Pensacola Bay
![Pensacola and Pensacola Bay, 1885 lithograph.](/Images/godic/202502/02/Pensacola18850320.jpg")
![Pensacola Bay (map center) is southeast of Pensacola, Florida, by Escambia Bay.](/Images/godic/202502/02/Florida-Pensacola-map-legend-X-6-1756-FAA0320.gif")
![Location of Pensacola Bay (top left) in the state of Florida.](/Images/godic/202502/02/FLMap-doton-Pensacola0320.PNG")
![](/Images/godic/202502/02/Seal_of_Pensacola,_Florida0320.png")
Pensacola Bay is a bay located in the northwestern part of Florida, United States, known as the Florida Panhandle.
The bay, an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, is located in Escambia County and Santa Rosa County, adjacent to the city of Pensacola, Florida, and is about 13 miles (21 km) long and 2.5 miles (4 km) wide.