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MountainPeaks.net.Mountainpeaks.net, 2011. Retrieved 2011-01-29. Notes: All Northern Florida Highlands peaks and Brooksville Ridge peaks except Citrus County High Point, Frazee Hill, Oak Hill, Pasco County High Point (Unnamed peak near Jessamine Lake Northeast), and Unnamed Peak southeast of Brooksville
The Fernandina Beach Historic District is a U.S. historic district located in Fernandina Beach, Florida on Amelia Island.The Fernandina Beach Historic District was included on the National Register of Historic Places on July 20, 1973 and encompasses approximately 1,500 acres (610 ha), bounded by North 9th Street, Broome, Ash, South 5th Street, Date, and South 8th Street.
Over the next 30 years, the property was further developed and enhanced as a prestigious location. The hotel's name was changed from Amelia Island Plantation Hotel to Amelia Inn & Beach Club and then to its current Omni Amelia Island Resort once Omni Hotels & Resorts purchased the real estate in 2010. [4] [5]
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. [55] Amelia Island hosted a Women's Tennis Association tournament for 28 years (1980 to 2008).
Florida's 30A area is a stretch of white-sand beaches, Gulf of Mexico views, and quaint beach towns that runs for 24 miles along County Road 30A. The area, ...
Fernandina Beach is a city in northeastern Florida and the county seat of Nassau County, Florida, United States.It is the northernmost city on Florida's Atlantic coast, situated on Amelia Island, and is one of the municipalities comprising Greater Jacksonville (formally the Jacksonville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area).
Allison Island: Miami-Dade: Amelia Island: 18 square miles (47 km 2) [2] Nassau: One of the Sea Islands: Anastasia Island: 14 square miles (36 km 2) [3] St. Johns: Barrier island Anna Maria Island: 7 square miles (18 km 2) Manatee: Barrier island Archer Key: 24.7 ha; 61.1 acres Monroe: One of the Mule Keys in the lower Florida Keys: Arsenicker ...
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 ...