Niceville is actually as nice as the name implies. This little city is in the Florida Panhandle, along Choctawhatchee Bay. The bay is connected to the Gulf of Mexico through East Pass at Destin.
Although the area has a very old history, today it is a modern city in Okaloosa County with a population of about 16,000. It is part of the metropolitan area of Fort Walton Beach, Crestview, and Destin.