South Ponte Vedra Beach Recreation Area

Although South Ponte Vedra Beach Recreation Area does not have lifeguards, it offers a few amenities including restrooms, picnic tables, and grills. Dogs are allowed in the park if they are on a leash. 

South Ponte Vedra Beach Recreation Area offers a few activities including swimming, sunbathing, and beachcombing.

Getting to South Ponte Vedra Beach Recreation Area is easy - it is located on Florida State Highway A1A, two miles south of the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve. The beach is easily accessible from the parking lot near the main entrance.

There are many attractions within a 30-minute drive of the South Ponte Vedra Beach Recreation Area. Bird Island Park is a waterfront park that features an entrance gazebo, a hedged turtle maze, a small stage with a labyrinth center, a lake, and a play area. The park offers a few fun activities including picnicking, bird watching, and theatre events. Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve is a research reserve and educational center committed to preserving natural biodiversity and cultural resources by conducting research and monitoring to inform science-based management and education methods. The reserve is home to a wide range of flora and fauna including 48 protected animals and eight protected plant species. In addition, you can spot many kinds of wonderful birds including frigatebird, black tern, bobolink, grosbeaks, warblers, nine-banded armadillo, southern flying squirrels, and red fox. Jarboe Park is one of the oldest parks near the Ponta Vedra Beach region and features playgrounds, a walking trail, a basketball court, volleyball courts, tennis courts, a lake, and pavilions. If you are looking for another attraction near South Ponte Vedra Beach Recreation Area, South Beach Park and Sunshine Playground offers many amenities including children’s playgrounds, a skate park, a splash pad, a fitness trail, a basketball court, a tennis court, picnic shelters, grills, and volleyball courts.

If you get hungry, there are many great restaurants near South Ponte Vedra Beach Recreation Area. Restaurant Medure is an upscale restaurant with a modern setting that serves delicious tuna tartare, escargot, medure meatloaf, and beef tenderloin. Two Dudes Seafood Restaurant PV is a seafood restaurant that serves amazing crab mango quesadilla, seared ahi tuna, and buffalo shrimp. Tuptim Thai Ponte Vedra offers Thai cuisine and serves delicious basil rolls, chicken satay, pad volcano tofu, and siam chicken. If you are looking for another delicious and affordable restaurant near South Ponte Vedra Beach Recreation Area, 3 Palms Grille serves royal red shrimp, grilled pork chops, and shrimp linguini.

If you are looking for a hotel near South Ponte Vedra Beach Recreation Area, there are many great nearby options. If you are looking for an upscale hotel, the 4-Star Ponte Vedra Inn & Club is 30 minutes away and offers many amenities including pools, a bar, a restaurant, a golf course, tennis courts, and a fitness center. Another upscale option, the 4-Star Sawgrass Marriott Golf Resort & Spa is 19 minutes away by car and offers a fine-dining American restaurant, a seafood eatery at the beach club, a pub, a lobby bar, an outdoor pool, a fitness center, a mini-golf course, and a volleyball court. A more affordable hotel is the 3-Star Hampton Inn Jacksonville/Ponte Vedra Beach-Mayo Clinic Area which offers an outdoor pool, a fitness center, and a complimentary breakfast. If you are looking for another excellent and affordable hotel near South Ponte Vedra Beach Recreation Area, the modestly priced 2-Star Holiday Inn Express Jacksonville Beach offers a heated pool, a fitness center, and a complimentary breakfast.