Outdoors
1 hrs, $125/person
Ride horses on the beach!
The docile, friendly horses at Kelly Seahorse Ranch take you for a 1 hour slow and easy walk down the beautiful sandy beach! No experience necessary. This was a great time and made for great pictures, even if we were a bit sore at the end.
Amelia Island
230 lb Weight Limit, 4'6" min height
Age: 13+
20 min, $120/ 2 flight minimum
Motorized Hang Gliding!
Open cockpit, wind blowing through your hair, this is exhilarating and a little nerve wracking! At Florida Adventure Sports you can go up and even take a turn at the controls!
Fernandina Beach
250 LB Weight Limit
Under 18 need parent to sign waiver, wheelchair accessible, disabled welcome
at your leisure, FREE/person
Worldwide Scavenger Hunt!
Geocaching players hide objects in public and post coordinates on website. Other players find for the challenge and bragging rights. There’s a whole community of players. Play anytime, anywhere.
Anywhere, if nothing to find, hide something!
Need a smartphone or connected mobile device
Kid friendly, dog friendly
2 hrs, $39/person
Cycle on river with friends!
Imagine a two sided bar with barstools. Now put pedals on the barstools, put the bar on a boat, and add a paddlewheel to the back. Finally, add coolers for your favorite drinks and snacks, a premium sound system with your playlist, a motor for when you get tired of pedaling, and 14 of your closest friends! Recipe for a great time on the water! Kraken Cycleboats!
Downtown Jacksonville, St Johns River
Relaxing
Age: 21+ unless booking whole boat
At your leisure, FREE/person
Disc golf
The ‘holes’ are metal baskets. You just need a frisbee. No tee times, no green fees. Jacksonville has several courses in the area. Player who takes the fewest throws on 18 holes wins! Or just play 9 holes, or one, or play by yourself. Great exercise, the formal sport has driver and putter discs, but you can play with anything. I like Fore Palms at the Ed Austin park.
several courses in area
Need a frisbee
Age: kid friendly, dog friendly
1.5 hrs, $70/child, $85 adult (16+)
Segway guided tours
Learn to ride a segway, and tour Fernandina, how fun is that! We did this through a different company that is no longer in business, it was very cool, I’m sure this is too! Amelia’s Wheels at Omni Resort.
Fernandina Beach
Segway tour
Age: 8+
varies, starting $30/person
Tour public art on an electric art bike!
Avondale, Riverside and downtown are full of public art displays. Rent an electric bike that has been converted into a funtional piece of art! Pedal as much (or as little) as you want on these electric bicycles and take a guided or self guided tour of the local art scene with ART Bikes Jax!
Avondale, St Johns Ave near Edgewood Ave S
Active exploration
ability to ride a bike required
At your leisure, $60/year
Learn Archery and play the 3-D walking range!
North Florida Archers offers beginners classes. Then purchase your own equipment and membership in the club is $60/year. They have multiple trails with both paper and 3-D targets set up. Members have access from 7am to dark.
I-295 near Roosevelt
Need own equipment after initial class
Age: kid friendly
starting 1.5 hrs, $85 tour
Airboat Tours and pontoon boat rentals!
Take an airboat tour and experience all the natuarl beauty the first coast has to offer, or rent a pontoon boat and explore our waterways all on your own! Sea Serpent Tours.
2 locations, Heckscher, or US 16 near Shands Bridge
Nature appreciation
Age: kid friendly
varies, starting $15/person
Lions and tigers and bears oh my!!
Catty Shack is a non-profit wildlife sanctuary. They provide a forever home for endangered big cats and other exotic animals. I recommend attending the night feeding. The cats get impatient and they roar! Multiple lions and tigers roaring simultaneously is an intimidating experience!
Northside near I-295 and Main St
Animals!
kid friendly
At your leisure, $24.95/person
Jacksonville Zoo
Spend a day viewing and learning about animals from all over the world!
Northside on Heckscher near I-95
Animals!
Age: kid friendly
$33.99 adult
Zip line over alligators!
At the St Augustine Alligator Farm see gators and sloths, snakes and lemurs!
St Augustine A1A near the lighthouse
Animals!
Age: kid friendly
1.5 hrs, $59.95/person
Airboat tour!
Beautiful views of the St Johns River. This is a great way to explore our natural ecosystem. We saw dolphins, cranes and herons and sea birds as well at turtles! Crazy Fish Jax!
Mayport
Airboat tours get a little damp from spray.
Age: Kid friendly
at your leisure, FREE/person
Commune with nature
The Jacksonville Arboretum is a beautiful, natural space filled with trails and bridges, plants and animals. Explore the environment and see how it changes through the seasons.
Arlington near Monument and I-295
walking/hiking, some paths paved
Kid friendly, dog friendly, beware of gators
1.5 hrs, $24.95, $34.95 (13+)/person
Set sail with pirates!!
Go to sea with pirates at Black Raven Adventures, join the crew, hunt for treasure, and be part of a sea battle! Songs and swashbuckling await! Both family friendly and adult only sailings are available.
St Augustine Marina
Theater at sea
Age: Kid friendly OR 21+
75 mins, starting $19.00/person
Water tours!
Florida Water Tours does Sunset tours, Moonlight tours, Wine Tasting tours dolphin and wildlife tours, and Fourth of July tours!
St Augustine
boat tours
Age: Kid friendly or 21+
at your leisure, $15/person, occasional free days
Gardens in the city!
The Cummer Museum and Gardens has examples of several different types of gardens. (Yes, there are types of gardens, who knew?!) They have concerts, yoga and picnics in the gardens among other things. Its a popular photography spot.
Riverside near 5 points
relaxing natural environment
Kid friendly
varies
Radio Control Club!
The Radio Control Club of Jacksonville has their own airport! Members get keys to the gates, otherwise it is locked. There are some membership requirements to be able to fly there. They are happy to help beginners once they have the required insurance. See website for details. I’m looking for an opportunity to just watch!