Category: Beaches

Amelia Island coastal news & views.

Banking On Drive Market, New Owner Acquires Two Amelia Island Hotels

Two Fernandina Beach hotel properties have been sold, the Amelia Hotel and Ocean Coast Hotel. AmeliaIslandLiving.com
Two Fernandina Beach Hotel Properties Sold (Circled on Parcel Map)

The Amelia Hotel and Ocean Coast Hotel “are situated in one of America’s leading drive-to destination markets, which saw over 1.3 million visitors in 2021.”

Ramifications Of Proposed Amelia Island High-Rise Development On South End

Amelia Island Living magazine photo, last large undeveloped oceanfront parcel (privately-owned by Riverstone).
Amelia Island's Last Large Undeveloped Oceanfront Parcel (Riverstone). Photo by AmeliaIslandLiving.com

Editor’s note: Contributing columnist, Steve Nicklas, expresses his views and insight on various topics in Marketplace. — Steve’s Marketplace — Life is full of change. And Nassau County is experiencing a centenarian’s lifetime of it.  Our once-rural area is quickly becoming populated, densely in some places. This has ramifications for municipalities, schools, public safety, infrastructure, […]

Seashore Wanderlust — Ready To Explore Cumberland Island, GA?

Understory of palmettos, walking beneath tree canopy on Cumberland Island. Maritime forest along sandy road. Photo AmeliaIslandLiving.com
Understory of palmettos, walking through Cumberland's maritime forest along sandy road. Photo AmeliaIslandLiving.com

Take a 45-minute voyage aboard a ferry for a pleasant excursion to reach this largely wild sea island at the Florida-Georgia border.

Right Whale Festival, Free Admission Event At Fernandina’s Main Beach

2021 Right Whale Festival, Fernandina Beach. Photo by Amelia Island Living magazine.

A fun, family-friendly, educational festival. Celebrate the winter arrival of this critically-endangered species to coastal waters off northeast Florida and Georgia, where whales give birth and nurse calves.