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The St. Johns River (Spanish: Río San Juan) is the longest river in the U.S. state of Florida and is the most significant one for commercial and recreational use. [note 1] At 310 miles (500 km) long, it flows north and winds through or borders 12 counties.
Riverfront Plaza is a public area and green space under construction on the St. Johns River in Downtown Jacksonville, Florida. It is the midpoint of the 2-mile Northbank Riverwalk, just west of the Main Street Bridge. The property was the site of the Jacksonville Landing from 1987 to 2019. [1]
The ferry takes ten minutes to cross the one mile (1.6 km) span of the river; [4] it can carry two to four pickup trucks, a dozen motorcycles, or 38 dirt bikes or bicycles. [ 10 ] The ferry is privately operated by the Fort Gates Fish Camp, and is funded by Putnam County as a public transportation service; the subsidy was set at $10,000 per ...
The name of Lake Welaka is taken from "Welaka" (meaning "chain of lakes"), the name for the St. Johns River in Muskogee language of the Seminole. [2] The first European to visit the lake was Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, who as the Spanish governor of Florida, explored the St. Johns River in the spring of 1596.
Yellow Bluff Fort Historic State Park is a Florida State Park in Jacksonville, Florida.It is located near the mouth of the St. Johns River, a mile south of State Road 105 on New Berlin Road, in the cities Northside area.
Since its' reopening, more than 600,000 people had visited the fountain. St. Johns River Park surrounds the fountain and construction is continuing on a play park with a history theme, a venue for weddings, restrooms and a picnic area. An interpretive garden will illustrate the founding of Jacksonville. Projected completion is early 2026. [26]
Doctors Lake is a body of water located off the St. Johns River in Clay County, Florida. [1] Despite its name, it is not a true lake, as it is actually an inlet, openly connected to the St. Johns. Because of the estuarine nature of the St. Johns, Doctors Lake is itself somewhat brackish. [2]
The Main Street Bridge, officially the John T. Alsop Jr. Bridge and nicknamed the Blue Bridge, is a bridge crossing the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida. It was the second bridge built across the river. It carries four lanes of traffic, and is signed as US 1/US 90 (SR 5/SR 10).