora Boulevard with Magnolia Beach and Magnolia Estates to the west and the smaller Magnolia Point at the Preserve to the south.
Living in Upper Grand Lagoon
Florida is hot! It doesn't matter if you're in north Florida or the Keys, it's hot and muggy and the air is thick with the mingled smells of salt water, car exhaust fumes, and humanity, but if you can look past the discomfort, it also can be an incredibly beautiful place, especially at sunrise and sunset: the way the waning sun reflects off of the rippling waters of the Gulf as it laps at the shores of the beach, or the way the sun is dappled by the Spanish moss, dangling from the limbs of almost every tree -- an Instagram user's dream!
Come to Pine Lake, where tent and RV campers are welcomed with all amenities provided. There are hundreds of activities, and only a few are mentioned here - like kayaking and scuba diving? You will get discounts on both. If you are more of an up-in-the-air type, parasailing and helicopter lessons will keep your head in the clouds. For the young and fit or not-so-young and not-so-fit, try Pilates and cross-fit classes. For a change of pace, try something more cerebral at the Emerald Coast Science Centre. The Repticon has a selection of reptiles, arachnids and amphibians with the experts on hand to showcase the different breeds. Scary! The Golf Club at Summerbrooke makes a day out one to remember with exquisite greens, water features, and a clubhouse that serves superb cuisine.
