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Jacksonville
City in Florida, United States

Jacksonville

Jacksonville, colloquially nicknamed Jax, is the most populous city proper in the U.S.

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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.

Get in

Getting to Jacksonville

  1. 01
    Jacksonville International Airport

    The primary commercial airport in Northeast Florida, with scheduled service offered by Allegiant, American, Breeze Airways, Delta, Frontier, JetBlue, Southwest, Sun Country, and United.

  2. 02
    Northeast Florida Regional Airport

    Augustine Airport, is 4 mi (6.4 km) north of St.

  3. 03
    Cecil Airport
  4. 04
    Craig Airport
Do

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.

  1. 01
    Riverside Arts Market

    More than 100 vendors offer handmade art, specialty foods, farmers' market, and a variety of entertainment.

  2. 02
    Jacksonville Jaguars

    Catch one of their home games during football season in the fall.

  3. 03
    Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp

    Jacksonville's Triple-A Minor League baseball team.

  4. 04
    Jacksonville Ice Men

    Jacksonville's AA Minor league hockey team affiliated with the NHL.

  5. 05
    The Players Championship

    If you like golf, Jacksonville is second only to Augusta.

  6. 06
    The Mug Race

    The world's largest river race, boaters start at the Memorial Bridge in Palatka and end at the Buckman Bridge in Jacksonville.

Eat

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".

  1. 01
    BB's

    This restaurant has good appetizers, desserts, and a good beer and wine selection.

  2. 02
    Brick Coffee House

    Hogan St (Ed Ball Building Adams St Entrance),.

  3. 03
    Chamblin's Uptown Cafe

    215 N.

  4. 04
    Indochine

    21 E Adams St,.

  5. 05
    Jenkins Quality Barbecue

    830 N Pearl St (between State and Union), info@jenkinsqualitybarbecue.com.

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