Fleming Island – An Excellent Place To Live And A Great Vacation Spot!

My family moved from Maryland to the Jacksonville, Florida area approximately 6 years ago due to an employment change. Jacksonville itself, due to its acreage, is one of the largest cities in the world. Needless to say our search for a home covered a large area with many options. We were looking for a place where our 4 year old could grow, in an established neighborhood, with kid’s her age, and be able to attend an excellent rated school close by. In addition we were looking for an area with amenities and activities that would provide a vacation type life style with many things to do. We found this type of atmosphere on Fleming Island.

Fleming Island is located just outside of Jacksonville, Florida. There are times where I think I would never need to leave the island, other than to go to work, because of all of the conveniences and things to do. There are a wide variety of retail stores, services, and restaurants located throughout the island, along with various neighborhoods and activities. Retail stores include department stores such as Target, Stein Mart, Kohl’s, and Wal-Mart. Food stores on the island include two Publix and a Winn Dixie. There are also a variety of restaurants, services, and specialty type stores as well. As far as activities, they are endless, and include Golf, Tennis, Cycling, Boating, Fishing, Camping, and the list goes on.

Water around the island includes Doctors Lake, Black Creek, Swimming Pen Creek, and the St. Johns River. Doctors Lake provides an excellent place for swimming, and boating activities, such as skiing or fishing, as does Black Creek. Doctors Lake is approximately 13 square miles and Black Creek winds through many miles of back Florida nature. The St. Johns River is one of two rivers in the world that flows north. You can travel from Fleming Island via boat north, up through Jacksonville, all the way to the Atlantic Ocean with excellent fishing along the way.

The surrounding Jacksonville area, if you choose to leave the island, also provides many things to see, places to go, and things to do.

Jacksonville has become known a Florida’s First Coast, and more recently “Where Florida Begins”. Unlike most of Florida the many miles of “First Coast” beaches are unspoiled and unfenced. The variety of beaches offer many vacation resort type amenities as well as more remote beach experiences where you can drive your car, or SUV, onto the beach, pull out your beach chairs, and fishing rods, and just relax.

The hub of Jacksonville’s growing entertainment district in the Downtown area, The Jacksonville Landing, is a cool place to dine and shop on the St. Johns River. From North Florida and around the United States, millions of people enjoy the Jacksonville Landing’s festive mix of shops, restaurants and eateries and its hundreds of entertainment events annually.

The Jacksonville Zoo is also located just north of downtown Jacksonville and is a natural wonderland growing and changing daily, with more than 1,000 rare and exotic creatures. Covering about 70 acres along the St. Johns River, the zoo has the only walking safari in Northeast Florida.

Jacksonville is also home to the Jacksonville Jaguars. Jacksonville Municipal Stadium is the centerpiece of the city’s sports complex. In February 2005, the stadium played host to Super Bowl XXXIX. The stadium is also the site of two annual college football events — the Gator Bowl Classic and the annual Southeastern Conference matchup of Florida and Georgia. Occasional concerts and other special events are also held at the stadium.

The Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville, home of the Jacksonville Suns, and The Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena are also located in the Sports Complex.

Just to the north of the city you will find a popular tourist vacation destination called Amelia Island Plantation and just to the southeast lays the tourist/vacation destination of St. Augustine.
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