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Welcome to Open Sands ...

Open Sands is located in Bay County<1>.

Open Sands is near sea level<2>.

Time Zone: Open Sands lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Open Sands and travel east, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Open Sands: 850 & 448<3>

Communities near Open Sands ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Open Sands.

  • Panama City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Lynn Haven
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Callaway
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Springfield
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Cedar Grove
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Cedar Grove is located in Bay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
  • Parker
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Parker is located in Bay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,109 people
  • Ebro
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Ebro is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebro
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 285 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ebro <4>
  • Laguna Beach
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Sunnyside
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Lower Grand Lagoon
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Lower Grand Lagoon is located in Bay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Grand Lagoon

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Open Sands. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Open Sands.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Open Sands. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Open Sands.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Open Sands. See our Newspapers Page for Open Sands.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Open Sands ...

Looking for more information about Open Sands? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Open Sands, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Open Sands.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Florida's counties, including Bay, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Open Sands - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 850 code has been Overlayed with the 448 area code. New phone numbers in the Open Sands area will be assigned with one of these codes: 850 or 448. As a result, placing a call in the Open Sands area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.