Mashes Sands is a beach front in Wakulla County,

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. Mashes Sands is located 6 miles south-southeast of

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at the terminus of Mashes Sands Road (County Road 372). The beach overlooks the

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from a small peninsula bordered by Ochlockonee Bay on the west and the greater

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to the east. Mashes Sands saw action during the

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. On 15 July 1863, the screw steamer gunboat and wooden side-wheel steam ferryboat attacked the

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here. "The Sands" is serviced and accessed by Wakulla County Airport, located approximately 3 miles south of Panacea. It is the only airport in Wakulla County. In June 2007, Mashes Sands was used as a filming location of the student film ''Apotheosis.''

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