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RECREATION<br />
Ramps: Float your boat<br />
There are plenty of places to<br />
launch a day on the water.<br />
BAKER COUNTY<br />
Ocean Pond (Olustee Beach)<br />
Osceola National Forest<br />
off U.S. 90, end of CR<br />
231, about half-mile<br />
north of Olustee; $3 fee<br />
Ocean Pond (Hog Pen<br />
Landing)<br />
Off Interstate 10, Forest<br />
Road 241, 241-A about 11<br />
miles east of Lake City;<br />
$2 fee<br />
Ocean Pond (North<br />
Campground)<br />
East of Hog Pen Landing<br />
Boat Launch, off<br />
National Forest Road 266<br />
St. Marys River<br />
Off Steel Bridge Road,<br />
about 4 miles north of<br />
Macclenny; surface is<br />
hard-packed sand<br />
CLAY COUNTY<br />
Black Creek (Rideout Ferry)<br />
Old Ferry Road, off CR<br />
209, 1 mile north of<br />
Middleburg; single-lane<br />
Black Creek (Middleburg)<br />
Off Highway 21, down<br />
the end of Main Street<br />
Lake Geneva<br />
Off CR 100, 2.4 miles<br />
west of Keystone Heights<br />
Lake Lowry and<br />
Lake Magnolia<br />
Off CR 100, State Road<br />
21, 5 miles north of<br />
Keystone Heights<br />
St. Johns River<br />
Lake Shore (Doctor’s Lake)<br />
Off U.S. 17 South, south<br />
of Orange Park; two<br />
lanes, launch and staging<br />
areas<br />
Knight’s Boat Ramp<br />
1492 River Lane, north<br />
of Green Cove Springs;<br />
three-lane ramp with<br />
floating docks; fishing<br />
pier; 40-slip docking<br />
facility; large paved<br />
parking lot, restrooms,<br />
picnic area and fuel<br />
Governor’s Creek<br />
Off U.S. 17 next to<br />
Clay County Parks and<br />
Recreation at 1300 N.<br />
Orange Ave., Green Cove<br />
Springs 32043<br />
Old Shand’s Bridge Pier<br />
(Shallow waters)<br />
4051 Old Shands Bridge<br />
Boat Launch, Green Cove<br />
Springs 32043<br />
Whitey's Fish Camp<br />
2032 County Road 220,<br />
Fleming Island 32003; $5<br />
weekend; $3 weekday<br />
DUVAL COUNTY<br />
Intracoastal Waterway<br />
Alimacani<br />
At Huguenot Memorial<br />
Park off A1A;<br />
unimproved sand-andshell<br />
ramp suitable only<br />
for small craft; limited<br />
parking; picnic area,<br />
grills, portable restroom<br />
Talbot Island State Park<br />
Sawpit Creek at A1A<br />
bridge over Nassau<br />
River; single-lane ramp<br />
with good surface;<br />
restrooms; $3 charge on<br />
honor system<br />
Jim King Park<br />
Off Heckscher Drive;<br />
double-wide ramp;<br />
adequate paved parking<br />
lot; floating concrete<br />
docks; restrooms<br />
Joe Carlucci<br />
McKenna Drive off<br />
Heckscher Drive on<br />
north bank of St. Johns<br />
River at juncture with<br />
ICW; double-wide,<br />
rippled-surface ramp;<br />
picnic area; restrooms<br />
Mayport<br />
Off A1A at Mayport east<br />
of ferry slip; one of best<br />
ramps for ocean access;<br />
currents and wakes from<br />
large vessels can be a<br />
problem<br />
Oak Harbor<br />
2428 Seaway St. off A1A<br />
near Mayport Road;<br />
good access to ICW and<br />
ocean; good facilities;<br />
restricted to shallow<br />
draft boats<br />
McCue Park<br />
Just east of Intracoastal<br />
bridge behind Beach<br />
Marine; on-site and offsite<br />
parking<br />
St. Johns River and<br />
tributaries<br />
Lonnie Wurn<br />
4131 Ferber Road in Fort<br />
Caroline area; limited<br />
parking<br />
Bert Maxwell<br />
Just north of Interstate<br />
95 at 500 Maxwell Road<br />
on Trout River; parking<br />
T.K. Stokes<br />
Ribault River on<br />
Riverview Avenue off<br />
Lem Turner Road; limited<br />
parking; Not suitable for<br />
boats more than 22 feet<br />
in length<br />
Arlington Lion’s Club<br />
At Lion’s Club Park off<br />
University Boulevard,<br />
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