• The Best Nature Trails in St. Johns County, Florida

    The Best Nature Trails in St. Johns County, Florida

    Where Does St. Johns County Take You When You Step Outside? There's a moment -- maybe you've had it before -- when you round a bend on a trail and the tree canopy parts just enough to show you a broad, still stretch of water below. A great blue heron lifts off without urgency. Spanish moss trails fr

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  • What Is the Guana Reserve and Why Locals Love It

    What Is the Guana Reserve and Why Locals Love It

    You Found the Place Most People Drive Right Past You almost miss the entrance the first time. It's a quiet pull-off on A1A, not far south of Ponte Vedra Beach -- no grand signage, no gift shop, no crowd. On a weekday morning you might be the only car in the lot. You step out, and the first thing you

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  • Exploring St. Augustine from Nocatee: A Day Trip Guide

    Exploring St. Augustine from Nocatee: A Day Trip Guide

    Have You Made the Drive Down to St. Augustine Yet? You leave Nocatee sometime around 8 in the morning, before the heat has settled in and before the weekend crowd has filled the parking garages. The drive takes you south on US-1, past the flat pine corridors of St. Johns County, and then the landsca

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