Ponte Vedra Beach in Florida

3 June 2020 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  7 minutes

Sunrise over Ponte Vedra Beach © flickr.com - Craig ONeal/cc-by-sa-2.0

Sunrise over Ponte Vedra Beach © flickr.com – Craig ONeal/cc-by-sa-2.0

Ponte Vedra Beach is an unincorporated seaside community in St. Johns County, Florida, United States. Located eighteen miles (29 km) southeast of downtown Jacksonville and 26 miles (42 km) north of St. Augustine, it is part of the Jacksonville Beaches area. The area is known for its resorts including the Ponte Vedra Inn and Club, the Lodge and Club, and the Marriott at Sawgrass. It also lies within St. Johns County, which is the wealthiest county in Florida. Ponte Vedra Beach is an upper-income tourist resort area best known for its association with golf and is home to the PGA Tour and The Players.   read more…

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St. Augustine in Florida

24 July 2017 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  11 minutes

City Hall and Lichtner Museum © JanGoldsmith/cc-by-sa-3.0

City Hall and Lichtner Museum © JanGoldsmith/cc-by-sa-3.0

St. Augustine (Spanish: San Agustín) is a city in the Southeastern United States, on the Atlantic coast in northeastern Florida. It is the oldest continuously occupied European-established settlement within the borders of the continental United States. As the county seat of St. Johns County, it is part of Florida’s First Coast region and the Jacksonville metropolitan area, with a population of 15,000. Saint Augustine was founded on September 8, 1565, by Spanish admiral Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, Florida’s first governor. He named the settlement “San Agustín“, as his ships bearing settlers, troops, and supplies from Spain had first sighted land in Florida eleven days earlier on August 28, the feast day of St. Augustine.   read more…

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