The useful stuff

Right now

• Emergency

  911

• Beach flag text

  Text PCBFLAGS to 888777

• Stay PCB Current

  The flag Beach & Surf Patrol is flying

• City flag page

  pcbfl.gov — what the colors mean

• Beach webcams

  County Pier, Front Beach, the west end, and Grand Lagoon

City & county

• Panama City Beach

  City hall 850-233-5100

• PCB police, non-emergency

  850-233-5000

• PCB water & sewer

  850-233-5100, option 3 · after hours 850-233-5050, option 3

• Panama City

  City hall 850-872-3000

• Panama City utilities

  850-691-4553 · after hours 850-872-3112

• Lynn Haven

  850-265-2121

• Mexico Beach

  850-648-5700

• Callaway

  850-871-6000

• Parker

  850-871-4104

• Springfield

  850-872-7570

• Bay County

  baycountyfl.gov

• Emergency management

  850-248-8140 · 840 W 11th Street, Panama CityOpen in Maps

• Animal control

  850-767-3333

Schools

Bay District Schools serves most Bay County addresses, and its school finder shows the zoned schools for any specific address. The schools below are listed for orientation, not as rankings.

• Bay District Schools

  1311 Balboa Avenue, Panama City · 850-767-4100. The school finder and zoning information are on its site.Open in Maps

• J.R. Arnold High

  Beach corridor high school · 550 Alf Coleman Road, Panama City Beach · 850-767-3700Open in Maps

• Surfside Middle

  300 Nautilus Street, Panama City Beach · 850-767-5180Open in Maps

• Breakfast Point Academy

  PK–8 · 601 N Richard Jackson Boulevard, Panama City BeachOpen in Maps

• Hutchison Beach Elementary

  12900 Middle Beach Road, Panama City BeachOpen in Maps

• Patronis Elementary

  7400 Patronis Drive, Panama City BeachOpen in Maps

• A. Gary Walsingham Academy

  44 Chip Seal Parkway, Panama City BeachOpen in Maps

• A. Crawford Mosley High

  Lynn Haven · 501 Mosley Drive · 850-767-4400Open in Maps

• Mowat Middle

  Lynn Haven · 1903 W Highway 390Open in Maps

• Lynn Haven Elementary

  301 W 9th Street, Lynn HavenOpen in Maps

• Deer Point Elementary

  4800 Highway 2321, north of Lynn HavenOpen in Maps

• Bay High

  Panama City · 1200 Harrison Avenue · 850-767-4600Open in Maps

• Bay Haven Charter

  2501 Hawks Landing Boulevard, Panama City. Lottery and eligibility details are on its site.Open in Maps

• North Bay Haven

  Charter elementary, middle, and high school, with the same application site. Seats are assigned by lottery rather than by zone.

• Mexico Beach

  Mexico Beach is in Bay County. The district’s school finder shows the zoned public schools for a specific Mexico Beach address.

Hospitals & care

For a life-threatening emergency, call 911 or go to the nearest ER.

• Ascension Sacred Heart Bay

  Hospital and Level II trauma center · 615 N Bonita Avenue, Panama City · 850-769-1511Open in Maps

• Ascension ER, Panama City Beach

  24/7 emergency room · 11111 Panama City Beach Parkway · 850-804-2900Open in Maps

• HCA Florida Gulf Coast Hospital

  449 W 23rd Street, Panama City · main 850-769-8341Open in Maps

Parks

• Frank Brown Park

  The city’s big recreation park on Panama City Beach Parkway. Fields, playgrounds, aquatics next door, Gayle’s Trails.

• Aaron Bessant Park

  500 West Park Drive, beside Pier Park. The lawn and amphitheater host the bigger concerts.Open in Maps

• Conservation Park

  Boardwalks and pine shade inland of the beach.

• St. Andrews State Park

  Jetties, the pass, and the Shell Island ferry in season.

• Camp Helen State Park

  On the west end, with the Gulf on one side and Lake Powell on the other.