--- title: "Pensacola – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Pensacola, United States: Pensacola is a city in the Florida Panhandle. Nearby: Pensacola Civic Center, Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola Christian…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/pensacola" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/pensacola.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- City in Florida, United States of America # Pensacola Pensacola is a city in the Florida Panhandle. The place Pensacola is a city in the Florida Panhandle. It is the county seat and only city in Escambia County. It is the principal city of the Pensacola Metropolitan Area, which had 509,905 residents in the 2020 census. The incorporated city’s population was 54,312 at the 2020 census. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pensacola%2C_Florida), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Pensacola 10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name. 1. Pensacola Civic Center Pensacola Bay Center is an indoor arena located in Pensacola, Florida. It is owned by Escambia County and operated by Legends Global. 1.3 km · arena in Florida, United States · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pensacola_Bay_Center) 2. Pensacola Museum of Art The Pensacola Museum of Art is an art museum located in downtown Pensacola, Florida. PMA is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. 500 m · museum in Pensacola, Florida · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pensacola_Museum_of_Art) 3. Pensacola Christian College Pensacola Christian College is a private Christian college in Pensacola, Florida, United States. Founded in 1974 by Arlin and Beka Horton, it has been accredited by the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools since 2013. 7.2 km · Christian, Independent Baptist, liberal arts college in Pensacola, Florida · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pensacola_Christian_College) 4. Temple Beth-El Temple Beth-El is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 800 North Palafox Street, in downtown Pensacola, Florida, in the United States. 1.6 km · reform Jewish synagogue in Pensacola, Florida, US · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_Beth-El_(Pensacola,_Florida%29) 5. Cathedral of the Sacred Heart The Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, is the seat of the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee. It shares this distinction with the Co-Cathedral of Saint Thomas More in Tallahassee. 3 km · church in Florida, United States · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_of_the_Sacred_Heart_(Pensacola,_Florida%29) 6. Basilica of St. Michael the Archangel (Pensacola, Florida) The Basilica of St. Michael the Archangel in Pensacola, Florida, United States is a minor basilica of the Catholic Church in the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee. 800 m · church in Florida, United States · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_of_St._Michael_the_Archangel_(Pensacola,_Florida%29) 7. Pensacola Bay Bridge The Pensacola Bay Bridge, also known locally as the Three-Mile Bridge, runs between downtown Pensacola, Florida, and Gulf Breeze, Florida. It carries six lanes of U.S. Highway 98 across Pensacola Bay. 3.4 km · bridge in United States of America · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pensacola_Bay_Bridge) 8. American National Bank Building The American National Bank Building is a historic bank in Pensacola, Florida, United States. On November 17, 1978, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. 400 m · bank building in Pensacola, Florida · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_National_Bank_Building_(Pensacola,_Florida%29) 9. Plaza Ferdinand VII The Plaza Ferdinand VII is an outdoor garden and park in the Historic Pensacola Village area of downtown Pensacola, Florida. It is located on Palafox Street between Government and Zaragoza Streets. 500 m · park in the United States of America · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaza_Ferdinand_VII) 10. Fort George Fort George was a British fort built in 1778 for the protection of Pensacola, Florida. The Spanish captured it in Siege of Pensacola on May 10, 1781, during the American Revolutionary War. 1.3 km · fort in Pensacola, Florida · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_George_(Pensacola,_Florida%29) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. Go there ## Getting to Pensacola **Airports:** Pensacola (PNS), 8 km · Louis Armstrong New Orleans (MSY), 296 km\ **Stations:** Pensacola International Airport, 8 km · Louisville and Nashville Passenger Station and Express Building, 1.4 km\ - New Orleans → Pensacola 280 km · quickest by road, 3h 54m · $26–36 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/new-orleans-to-pensacola) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=New+Orleans&to=Pensacola) - Birmingham → Pensacola 347 km · quickest by road, 5h 9m · $32–45 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/birmingham-to-pensacola) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Birmingham&to=Pensacola) - Atlanta → Pensacola 456 km · quickest by air, 3h 34m · $160–240 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/atlanta-to-pensacola) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Atlanta&to=Pensacola) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Pensacola) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Pensacola Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Pensacola. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get around If you don't have the skill or the will to captain your own boat, you can charter a boat. From [Wikivoyage: Pensacola Beach](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Pensacola_Beach), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Bacalar](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bacalar) MX 9 ways of moving, 41 sources 1,310 km 2. [Caye Caulker](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/caye-caulker) BZ 9 ways of moving, 42 sources 1,411 km 3. [Flores](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/flores) GT 9 ways of moving, 32 sources 1,523 km 4. [Fire Island](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/fire-island) US 10 ways of moving, 19 sources 1,704 km 5. [Isla de Ometepe](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isla-de-ometepe) NI 12 ways of moving, 49 sources 2,109 km If you know how people move in Pensacola – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cpensacola&title=Pensacola&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fpensacola), and the note gets an entry. 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