You CAN get there from here

Jacksonville is nicely tucked into the Northeast corner of Florida, just 30 miles below the Georgia border. The eastern side of Jacksonville, better know as Jacksonville Beach, Atlantic Beach, Neptune Beach, and Ponte Vedra Beach, laps at the edge of the Atlantic Ocean. Right through the middle of Jacksonville runs the St. Johns River, the largest river in North America which flows north; it empties into the Atlantic Ocean.

Jacksonville International Airport is home to almost a dozen major airline carriers, plus general aviation and is also a joint military airfield, serving the Florida Air National Guard.

Annually, about 5.5 million passengers pass through JIA, and the top destinations are Atlanta, Georgia; Charlotte, North Carolina; Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas; Baltimore, Maryland; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Chicago, Illinois; Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Washington, D.C.; Nashville, Tennessee; and New York, New York.

Jacksonville International Airport was recently remodeled and expanded, making it a comfortable jumping off point or friendly welcome home spot.

General Aviation in Jacksonville is big business, with Jacksonville Executive at Craig Airport located convenient to Queen’s Harbour, plus general aviation facilities at Herlong Recreational Airport and nearby St. Augustine’s airport.

Travel by rail in and out of Jacksonville is provided by Amtrak, with two trains a day from New York City and points south coming into Jacksonville and continuing to many other major cities in Florida including Orlando, Tampa, West Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, and Miami. Two trains a day originate in Miami and travel north to Jacksonville and continue on to Savannah, Georgia, and points north to Washington, D.C. and New York City.

Just for fun on any pleasant day, water taxis ply the St. Johns River in downtown Jacksonville, ferrying passengers from one side of the river to the other, all the while affording spectacular views of Jacksonville’s impressive skyline.

Jacksonville is the first big Florida city traveling south on Interstate I-95 on the way or connections to I-4 and Orlando and Tampa or straight south to Florida’s Gold Coast and Miami, with a stop along the way at Cape Canaveral and the Kennedy Space Center after passing through historic St. Augustine and sparkling Daytona Beach.

Downtown Jacksonville is the eastern terminus of Interstate 10; coming north on I-95 while crossing over the St. Johns River, just turn left and steer onto I-10, which will take you on an unbroken ride all the way to the Pacific Coast Highway in Santa Monica, California via Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona before coming into California. I-10 is the fourth longest federal highway in the country.