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Ranger-Narrated Pensacola Bay Ferry to Fort Pickens

Downtown ferry landing → Fort Pickens → Pensacola Beach

from $20MilitaryFamily

Boat + fort + beach without the car: ranger narration across the bay, tunnels and batteries at Fort Pickens for engineering-minded kids, then the beach stop. Strollers roll aboard.

Before you go

  • Call 850-466-3379 first. Confirm the sailing and the current fare
  • Weekends only: board downtown
  • Do the 10 AM or 11 AM ranger program at the fort (free)
  • Water, hats, and the carrier for under-2s in the fort

What we checked

This one predates the check-date stamp, so we cannot tell you the day. Everything below is what its sources say.

≈ Worst case, not confirmed. The $30 adult, $24 military, $20 youth ages 3-15, and free under 3 fare ladder traces to a 2023 City of Pensacola notice. This was re-checked on 07/27/2026: the operator's own site publishes no fare table, its Buy Tickets page has no working checkout, and the NPS ferry page just points back to the operator. I could not find an authoritative source for the 2026 fare. Call 850-466-3379 before you budget on this. Park entry itself is separately free on a veteran's NPS Access Pass.

⚠️ Fares unverified for 2026: phone-confirm at 850-466-3379

Weekend-only schedule. Verify sailing times day-of

Where this came from

  1. NPS Gulf Islands, Pensacola Bay City Ferry: 'Ticket prices are listed on www.pensacolabaycityferry.com'
  2. Pensacola Bay Cruises: operator site (no fare table published; re-checked 07/27/2026)