A town built of dunes, lupine, and bikes
Everything named here is real and sourced from the county's neighborhood listings; the stances are ours. Updated August 7, 2026.
Draper Lake
The town's own coastal dune lake, ringed by live oaks and pine: paddle it, bird it, or just hold coffee near it. Globally rare, locally routine.
Point Washington State Forest
Trail miles through pine and scrub to the north when the day wants shade and dirt instead of sand.
Big Daddy's Bike Shop
Rent the fleet here. The corridor path puts Grayton and Gulf Place ten easy minutes away, and the bike is this town's true vehicle.
Store ALOHA and friends
A gift shop with actual taste, plus For the Health of It for groceries that upgrade the house cooking.
The 65 foot dunes
South Walton's highest coastal point, named for blue lupine. Sunrise from the dune line is the town's daily main event.
Ten minutes to everything
Grayton's galleries and music east, Gulf Place's shops west, Seaside's postcard just past Grayton. Sleep quiet, visit loud.
Quick questions
What is there to do in Blue Mountain Beach besides the beach?
Paddle or watch birds at Draper Lake, ride the corridor path, hike Point Washington State Forest, browse Store ALOHA, and rent bikes at Big Daddy's Bike Shop. It is a nature-and-bikes town by design.
Why is it called Blue Mountain Beach?
For the blue lupine wildflowers on its dunes, which read as a blue hillside from the water; at 65 feet it is South Walton's highest coastal point, not an actual mountain.