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American Beach is a historic beach community in northeastern Florida once popular with African-American vacationers. It is located north of Jacksonville on Amelia Island in Nassau County . During the time of segregation and the Jim Crow era, African Americans were denied access to many public amenities such as public pools and beaches in order ...
Amelia Island State Recreation Area is a state park in Florida, United States. Its location is 7 miles (11 km) north of Little Talbot Island State Park on SR A1A , and 8 miles (13 km) south of Fernandina Beach on Amelia Island along the Atlantic coastal plain .
Prior to the arrival of Europeans on what is now Amelia Island, the Old Town site was home to Native Americans. The French, English, and Spanish all maintained a presence on Amelia Island at various times during the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, but the Spanish established Fernandina. Old Town, the original location of the town of Fernandina ...
I went to Alys Beach, Rosemary Beach, and Seaside in Florida's 30A, "the Hamptons of the South." Here's why Seaside was the best and what to do there.
Amelia Island was the main filming location for the 2002 John Sayles-directed film Sunshine State. The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking was also filmed there in 1988. [56] Amelia Island hosted a Women's Tennis Association tournament for 28 years (1980 to 2008).
State Road A1A (SR A1A) is a major north–south Florida State Road consisting of seven separate sections running a total of 338.752 miles (545.168 km) along the Atlantic Ocean, from Key West at the southern tip of Florida, to Fernandina Beach, just south of Georgia on Amelia Island. It is the main road through most oceanfront towns.