Cumberland Island National Seashore
1736Georgia's largest barrier island, home to wild horses, Carnegie mansion ruins, and the chapel where JFK Jr. married Carolyn Bessette in 1996.
12.7 mi away
Everything Fernandina Beach is known for
Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near Fernandina Beach.
Georgia's largest barrier island, home to wild horses, Carnegie mansion ruins, and the chapel where JFK Jr. married Carolyn Bessette in 1996.
13 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.
Before the bustling Fernandina Beach you know, there was another Fernandina: a frontier town with big dreams. This area, known as Old Town, was the original site of Fernandina, established in 1811. It was strategically…
Imagine a grand mansion, once echoing with laughter and ambition, now standing as a haunting ruin reclaimed by nature: that's Dungeness. It's a testament to dreams built, lost, and stubbornly remembered. Revolutionary…
Get ready to step back in time! You're approaching St. Marys, one of Georgia's oldest cities, a place that's seen centuries of history unfold. St. Marys' story really took off after it was established in 1788. It…
Step inside Orange Hall, a beautifully preserved example of 1830s architecture in historic St. Marys. This building, located on Osborne Street, whispers tales of a bygone era. Orange Hall was constructed around 1830.…
Imagine escaping to a secluded island where history whispers from every live oak. That’s Cumberland Island, and Greyfield Inn is your portal. Built in 1900 by Lucy Carnegie for her daughter Margaret, Greyfield was a…
Pull over for a minute and check out these tabby ruins. They're all that's left of the McIntosh Sugarworks, a once-thriving plantation. John Houstoun McIntosh built this place in the late 1820s. He used "tabby," a kind…
Georgia's largest barrier island, home to wild horses, Carnegie mansion ruins, and the chapel where JFK Jr. married Carolyn Bessette in 1996.
Imagine a thriving civilization vanished, leaving only whispers in the wind. That's the story of the Timucua people, whose history is preserved right here in this vast ecological haven. Before European contact, the…
Imagine a place where fortunes were built on the backs of enslaved people, where a controversial marriage challenged the norms of the era. That's Kingsley Plantation. Zephaniah Kingsley, a slave trader and planter,…
Pull over here for a second; this unassuming house was once home to a man who dramatically reshaped Florida. Napoleon Bonaparte Broward wasn't a French emperor, but he was a force of nature in his own right. Broward…
This decommissioned lighthouse near the mouth of the St. Johns River once guided ships safely into port. Built in 1858, the St. Johns River Light helped ships navigate the often treacherous waters at the river's…
Imagine this quiet bluff teeming with soldiers, all eyes fixed on the St. Johns River. This is Yellow Bluff Fort, a site that played a crucial, if ultimately unfulfilled, role in the Civil War. In 1862, Confederate…
This unassuming spot was once the site of a bloody clash that shaped the future of Florida. In 1564, French Huguenots, led by René Goulaine de Laudonnière, built Fort Caroline here on the St. Johns River. They were…