Location: Fernandina Beach
Top Things to do in Fernandina Beach
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What to do and see in Fernandina Beach, Florida (FL): The Best Things to do
The City of Fernandina Beach is located on beautiful Amelia Island off the Atlantic coast of Florida. Play a round of golf on one of the champion golf courses, or take a tour of the historical sites on the island. Visit the Artrageous Artwalk. The galleries are opened from 5:30pm until 8:30pm the second Saturday of every month. Find pottery, stained glass, local crafts shown alongside fine art, watercolors, and intriguing photography.
Restaurants in Fernandina Beach
1. Marlin & Barrel Distillery
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 287 reviews
Established to bring a high standard to crafting spirits, we invite you to get to know us and how our products are made by hand with all local, high quality ingredients. Come by and see how our spirits will make your cocktails the talk of the night. Discover your spirit here!
Reviewed By bradgN3601GH
We had an INCREDIBLE time! Shannon walked us through a tasting of all their unique spirits, and we loved hearing her passion when explaining how they create their one of a kind liquors. All the flavored spirits are infused with natural ingredients and botanicals, and there isn’t a dud in the bunch! Our personal favorites were the fruity ‘Cello’s (their take on Limoncello, with multiple flavors), the Espresso Rum, and the Smoked Pepper Vodka. We took Shannon’s recommendation and made an AMAZING spicy Vodka sauce (picture below). Can’t recommend this place enough! We’ve been coming to Fernandina for over 15 years, and this will be a new staple for us!
2. Fort Clinch State Park
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 3,492 reviews
This state park preserves Florida's history.
Reviewed By SkipsTexasKiss - Lancaster, United States
Beautiful drive in, very nice historical museum explaining fort history and background, very well maintained fort. The cannons were a hit with my youngest. Gorgeous views.
3. Amelia Island Museum of History
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4.5 based on 514 reviews
This museum showcases the region's rich history under eight national flags.
Reviewed By ppreuss2018 - Queensbury, United States
Last year a visit to the museum was a rainy day choice. We were surprised by the quality of displays and the details we learned about the island. Well worth a visit - even on a sunny day.
4. Bosque Bello Cemetery
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 89 reviews
Reviewed By pmp544 - Orlando, United States
This was a wonderful and sentimental trip through the history of overlooked lives of ordinary people who came before us. Lots of very old graves. I saw one dating back to the Revolutionary War. So many from the 1800's. Veterans, wives and, sadly, very young children. You can walk through the moss covered walkways and just marvel at all the history that is surrounding you. Haunting and yet beautiful. Just remember, you don't have to get out of your car, but if you do, bring the bug repellent. You will be swarmed by every flying bug known the mankind.
5. The Maritime Museum of Amelia Island
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 132 reviews
Under New Management - New Hours {Real life treasure finders} Our museum displays and preserves the maritime history of Amelia Island with stories, artifacts and photographs. From modern day technology back to the 1600's and the days of pirates and treasure! Learn how treasures have been found with the special skills and tools unique to the industry. Visitors hear from some of professionals that found these treasures . Lots of recovered Artifacts and sunken treasure from the area, are on display. Fun for the whole Family! ADA Accessible!
Reviewed By chrisbtrips
We visitors the Maritime Museum which was filled with artifacts from different shipwrecks found off Amelia Island. The tour started off with a video overview of some of the historical information and how Amelia Island became a hub for Pirates. The video was well put together and fascinating. After the video ended we met with a talented volunteer at the Museum who built 3 of the 4 model (but functional) ships at the front of the Museum. The amount of talent/time that went into those model boats is incredible. We then began the tour with Doug who is one of the treasure hunters who built his own excavation boat to find the treasures you’ll see in the Museum. Doug was a great storyteller and was very knowledgeable about all of the artifacts. We really enjoyed the tour, and it made us want to go out and find treasures ourselves! We highly recommend going by and visiting the museum while you’re on Amelia Island, it was completely worth the nominal $5 entry!
6. Pirate Playground
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 90 reviews
Reviewed By kristencI6092XY - Tybee Island, United States
We needed a little something different to do for a bit, and this was the perfect thing. My little girl had a great time playing on the different structures throughout the park. There is also a little nature walk behind the playground.
7. Peters Point Beachfront Park
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 159 reviews
Reviewed By LongTimeReviewer - Fernandina Beach, United States
My wife and I enjoy beach walks from this park. Fernandina Beach does a marvelous job of maintaining family friendly beaches and this is one of the must-see parts of the island's beaches.
8. Main Beach Park
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 234 reviews
Reviewed By LongTimeReviewer - Fernandina Beach, United States
This was the first beach I discovered while building a home here for my family. I stayed and the Amelia Hotel at the Beach and often ate at Sliders before a short evening beach hike. It was a great way to end a day of construction meetings and runs to Jacksonville to meet with suppliers, etc. I still enjoy visiting this beach with my wife now that we've settled into the area.
9. Amelia Island Welcome Center
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 357 reviews
Reviewed By GaryandDenise2013
Take the time when you first arrive on Amelia Island to visit the marvelous visitor center that is staffed by some very friendly, helpful people. These folks will be able to help you best plan your visit by providing you with a great visitor guide book; maps like the historic walking tour of the old homes, the bicycle trails, and one of the whole island; information showing the restaurants and the great shops that are located on the island. They can make recommendations on accommodations and things to do too. Many of these people have lived on "the island all or most of their lives" so they know it quite well which qualifies them to offer great suggestions. All of the materials they offer are free of charge. The Visitor Center itself is located in a historic building-the old train depot at the corner of Centre Street and Front Street and the rather famous statue of David Yulee is located right there too. So many people have had their photos taken with that great statue. The marina is right across the street and there is free public parking there as well. So make the visitor center your first stop and then have fun in this wonderful old historic Victorian city. The food, the shops, the quaint atmosphere will leave you feeling so relaxed and the friendly people will impress you with how much they go out of their way to offer great service in their stores and places of business.
10. Egan's Creek Park
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 40 reviews
Reviewed By champangedreamz - Boston, United States
Fun park with exercise areas, walking path, playground and views of the beautiful marsh. We also walked 2 miles of the Egan Creek Greenway and saw birdlife and alligators.
