Introduction
32 miles NE of Jacksonville; 192 miles NE of Orlando; 372 miles N of Miami
Alas, paradise is found on the northernmost barrier island of Florida. With 13 beautiful miles of beach and a quaint Victorian town, Amelia Island is a charming getaway about a 45-minute drive northeast of downtown Jacksonville. Overall, this skinny barrier island, 18 miles long by 3 miles wide, has more in common with the Low Country of Georgia (across Cumberland Sound from here) and South Carolina. In fact, it's more like St. Simons Island in Georgia or Hilton Head Island in South Carolina than other beach resorts in Florida.
Amelia has five distinct personalities. First is its southern end, an exclusive real-estate development built in a forest of twisted, moss-laden live oaks. Here you'll find world-class tennis and golfing at two of Florida's most luxurious resorts. Second is modest American Beach, founded in the 1930s so that African Americans would have access to the ocean in this then-segregated...
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Amelia Island Museum of History
Housed in the old Nassau County jail, built of brick in 1878, this award-winning local museum explains Amelia Island's fascinating history, from...
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Ocean Links
- Ocean Links, located within the Amelia Island Plantation, stretches across 6,300 miles. Running parallel to the ocean, the course is enhanced with...
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Oak Marsh
- Oak Marsh, located within the Amelia Island Plantation, is a magnificent golf course spreading across 6,500 yards. Conceived by Pete Dye, this...
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