Local insights

The real Clay County

Where locals get coffee, eat, and spend Saturdays.

Historic depot in Green Cove Springs
Caffeine first

The coffeehouse trail

Spring Park Coffee

Green Cove Springs. Near the spring pool. Try the house Butterbeer.

The Urban Bean

Orange Park. Coffee, all day breakfast, and in house donuts.

Royal Moose Coffee Co.

Middleburg. Look for the moose statue. Get the Moose Mocha.

Present Tense Coffee and Books

Green Cove Springs. Coffee, books, and weekly story times.

FirePower Coffee

Keystone Heights. A family run roaster with a certified tea sommelier.

Ellianos Coffee

Orange Park. A quick, quality drive thru.

Where locals eat

Hometown favorites

Whitey's Fish Camp

Fleming Island, open since 1963 on Swimming Pen Creek. Come by car or boat.

YUM, A Southern Market

Middleburg. Cupcakes and pie near historic Brickyard Road.

A world of flavor

Barbecue, Puerto Rican, Caribbean, Italian, Mexican, Thai, and more.

Get outside

Parks and rivers

Spring Park

Green Cove Springs. A spring fed pool at 77 degrees all year, on the river.

Camp Chowenwaw

150 acres on Black Creek for hiking, birding, fishing, and camping.

Ronnie Van Zant Park

Lake Asbury. 90 acres with a fishing pond, disc golf, and playgrounds.

Gold Head Branch and Jennings

Keystone Heights. Ravines, camping, and 25,000+ acres of forest.

History and culture

Southern Rock roots

Lynyrd Skynyrd wrote much of their early music at "Hell House" on Peters Creek.

Brickyard Road in Middleburg honors Ronnie Van Zant.

  • Camp Blanding Museum (WWII)
  • Military Museum of North Florida
  • Historic Penney Farms
  • St. Margaret's Episcopal Church, one of Florida's oldest wooden churches
  • North Florida Scottish Highland Games

"What a breath of fresh air! Extremely knowledgeable in her market, well connected, and always available."

Chelsey Grove, Google review

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