The fishing pier at Panama City Beach
Russell-Fields Pier, Panama City Beach, FL
The long concrete pier fans matched to Port Gellhorn's: 1,500 feet into the Gulf at Pier Park, a few dollars to walk, best in the hour before sunset.
Region
Port Gellhorn
Based on Panama City Beach and the Forgotten Coast. Leonida's rundown Panhandle beach town. Sugar-white sand, spring-break strip and a pier that fans matched to Panama City Beach within hours of the second trailer.
Places in Port Gellhorn
Faded motels, a fishing pier and the Redneck Riviera.
Faded motels on Front Beach Road
Front Beach Road, Panama City Beach, FL
Port Gellhorn's strip of motels and half-lit neon is Panama City Beach's Front Beach Road: what survives of the old Miracle Strip between the condo towers.
The Forgotten Coast: Apalachicola to Mexico Beach
Apalachicola, Port St. Joe and Mexico Beach, Gulf County, FL
The empty Gulf coast east of Panama City: the oyster town of Apalachicola, the beaches of Cape San Blas, and Mexico Beach, still rebuilding after Hurricane Michael.
St. Andrews State Park: white sand and the jetties
St. Andrews State Park, Panama City Beach, FL
A travel idea for Port Gellhorn fans: the white-sand state park at the end of Panama City Beach, with rock jetties, a sheltered snorkel pool and a boat to Shell Island.
Port Panama City: the working port
Port Panama City, Panama City, FL
A travel idea: the cranes, warehouses and ship channel of Port Panama City on St. Andrew Bay, seen from the Hathaway Bridge or the old St. Andrews waterfront next door.
Pier Park and the ghost of the Miracle Strip
Pier Park and the old Miracle Strip, Panama City Beach, FL
A travel idea for Port Gellhorn's carnival side: the big wheel and boardwalk shops of Pier Park, and what survives of the Miracle Strip amusement park era on Front Beach Road.
Trips through Port Gellhorn
A Port Gellhorn weekend
Two days on the Panhandle: the faded motel strip and fishing pier of Panama City Beach, the white sand at St. Andrews, the working port, and a drive out along the Forgotten Coast.