Jacksonville
Jacksonville, colloquially nicknamed Jax, is the most populous city proper in the U.S.
Jacksonville, colloquially nicknamed Jax, is the most populous city proper in the U.S. state of Florida, located on the Atlantic coast of northeastern Florida. It is the seat of government of Duval County, with which the city consolidated in 1968. It is the eleventh-most populous U.S. city and the largest city in the Southeast, with a population of 949,611 at the 2020 U.S. census. The Jacksonville metropolitan area, at over 1.76 million residents, is the fourth-largest metropolitan area in Florida and 38th-largest in the United States. City-county consolidation greatly increased Jacksonville's official population and extended its boundaries, placing most of Duval County's population within the new municipal limits; Jacksonville grew to 900 square miles. It is the largest city by total area, land and water, in the contiguous United States.
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Worth seeing in and around Jacksonville
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01University of North Florida
The University of North Florida is a public research university in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. It is part of the State University System of Florida and is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award baccalaureate, masters, and doctorate degrees.
8.2 km · public university in Jacksonville, Florida · Wikipedia - 02VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena
VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena is a multi-purpose arena located in Jacksonville, Florida. It currently serves as the home arena of the Jacksonville Icemen of the ECHL and the Jacksonville Sharks of the Indoor Football League.
7.7 km · arena in Jacksonville, Florida, USA · Wikipedia - 03Bank of America Tower
Bank of America Tower is a skyscraper in the downtown area of Jacksonville, Florida, at the northwest corner of Bay and Laura streets. At 617 ft, it is the tallest building in Jacksonville, the 25th-tallest in Florida, and the tallest building in Florida outside of the Miami metropolitan area.
8.7 km · skyscraper in downtown Jacksonville, Florida, United States · Wikipedia - 04Jacksonville University
Jacksonville University is a private university in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. Located in the city's Arlington district, the school was founded in 1934 as a two-year college and was known as Jacksonville Junior College until September 5, 1956, when it shifted focus to building four-year university degree programs and later graduated its first four-year degree candidates as Jacksonville University in June 1959.
9.1 km · private university in Jacksonville, Florida, United States · Wikipedia - 05Wells Fargo Center
1 Independent Square is a skyscraper in the downtown area of Jacksonville, Florida, located northwest of the Main Street Bridge and north of St. Johns River, at the southeast corner of Bay and Laura streets.
8.4 km · Skyscraper in Jacksonville, Florida · Wikipedia - 06Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens
The Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens is a museum located in Jacksonville, Florida. It was founded in 1961 after the death of Ninah Cummer, who bequeathed her gardens and personal art collection to the new museum.
9.2 km · museum in Jacksonville, Florida · Wikipedia - 07Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville
The Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, also known as MOCA Jacksonville, is a contemporary art museum in Jacksonville, Florida, funded and operated as a "cultural institute" of the University of North Florida. One of the largest contemporary art institutions in the Southeastern United States, it presents exhibitions by international, national and regional artists.
8.8 km · museum in Jacksonville, Florida · Wikipedia - 08VyStar Ballpark
VyStar Ballpark is a baseball park in Jacksonville, Florida. It is the home stadium of the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp; a Minor League Baseball team, who play in the International League.
7.5 km · Baseball park in Jacksonville, Florida · Wikipedia - 09Main Street Bridge
The Main Street Bridge, officially the John T. Alsop Jr. Bridge and nicknamed the Blue Bridge, is a bridge crossing the St.
8.3 km · bridge in Jacksonville, United States of America · Wikipedia - 10Fuller Warren Bridge
The Fuller Warren Bridge is the prestressed-concrete girder bridge that carries Interstate 95 across the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida.
8.8 km · bridge in Florida, United States of America · Wikipedia
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Things to do
Jacksonville Jazz Festival. Jazz festival featuring major names in jazz as well as local and up-and-coming jazz artists. Main Street Cruise, 1st St. to 12th St. on Main St.. 4th Sat of every month. A surreal experience and a fun time, this old school cruise is like stepping into the 1970s movie American Graffiti. Poodle dresses, classic music, and an endless array of cars. Springing the Blues.
- 01Riverside Arts Market
More than 100 vendors offer handmade art, specialty foods, farmers' market, and a variety of entertainment.
- 02Jacksonville Jaguars
Catch one of their home games during football season in the fall.
- 03Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp
Jacksonville's Triple-A Minor League baseball team.
- 04Jacksonville Ice Men
Jacksonville's AA Minor league hockey team affiliated with the NHL.
- 05The Players Championship
If you like golf, Jacksonville is second only to Augusta.
- 06The Mug Race
The world's largest river race, boaters start at the Memorial Bridge in Palatka and end at the Buckman Bridge in Jacksonville.
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Where to eat
Bay Street Sports Grill, 119 East Bay St, bssgjax@gmail.com. Sports bar and grill features on reality TV show "Bar Rescue".
- 01BB's
This restaurant has good appetizers, desserts, and a good beer and wine selection.
- 02Brick Coffee House
Hogan St (Ed Ball Building Adams St Entrance),.
- 03Chamblin's Uptown Cafe
215 N.
- 04Indochine
21 E Adams St,.
- 05Jenkins Quality Barbecue
830 N Pearl St (between State and Union), info@jenkinsqualitybarbecue.com.
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Getting to Jacksonville
- Airports
- Jacksonville (JAX), 26 km · Orlando Sanford (SFB), 170 km · Orlando (MCO), 207 km
- Orlando → Jacksonville201 km · quickest by road, 3h 22m · $18–25
- Savannah → Jacksonville202 km · quickest by road, 3h 15m · $18–25
- Tampa → Jacksonville276 km · quickest by air, 4h 28m · $160–240
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Jacksonville
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Jacksonville. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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- Duval County Public SchoolsSchool District in Jacksonville, Florida7.4 km