Beaches & Nature
Explore 13 miles of pristine beaches, state parks, and natural beauty.
11 listings
Main Beach Park
Amelia Island's most popular beach with a grassy playground, volleyball courts, skate park, picnic pavilions, and lifeguard stands. Located at the Fletcher Avenue roundabout beside the Ocean Club, it offers plentiful parking, restrooms, and ADA-accessible beach access. A favorite for families year-round.
32 N Fletcher Ave, Fernandina Beach, FL 32034
Peters Point Beachfront Park
Nassau County beach park with four seasonal lifeguard stands, showers, resident beach driving and the only county beach lot where horse trailers may park.
4600 Peters Point Rd, Fernandina Beach, FL 32034
Scott Road Beach Access
Nassau County drive-on beach access at 4902 Amelia Island Parkway, open to county residents and property owners in 4WD or AWD vehicles, with a seasonal lifeguard stand.
4902 Amelia Island Pkwy, Fernandina Beach, FL 32034
Burney Park
Nassau County beachfront park on Gregg Street at American Beach, with indoor and outdoor showers, picnic tables, restrooms and a lifeguard stand staffed in summer.
1556 Gregg St, Fernandina Beach, FL 32034
American Beach
Beach community founded in 1935 by Jacksonville's Afro-American Life Insurance Company for Black families barred from Florida's beaches. Home to the NaNa dune and A.L. Lewis Museum.
American Beach, Amelia Island, FL 32034
Fort Clinch State Park Beaches
Fort Clinch State Park offers over a mile of pristine, uncrowded Atlantic-facing beach along with a Cumberland Sound shoreline popular for surf fishing, shark-tooth hunting, and shelling. The beach sits within the 1,400-acre park, which also features nature trails, camping, and the historic fort. Park open 8 a.m. to sunset daily; $6 per vehicle entry fee.
2601 Atlantic Ave, Fernandina Beach, FL 32034
Amelia Island State Park
Undeveloped beach at Amelia Island's southern tip on Nassau Sound, with shelling, 4x4 beach access and nesting shorebirds. Parking caps at 300 people; $2 per person by honor box.
9550 First Coast Hwy, Fernandina Beach, FL 32034
Big Talbot Island State Park (Boneyard Beach)
Bleached, fallen oaks and cedars line Boneyard Beach below 30-foot bluffs on Nassau Sound. Reach it by the half-mile Blackrock Trail or from the Bluffs; $3 per vehicle.
Residence Ct, Jacksonville, FL 32226
Little Talbot Island State Park
More than five miles of undeveloped beach on a barrier island south of Amelia, with surfing at the north end, the 4-mile Dune Ridge Trail and a campground. $5 per vehicle.
12157 Heckscher Dr, Jacksonville, FL 32226
Egans Creek Greenway
Over 300 acres of protected marsh and forest along Egans Creek, with grass trails for walking and biking, wading birds and alligators. Trailheads on Atlantic Ave, Jasmine St and Sadler Rd.
2500 Atlantic Ave, Fernandina Beach, FL 32034
George Crady Bridge Fishing Pier State Park
A mile-long former bridge over Nassau Sound, closed to cars in 1999 and now a pedestrian fishing pier for whiting, redfish, flounder and tarpon. Open 8 a.m. to sunset; $2 per person.
9550 First Coast Hwy, Fernandina Beach, FL 32034
For homeowners
Leaving a beachside home empty between visits?
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