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.
72 localnici recomandă
Catty Shack Ranch Wildlife Sanctuary
1860 Starratt Rd
72 localnici recomandă
Pet and feed lions and tigers. Watch the nighttime feeding.
Museum of Science and History
211 localnici recomandă
MOSH
1025 Museum Cir
211 localnici recomandă
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.
328 localnici recomandă
Muzeul de Artă și Grădinile Cummer
829 Riverside Ave
328 localnici recomandă
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.
121 localnici recomandă
Adventure Landing Jacksonville Beach
1944 Beach Blvd
121 localnici recomandă
Waterfun, indoor video games, go carting for all ages.
Top 25 in the nation.
321 localnici recomandă
Grădină zoologică și grădini din Jacksonville
370 Zoo Pkwy
321 localnici recomandă
Top 25 in the nation.
Celestial Farms
13958 Duval Rd
Grădinile și arboretumul din Jacksonville
1445 Millcoe Rd
61 localnici recomandă
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St. Johns River Ferry
4680 Ocean St
16 localnici recomandă
Great view of downtown Jacksonville
11 localnici recomandă
Parcul Stinson
4050 San Juan Ave
11 localnici recomandă
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!!
41 localnici recomandă
Parcul Treaty Oak
1207 Prudential Dr
41 localnici recomandă
Oldest and largest tree. A great photo spot for locals!!
58 localnici recomandă
Plantația Kingsley
11676 Palmetto Ave
58 localnici recomandă
If you love BOOKS, you’ve got to take a gander at this amazing bookmine!!
25 localnici recomandă
Chamblin Bookmine
4551 Roosevelt Blvd
25 localnici recomandă
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!
31 localnici recomandă
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Baseball Club
301 A Philip Randolph Blvd
31 localnici recomandă
Watch a Jumbo Shrimp game. Lots of fun!
Enjoy watching Jacksonville's ice hockey team.
12 localnici recomandă
Jacksonville Icemen
300 A Philip Randolph Blvd
12 localnici recomandă
Enjoy watching Jacksonville's ice hockey team.
Jacksonville has amazing concerts with all genre of music and sporting events.
62 localnici recomandă
Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
300 A Philip Randolph Blvd
62 localnici recomandă
Jacksonville has amazing concerts with all genre of music and sporting events.
Wear your teal and black, and come cheer for the Jaguars.
24 localnici recomandă
Jaguar Football Stadium
Bankfield drive
24 localnici recomandă
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.
55 localnici recomandă
Autobahn Indoor Speedway & Events - Jacksonville, FL
6601 Executive Park Ct N
55 localnici recomandă
Indoor go-cart race track, with tons of video games and axe throwing as well as food.
Golfing galore
19 localnici recomandă
THE PLAYERS Championship
103 Championship Way
19 localnici recomandă
Golfing galore
134 localnici recomandă
Topgolf
10531 Brightman Blvd
134 localnici recomandă
Indoor ski diving
45 localnici recomandă
iFLY Jacksonville
10579 Brightman Blvd
45 localnici recomandă
Indoor ski diving
Skydiving. Many of our family has done this. Highly recommend.
6 localnici recomandă
Skydive Amelia Island
3243 Airport
6 localnici recomandă
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
18 localnici recomandă
Kelly Seahorse Ranch
9500 1st Coast Hwy
18 localnici recomandă
Amelia Island Surf Fishing
134 localnici recomandă
TIAA Bank Field
1 EverBank Stadium Dr
134 localnici recomandă

Music and Entertainment

Jacksonville is well known for its fantastic array of music concerts.
46 localnici recomandă
Daily's Place
1 Daily’s Place
46 localnici recomandă
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.
37 localnici recomandă
Teatrul și restaurantul Alhambra
12000 Beach Blvd
37 localnici recomandă
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!
47 localnici recomandă
Centrul Times-Union pentru Artele Spectacolului
300 Water St
47 localnici recomandă
They have incredible Broadway performances!
173 localnici recomandă
Piața de Artă Riverside
715 Riverside Ave
173 localnici recomandă
Check out the concerts and sporting events happening during your stay.
62 localnici recomandă
Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
300 A Philip Randolph Blvd
62 localnici recomandă
Check out the concerts and sporting events happening during your stay.
7 localnici recomandă
Painting with a Twist
1525 San Marco Blvd
7 localnici recomandă

Food scene

a hole-in-the-wall seafood restaurant that the locals are crazy about. Close to Huguenot Park beach.
9 localnici recomandă
Chowder Ted's
5215 Heckscher Dr
9 localnici recomandă
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.
29 localnici recomandă
Down Under Restaurant
96106 Wade's Pl
29 localnici recomandă
A fun dining experience on the Intracoastal waterway. Our favorites are the Rockefeller Oysters and the Blue Chippers.
10 localnici recomandă
Marlin & Barrel Distillery
232 S 8th St
10 localnici recomandă
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.
19 localnici recomandă
Clark's Fish Camp Seafood Restaurant
12903 Hood Landing Rd
19 localnici recomandă
The best seafood. Even if you don't eat here, it's worth walking in and looking around.
108 localnici recomandă
River & Post
1000 Riverside Ave
108 localnici recomandă
Great local seafood
31 localnici recomandă
Tabăra de pește Whitey
2032 County Rd 220
31 localnici recomandă
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
67 localnici recomandă
Sweet Pete's Candy
400 N Hogan St
67 localnici recomandă
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
27 localnici recomandă
Valley Smoke Restaurant
11 S Roscoe Blvd
27 localnici recomandă
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Restaurant Orsay
3630 Park St
114 localnici recomandă
Great seafood on the waterfront
25 localnici recomandă
Sandollar Restaurant
9716 Heckscher Dr
25 localnici recomandă
Great seafood on the waterfront
56 localnici recomandă
Salty Pelican Bar & Grill
12 North Front Street
56 localnici recomandă
Fun ice cream spot
27 localnici recomandă
Dreamette
3646 Post St
27 localnici recomandă
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.
89 localnici recomandă
Huguenot Memorial Park
10980 Heckscher Dr
89 localnici recomandă
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.
98 localnici recomandă
Fernandina Beach
98 localnici recomandă
Another great beach. Just thirty minutes north of us.
36 localnici recomandă
Hanna Park Campground
500 Wonderwood Dr
36 localnici recomandă
Thirty minute drive to this great beach.
136 localnici recomandă
Atlantic Beach
800 Beach Ave
136 localnici recomandă
Thirty minute drive to this great beach.
18 localnici recomandă
Boneyard Beach
18 localnici recomandă
Especially on reenactment weekends. Hiking trails are great. Beach is known for great shark tooth hunting.
73 localnici recomandă
Fort Clinch State Park
2601 Atlantic Ave
73 localnici recomandă
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!
86 localnici recomandă
Digul de la Jacksonville Beach
503 1st St N
86 localnici recomandă
A great fishing spot. Just reopened. Watch the sunrise too!
43 localnici recomandă
Mickler's Landing
County Road 203
43 localnici recomandă
Parcul de stat Mike Roess Gold Head
6239 State Rd 21
12 localnici recomandă
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Alexander Springs
35 localnici recomandă
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.
9 localnici recomandă
Jacksonville-Baldwin Rail Trail
1800 Imeson Road
9 localnici recomandă
My favorite place to play pickleball. Call ahead to reserve a court. (I have a court on our driveway too, available to use)
Parcul Fort Family
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)
Rezervația Ecologică și Istorică Timucuan
12713 Fort Caroline Road
15 localnici recomandă
Royal Springs Suwannee River Wilderness Trail
20016 157th Ln
10 localnici recomandă
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!
18 localnici recomandă
Okefenokee Swamp
18 localnici recomandă

City/town information

An hour north of us, St.Simons has great golfing, boutiques, shopping and great restaurants.
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St. Simons
52 localnici recomandă
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.
252 localnici recomandă
Savannah
252 localnici recomandă
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
349 localnici recomandă
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.
98 localnici recomandă
Fernandina Beach
98 localnici recomandă
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.
43 localnici recomandă
Cumberland Island
43 localnici recomandă

Airport

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