Outdoor Cooking in Okaloosa County, FL (2026)
1 rule for unincorporated Okaloosa County, Florida.
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Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Okaloosa County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.
Smoker Rules
Okaloosa County Code § 16-43(b) bans open flames, including Bar-B-Q grills, sternos, candles and tiki torches, at John Beasley, James Lee and Newman C. Brackin Parks and the Okaloosa Island Pier, and elsewhere confines fires to the grills or fire rings the parks division provides.
Okaloosa County Park Grill & Open-Flame Rules
Significant RestrictionsOkaloosa County, FL, Code of Ordinances § 16-43(b)
(b)Fires and fireworks. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, or other legal entity to ignite any substance or material or to light or participate in the lighting of any fire between the vegetation line or mean high water mark (beach area), whichever is a greater distance from the water's edge, and the water's edge of the Gulf of Mexico in Okaloosa County, Florida.(1)No open f...
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