Wakulla County's natural assets create profitable timber and seafood industries. Restaurants, hotels, motels, condominiums, Wakulla Manor Nursing Home, Wakulla Bank, Citizens Bank, and The Wakulla News provide job opportunities as well. St. Marks Powders, a major defense contractor, employs 500 people and is Wakulla County's largest employer. Wakulla lies just to the south of the state capitol, Tallahassee.
The
waters of the Gulf of Mexico moderate Wakulla County's climate, as breezes
cool the air in the summer and provide warmth in the winter. Within
the St. Marks National
Wildlife Refuge, with its famous white lighthouse, and the adjacent
Apalachicola National Forest, lies a natural paradise: crystal lakes,
clear springs, dense woods, saltwater ponds, and marshes. Both preserves
allow fresh and saltwater fishing.
The county's four rivers-St.
Marks, Wakulla, Sopchoppy,
and the Ochlockonee-are
favorite waters for canoeing and boating. Shell Point adds sailing and
sail boarding to the panorama of water sports.
