You won’t find a single traffic light on the island and its dark sky ordinances-meant to safeguard the turtles that nest here from May 1 through October 31-means that there are minimal streetlights. PLAN YOUR TRIP: Visit Fodor’s Northeast Coast Travel Guide Search for resorts like the Ritz-Carlton, value-oriented hotels and motels, inns, and B&Bs in Fernandina Beach. Insider Tip: The destination is called Amelia Island but the town itself has another name. Several bars offer nightly entertainment and events like the Isle of Eight Flags Shrimp Festival draws crowds every year. Stately oak trees draped with Spanish moss are a hallmark of this community and the historic downtown neighborhood offers mom-and-pop restaurants, an old-fashioned candy shop, boutique shops, and art galleries. Travelers like the island for its 13 miles of generally crowd-free beaches, Fort Clinch State Park and Amelia Island State Park, and Egan’s Creek Greenway, which consists of a hiking/biking trail through 300 acres of protected land encompassing freshwater swamp, salt marsh, and forest. This jewel in the Sea Island chain has a long history including Timucuan Indians Spanish, French, and British explorers swashbuckling pirates late 19th-century millionaires and today’s shrimpers and fishermen.
Amelia Island on Florida’s northeast coast is more than just a tourist destination, it’s a down-to-earth seaport community where everyday people live and work.
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