Anastasia State Park
St. Augustine, FL · Northeast Florida
Some of the better surf on Florida's east coast breaks along the four miles of beach here, a short bridge from the oldest city in the country. From late fall into early spring…
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Fort Clinch State Park
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A red-brick Civil War fort sits at the northern tip of Amelia Island, its ramparts looking out over the channel where the Amelia River meets Cumberland Sound. Walk the granite sallyport into the courtyard on the first weekend of any month and costumed soldiers are drilling, cooking, and standing watch as if it were 1864. Past the walls, a long oak-shaded loop runs out to wide Atlantic beach where the hard sand gives up shark teeth and the fishing pier draws regulars at dawn.
Highlights
1864 garrison reenactments the first full weekend of each monthWell-preserved 19th-century brick fort and rampartsAtlantic beach with shark-tooth hunting and shellingHalf-mile fishing pier at the river mouthOak-canopy loop trail and Willow Pond nature trail
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