#1 of 30 Things To Do in Fernandina Beach
Historic Downtown Fernandina Beach (Neighborhood)
204 Ash Street Fernandina Beach FL
~0.06 miles from Fernandina Beach city center
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#2 of 30 Things To Do in Fernandina Beach
Amelia Island Museum History
233 S 3rd St Fernandina Beach FL - 904-261-7378
~0.10 miles from Fernandina Beach city center
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The Amelia Island Museum of History offers a wide range of opportunities for anyone looking to take part in an exciting and innovative organization.
http://www.ameliamuseum.org/
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#3 of 30 Things To Do in Fernandina Beach
Nassau County Courthouse
416 Centre St Fernandina Beach FL
~0.10 miles from Fernandina Beach city center
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Antique Shopping
Centre Street Fernandina Beach FL
~0.12 miles from Fernandina Beach city center
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#5 of 30 Things To Do in Fernandina Beach
Amelia Island Coffee & Ice Cream
Fernandina Beach FL
~0.14 miles from Fernandina Beach city center
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Palace Saloon
117 Centre St Fernandina Beach FL
~0.17 miles from Fernandina Beach city center
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Cafe Karibou
27 North 3rd street Fernandina Beach FL
~0.19 miles from Fernandina Beach city center
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#8 of 30 Things To Do in Fernandina Beach
Fernandina Beach City Marina
1 S Front St Fernandina Beach FL
~0.21 miles from Fernandina Beach city center
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Fernandina Beach Farmers Market
Fernandina Beach FL
~0.21 miles from Fernandina Beach city center
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Crab Trap Restaurant
31 N 2nd St Fernandina Beach FL
~0.22 miles from Fernandina Beach city center
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Amelia Island Trolley
1809 Highland Dr Fernandina Beach FL
~1.17 miles from Fernandina Beach city center
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Driftwood Surf Shop
31 South Fletcher Ave Fernandina Beach FL
~1.83 miles from Fernandina Beach city center
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Sadler Road Market Place
Fernandina Beach FL
~2.22 miles from Fernandina Beach city center
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Pipeline Surf Shop
2022 1st Ave Ste B Fernandina Beach FL
~2.59 miles from Fernandina Beach city center
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Amelia Island Ghost Tours
Fernandina Beach FL
~2.98 miles from Fernandina Beach city center
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Amelia Island's original ghost tours
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#16 of 30 Things To Do in Fernandina Beach
Amelia Island Plantation
Po Box 3000 Fernandina Beach FL - 904-261-6161
~6.96 miles from Fernandina Beach city center
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Amelia Island Plantation is Florida's premier AAA-Four Diamond destination island resort. Located on Amelia Island, Florida, just 29 miles north of Jacksonville International Airport (JAX), the 1350 acre.
http://www.aipfl.com/
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#17 of 30 Things To Do in Fernandina Beach
Big Talbot Island State Park
Jacksonville FL
~13.23 miles from Fernandina Beach city center
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Big Talbot Island State Park is a Florida State Park located on Big Talbot Island, 20 miles east of downtown Jacksonville on A1A North and immediately north of Little Talbot Island State Park.
The park is a nature preserve ande a location for nature study, bird–watching, or photography. Other activities include hiking, bicycling, fishing, boating, canoeing, kayaking, and picnicking. Amenities include picnic pavilions, nature trails, a fishing pier, a boat ramp, bike trails and beaches. The park is open from 8:00 am till sundown year round.
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#18 of 30 Things To Do in Fernandina Beach
B.E.A.K.S. (Bird Emergency Aid and Kare Sanctuary)
Jacksonville FL
~14.90 miles from Fernandina Beach city center
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#19 of 30 Things To Do in Fernandina Beach
Timucuan Ecological & Historical Preserve
Jacksonville FL
~15.96 miles from Fernandina Beach city center
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The Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve is located in the city of Jacksonville, Florida in the United States. The park was established in 1988, and covers 46,000 acres (186.16 km²). Critical wetland habitats are protected within the Preserve, which contains more than 300 privately held pieces of land.
The Fort Caroline National Memorial is located in the Timucuan Preserve, as is the Kingsley Plantation, the oldest standing plantation in the state. The Preserve is maintained through cooperation by the National Park Service, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and the City of Jacksonville Department of Parks and Recreation. It is named for the Timucua Indians who had 35 chiefdoms throughout northern Florida and south Georgia at the time of Spanish colonization.
Archeological excavation by a University of North Florida team has revealed more information about indigenous peoples in the area. On Black Hammock Island, they have discovered remnants of the second-oldest pottery in the United States, dating to 2500 BCE. (There have been slightly older finds in the Savannah River area.)
They also have excavated more recent artifacts contemporary with the Mocama chiefdom. In the last 25 years, these Native American people have been recognized as distinct from the Timucua, although they spoke a Timucuan dialect. Their chiefdom extended from the St. Johns River to St. Simons Island, Georgia.
Archeologists believe they have found evidence of a Spanish mission on the island as well. San Juan del Puerto, one of the oldest Spanish missions in Florida, was established here during the 16th century. Franciscan brothers were missionaries to the Timucua and Guale Indians along the coast, whose territory included the Sea Islands in Georgia and up to the Savannah River.
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Kingsley Plantation
Jacksonville FL
~16.03 miles from Fernandina Beach city center
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Kingsley Plantation (also known as the Zephaniah Kingsley Plantation Home and Buildings) is the site of a former estate in Jacksonville, Florida that was named for an early owner, Zephaniah Kingsley, who spent 25 years there. It is located at the northern tip of Fort George Island at Fort George Inlet, and is part of the Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve managed by the U.S. National Park Service.
The plantation was originally 1,000 acres (4.0 km2), most of which has been taken over by forest; the structures and grounds of the park now comprise approximately 60 acres. Evidence of Pre-Columbian Timucua life is on the island, as are the remains of a Spanish mission named San Juan del Puerto. Under British rule in 1765, a plantation was established that cycled through several owners while Florida was transferred back to Spain and then the United States. The longest span of ownership was under Kingsley and his family, a polygamous and multiracial household controlled by and resistant to the issues of race and slavery.
Freed slaves and several private owners lived at the plantation until it was transferred to the State of Florida in 1955. It was acquired by the National Park Service in 1991. The most prominent features of Kingsley Plantation are the owner's house—a structure of architectural significance built probably between 1797 and 1798—and an attached kitchen house, barn, and remains of 25 anthropologically valuable slave cabins that endured beyond the U.S. Civil War (1861–1865). The foundations of the house and kitchen, and the barn and slave quarters were constructed of cement tabby, making them notably durable. Archeological evidence has been found in and around the slave cabins that has given researchers insight into African traditions among slaves who had recently arrived in North America. Zephaniah Kingsley wrote a defense of slavery and a three-tier social system that acknowledged the rights of free people of color; the site is also significant as his home and that of his unique family.
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Downtown Kingsland (Neighborhood)
Kingsland GA
~16.22 miles from Fernandina Beach city center
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#22 of 30 Things To Do in Fernandina Beach
Huegnot Memorial Park
Pablo Keys FL
~18.29 miles from Fernandina Beach city center
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Huguenot Memorial Park
10980 Heckscher Drive
Jacksonville, FL 32226
(904) 251-3335
Huguenot Memorial Park is one oceanfront park that offers visitors a lot more than sand,surf and sand. It also displays an array of natural wonders, from great birding opportunities to amazing views of some of North Florida's remaining natural areas. Huguenot Park is designated as a Great Florida Birding Trail site by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission because of its abundance of various kinds of birds, as well as its marvelous habitat.
Call for camping reservations and fee information.
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#23 of 30 Things To Do in Fernandina Beach
Mayport Marine
Pablo Keys FL
~19.04 miles from Fernandina Beach city center
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Mayport is primarily known for the Mayport Naval Station - a major US Navy base on the St Johns River. But the Village of Mayport that sits on the St Johns River and is surrounded by the Navy Base is a quaint town with good fishing, a marina, and great seafood.
The marina is in a good location for quick access to the Ocean via the St Johns River. Jacksonville Marina 4825 Ocean St, Mayport FL 246-8929.
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#24 of 30 Things To Do in Fernandina Beach
Anheuser-Busch Brewery
Jacksonville FL
~19.85 miles from Fernandina Beach city center
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#25 of 30 Things To Do in Fernandina Beach
Ribault Monument
Jacksonville FL
~19.94 miles from Fernandina Beach city center
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Attraction type: Monument
Address: 12713 Fort Caroline Rd.
Jacksonville, FL 32225
Tel: (904) 641-7155
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#26 of 30 Things To Do in Fernandina Beach
Theodore Roosevelt Area
Jacksonville FL
~20.68 miles from Fernandina Beach city center
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Wildlife surrounds more than four miles of these scenic hiking trails, including rare birds, raccoons, foxes and turtles. Guided tours take place each Saturday afternoon to help visitors learn more about the ecological zones in the park and to point out some of the area's hard-to-spot animals. Additional outdoor activities include bicycling, fishing, boating and picnicking. The preserve is accessible from the Arlington Expressway and Atlantic Boulevard on the east side of the city. There is no entrance fee.
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#27 of 30 Things To Do in Fernandina Beach
Kathryn Abbey Hanna Park
Pablo Keys FL
~21.02 miles from Fernandina Beach city center
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Soak in the fresh air at this oceanfront Kathryn Abbey Hanna Park, which features a 1.5-mile beach, nature trails, campgrounds, picnic areas, stocked fishing lakes and serene beaches. Lifeguards keep a watchful eye on swimmers and refreshments can be purchased at concession stands. The lakeside swimming area has fountains and squirt guns. Boating, canoeing, hiking and biking facilities are also available, while lakeside tables and grills provide the perfect spots to relax.
500 Wonderwood Drive
Jacksonville, FL 32233-4614
+1 904 249 4700
Open Hours
Daily: Apr-Oct 8a-8p; Nov-Mar 8a-6p
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#28 of 30 Things To Do in Fernandina Beach
Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens
Jacksonville FL
~21.24 miles from Fernandina Beach city center
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The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, built on the site of the home of Arthur and Ninah Cummer, opened its doors November 10, 1961. From Ninah Cummer's relatively small collection of sixty pieces that launched the museum, The Cummer's permanent collection has grown to over six thousand works of art encompassing eight thousand years of art history.
This enormous growth was accomplished through the generosity of numerous patrons whose gifts of art ranged from single pieces to entire collections. Other notable acquisitions were purchased with endowments established for that purpose by benefactors and The Cummer Council. Particularly noteworthy additions are the Wark Collection of early Meissen porcelain, the Dennis C. Hayes Collection of Japanese woodblock prints, and the Eugène Louis Charvot Collection of nineteenth-century prints and paintings.
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#29 of 30 Things To Do in Fernandina Beach
Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens
Jacksonville FL
~22.25 miles from Fernandina Beach city center
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The Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens is a zoo located in Jacksonville. It sits at the mouth of the Trout River. The zoo occupies approximately 110 acres (0.4 km2) and has over 2,000 animals in its collection. The zoo has grown from its modest beginnings in Springfield to be considered one of the city's premiere attractions.
The zoo's marquee attraction is the Range of the Jaguar, which won the 2005 AZA Exhibit of the year award. The exhibits highlights animals native to Neotropical Rainforests. The zoo's other exhibits include the Plains of East Africa, highlighting African Savannah animals; Great Apes of the World, featuring 3 of the 4 Great Apes among other primates; the Australian Outback, including lorikeets, cassowarys, and kangaroos.
The zoo is active in animal conservation, participating in over 20 SSP (Species Survival Plans.) In 2004, the zoo reached an agreement with the nation of Guyana to help promote conservation in that country, particularly the Iwokrama Rainforest. Additionally, since 1999 the zoo has been home to a large breeding colony of woodstorks.
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#30 of 30 Things To Do in Fernandina Beach
Atlantic Beach
Atlantic Beach FL
~23.66 miles from Fernandina Beach city center
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