St. Augustine, Florida

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Rivers & Roads in Song near St. Augustine

Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near St. Augustine.

14 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.

• Castillo de San Marcos · 0.1 mi · Historical Marker

  The oldest masonry fort in the United States, built by the Spanish in St. Augustine, the oldest continuously occupied European settlement in the country.

• Castillo de San Marcos · 0.1 mi · Scraped Hmdb

  Imagine pirates and cannons—this very spot was the front line of a centuries-long struggle for control of Florida. It all started after an English pirate raid devastated St. Augustine in 1668. The Spanish decided they…

• Ponce de Leon Hotel · 0.4 mi · Scraped Hmdb

  You're driving past a monument to Gilded Age excess, a hotel so opulent it helped transform Florida. Built by Henry Flagler, a co-founder of Standard Oil, the Hotel Ponce de Leon opened in 1888. It was designed by the…

• Ximenez-Fatio House · 0.4 mi · Scraped Hmdb

  Step inside one of the best-preserved homes from Florida's Second Spanish Period (1783-1821). The Ximenez-Fatio House began as a residence and business. It offered lodging, food, and drink to travelers in St. Augustine.…

• Villa Zorayda · 0.4 mi · Scraped Hmdb

  Imagine a Gilded Age millionaire deciding to build a Spanish castle… in Florida. That’s Villa Zorayda. Franklin W. Smith, a Bostonian with a love for art and history, began construction on this Moorish Revival…

• Oldest House Museum · 0.6 mi · Scraped Hmdb

  Imagine families crammed into this very house, surviving pirate raids and colonial power struggles! The González-Alvarez House, also known as the Oldest House, offers a peek into St. Augustine's long and complex…

• Solla-Carcaba Cigar Factory · 0.6 mi · Scraped Hmdb

  You're passing a building that whispers tales of a time when St. Augustine was a booming cigar town. This is the Solla-Carcaba Cigar Factory, the last of its kind still standing in Lincolnville. Built sometime before…

• St. Augustine National Cemetery · 0.7 mi · Scraped Hmdb

  This quiet field is more than just a cemetery; it's a final resting place for heroes, stretching back to the earliest days of our nation's conflicts. Established in 1846, during the Mexican-American War, this land was…

• Old St. Johns County Jail · 0.9 mi · Scraped Hmdb

  Hold onto your hats, folks, because this unassuming building held some seriously hardened criminals! This is the Old St. Johns County Jail, and it's got stories to tell. Built in 1891 by Henry Flagler, it served as the…

• St. Augustine Light · 1.5 mi · Scraped Hmdb

  This isn't just a pretty lighthouse; it's a silent witness to centuries of maritime history, including shipwrecks and, some say, ghostly happenings. The current St. Augustine Light was built between 1871 and 1874, but…

• Spanish Coquina Quarries · 2.8 mi · Scraped Hmdb

  Ever wonder where St. Augustine got its distinctive, shell-filled buildings? This is it: the Spanish Coquina Quarries. For centuries, starting in the 1600s, Spanish settlers and enslaved people carved out blocks of…

• Marineland of Florida · 16.8 mi · Scraped Hmdb

  Get ready to dive into history – Marineland was the world’s first oceanarium! Back in 1938, a group of marine enthusiasts built this place not as entertainment, but as a movie studio for underwater films. Turns out,…