Rhonda’s Vacation Guide for Jacksonville and surrounding areas

Rhonda
Rhonda’s Vacation Guide for Jacksonville and surrounding areas

Sightseeing

Pet and feed lions and tigers. Watch the nighttime feeding.
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Catty Shack Ranch Wildlife Sanctuary
1860 Starratt Rd
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Pet and feed lions and tigers. Watch the nighttime feeding.
Museum of Science and History
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MOSH
1025 Museum Cir
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Museum of Science and History
Alligator Farm
A beautiful art gallery with incredible views of gardens overlooking the St Johns River. Our daughter got married here.
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Cummer kunstmuseum og hager
829 Riverside Ave
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A beautiful art gallery with incredible views of gardens overlooking the St Johns River. Our daughter got married here.
Waterfun, indoor video games, go carting for all ages.
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Adventure Landing Jacksonville Beach
1944 Beach Blvd
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Waterfun, indoor video games, go carting for all ages.
Top 25 in the nation.
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Jacksonville Zoo & Gardens
370 Zoo Pkwy
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Top 25 in the nation.
Celestial Farms
13958 Duval Rd
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Jacksonville Arboretum & Gardens
1445 Millcoe Rd
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St. Johns River Ferry
4680 Ocean St
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Great view of downtown Jacksonville
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Stinson Park
4050 San Juan Ave
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Great view of downtown Jacksonville
Jacksonville underground Tunnels tour and “Top to Bottom” walking tour
Visit Jacksonville
100 N Laura St
Jacksonville underground Tunnels tour and “Top to Bottom” walking tour
Beautiful to see the night lights on the Jacksonville bridges
Fuller Warren Bridge
Fuller Warren Bridge
Beautiful to see the night lights on the Jacksonville bridges
Oldest and largest tree. A great photo spot for locals!!
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Treaty Oak Park
1207 Prudential Dr
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Oldest and largest tree. A great photo spot for locals!!
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Kingsley Plantasje
11676 Palmetto Ave
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If you love BOOKS, you’ve got to take a gander at this amazing bookmine!!
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Chamblin Bookmine
4551 Roosevelt Blvd
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If you love BOOKS, you’ve got to take a gander at this amazing bookmine!!
Tour the manufacturing plant
Anheuser-Busch
111 Busch Drive
Tour the manufacturing plant

Sports

Watch a Jumbo Shrimp game. Lots of fun!
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Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Baseball Club
301 A Philip Randolph Blvd
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Watch a Jumbo Shrimp game. Lots of fun!
Enjoy watching Jacksonville's ice hockey team.
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Jacksonville Icemen
300 A Philip Randolph Blvd
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Enjoy watching Jacksonville's ice hockey team.
Jacksonville has amazing concerts with all genre of music and sporting events.
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Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
300 A Philip Randolph Blvd
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Jacksonville has amazing concerts with all genre of music and sporting events.
Wear your teal and black, and come cheer for the Jaguars.
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Jaguar Football Stadium
Bankfield drive
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Wear your teal and black, and come cheer for the Jaguars.
Indoor go-cart race track, with tons of video games and axe throwing as well as food.
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Autobahn Indoor Speedway & Events - Jacksonville, FL
6601 Executive Park Ct N
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Indoor go-cart race track, with tons of video games and axe throwing as well as food.
Golfing galore
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THE PLAYERS Championship
103 Championship Way
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Golfing galore
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Topgolf
10531 Brightman Blvd
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Indoor ski diving
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iFLY Jacksonville
10579 Brightman Blvd
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Indoor ski diving
Skydiving. Many of our family has done this. Highly recommend.
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Skydive Amelia Island
3243 Airport
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Skydiving. Many of our family has done this. Highly recommend.
Second Amendment Guns & Range
85076 Commercial Park Drive
Jacksonville Clay Target Sports
12125 New Berlin Road
Second Amendment Guns & Range
85076 Commercial Park Drive
Kayak And canoe rentals
942 Wonderwood Drive
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Kelly Seahorse Ranch
9500 1st Coast Hwy
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Amelia Island Surf Fishing
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TIAA Bank Field
1 EverBank Stadium Dr
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Music and Entertainment

Jacksonville is well known for its fantastic array of music concerts.
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Daily's Place
1 Daily’s Place
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Jacksonville is well known for its fantastic array of music concerts.
Highly recommend this for a fun, fancy outing. This is a dinner theater with delicious food and great theatrical performances.
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Alhambra Theatre & Dining
12000 Beach Blvd
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Highly recommend this for a fun, fancy outing. This is a dinner theater with delicious food and great theatrical performances.
They have incredible Broadway performances!
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Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts
300 Water St
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They have incredible Broadway performances!
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Riverside Arts Market
715 Riverside Ave
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Check out the concerts and sporting events happening during your stay.
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Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
300 A Philip Randolph Blvd
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Check out the concerts and sporting events happening during your stay.
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Painting with a Twist
1525 San Marco Blvd
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Food scene

a hole-in-the-wall seafood restaurant that the locals are crazy about. Close to Huguenot Park beach.
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Chowder Ted's
5215 Heckscher Dr
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a hole-in-the-wall seafood restaurant that the locals are crazy about. Close to Huguenot Park beach.
A fun dining experience on the Intracoastal waterway. Our favorites are the Rockefeller Oysters and the Blue Chippers.
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Down Under Restaurant
96106 Wade's Pl
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A fun dining experience on the Intracoastal waterway. Our favorites are the Rockefeller Oysters and the Blue Chippers.
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Marlin & Barrel Distillery
232 S 8th St
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If you like walking through nature, this is a great one.
Time Out Sports Grill
13799 Beach Blvd
If you like walking through nature, this is a great one.
The best seafood. Even if you don't eat here, it's worth walking in and looking around.
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Clark's Fish Camp Seafood Restaurant
12903 Hood Landing Rd
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The best seafood. Even if you don't eat here, it's worth walking in and looking around.
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River & Post
1000 Riverside Ave
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Great local seafood
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Whitey's Fish Camp
2032 County Rd 220
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Great local seafood
Cross Creek Steakhouse and Ribs
850 Lane Ave S
Watch candy being made by Pete and his staff. Pete is one half of the original Peterbrooke’s Chocolate. This building has fun candy and chocolate displays
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Sweet Pete's Candy
400 N Hogan St
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Watch candy being made by Pete and his staff. Pete is one half of the original Peterbrooke’s Chocolate. This building has fun candy and chocolate displays
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Valley Smoke Restaurant
11 S Roscoe Blvd
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Restaurant Orsay
3630 Park St
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Great seafood on the waterfront
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Sandollar Restaurant
9716 Heckscher Dr
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Great seafood on the waterfront
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Salty Pelican Bar & Grill
12 North Front Street
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Fun ice cream spot
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Dreamette
3646 Post St
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Fun ice cream spot
Food Truck City
5960 Richard Street

Beaches, Parks, Springs, Trails

A great beach on Jacksonville's Northside. Experience the ocean on one side and St Johns River on the other. People love fishing off of the jetties.
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Huguenot Memorial Park
10980 Heckscher Dr
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A great beach on Jacksonville's Northside. Experience the ocean on one side and St Johns River on the other. People love fishing off of the jetties.
Another great beach. Just thirty minutes north of us.
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Fernandina Beach
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Another great beach. Just thirty minutes north of us.
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Hanna Park Campground
500 Wonderwood Dr
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Thirty minute drive to this great beach.
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Atlantic Beach
800 Beach Ave
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Thirty minute drive to this great beach.
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Boneyard Beach
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Especially on reenactment weekends. Hiking trails are great. Beach is known for great shark tooth hunting.
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Fort Clinch State Park
2601 Atlantic Ave
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Especially on reenactment weekends. Hiking trails are great. Beach is known for great shark tooth hunting.
A great fishing spot. Just reopened. Watch the sunrise too!
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Jacksonville Beach Pier
503 1st St N
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A great fishing spot. Just reopened. Watch the sunrise too!
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Mickler's Landing
County Road 203
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Mike Roess Gold Head State Park
6239 State Rd 21
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Alexander Springs
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This is an incredible experience to take a houseboat or float in the springs.
Holly Bluff Marina
2280 Hontoon Rd
This is an incredible experience to take a houseboat or float in the springs.
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Jacksonville-Baldwin Rail Trail
1800 Imeson Road
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My favorite place to play pickleball. Call ahead to reserve a court. (I have a court on our driveway too, available to use)
Fort Family Park
8000 Baymeadows Rd E
My favorite place to play pickleball. Call ahead to reserve a court. (I have a court on our driveway too, available to use)
Timucuan økologiske og historiske bevaringsområde
12713 Fort Caroline Road
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Royal Springs Suwannee River Wilderness Trail
20016 157th Ln
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Bring a kayak, canoe, jet skis, boat, fishing poles, and utilize the waterway behind our home for some great family memories!
Ellis Island
Bring a kayak, canoe, jet skis, boat, fishing poles, and utilize the waterway behind our home for some great family memories!
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Okefenokee Swamp
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City/town information

An hour north of us, St.Simons has great golfing, boutiques, shopping and great restaurants.
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St. Simons
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An hour north of us, St.Simons has great golfing, boutiques, shopping and great restaurants.
A wonderful town an hour and a half north from us. Take a Trolley Tour of the city. There are lots of quaint shops, ice cream, candy stores, and souvenirs on River Street with buildings over 300 years old, parks. See where Forest Gump was filmed. A famous restaurant is Pirate House.
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Savannah
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A wonderful town an hour and a half north from us. Take a Trolley Tour of the city. There are lots of quaint shops, ice cream, candy stores, and souvenirs on River Street with buildings over 300 years old, parks. See where Forest Gump was filmed. A famous restaurant is Pirate House.
Two and a half hours will get you to Orlando where there's Disney World, outlet malls, and all kinds of family fun.
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Orlando
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Two and a half hours will get you to Orlando where there's Disney World, outlet malls, and all kinds of family fun.
Rent kayaks, canoes, paddle boards. Amelia Island Charter Tours, scooters around the island, great restaurants, White Oak Plantation, Traders Hill Farms, Fort Clinch.Has great beaches like Little Talbot Island and Big Talbot Island. Fort Clinch with old fort and walking trails. It has fun shopping and restaurants on Center Street. Ms. Carolyn's Restaurant - yummy. You can go antiquing and shop at boutiques too. Home to Marlin and Barrel Distillery. Take a boat trip along the coast and learn about the history of the area and the animals too.
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Fernandina Beach
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Rent kayaks, canoes, paddle boards. Amelia Island Charter Tours, scooters around the island, great restaurants, White Oak Plantation, Traders Hill Farms, Fort Clinch.Has great beaches like Little Talbot Island and Big Talbot Island. Fort Clinch with old fort and walking trails. It has fun shopping and restaurants on Center Street. Ms. Carolyn's Restaurant - yummy. You can go antiquing and shop at boutiques too. Home to Marlin and Barrel Distillery. Take a boat trip along the coast and learn about the history of the area and the animals too.
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Cumberland Island
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Airport

We are just fifteen minutes from the airport making this a great destination for your arriving or departing flights no matter the hour.
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Jacksonville internasjonale lufthavn
2400 Yankee Clipper Dr
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