Okaloosa Island is located in Okaloosa county, Florida. Destin is located to the east and Fort Walton Beach is located west of Okaloosa Island.
The Brooks Bridge is a four-lane steel and concrete structure that carries highway U.S. Route 98 over Santa Rosa Sound just west of the Choctawhatchee Bay between downtown Fort Walton Beach, Florida and the 3-mile-long section of Okaloosa Island controlled by the city of Fort Walton Beach.
