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Road trips from Jacksonville

14 back-roads routes start within a 4.5-hour drive of Jacksonville, including 3 day trips and 9 weekend drives; 3 ready-made itineraries begin nearby.

Drive times are estimates to the nearer end of each route (straight-line miles plus a quarter, at 50 mph); the atlas itself never routes you onto an interstate once the drive begins.

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Day trips from Jacksonville

• A1A: Flagler's Coast
  About 55 min to St. Augustine
  St. Augustine → Titusville · ~135 mi · 1–2 days · skips I-95
• Cross Creek & the Springs
  About 1 h 10 min to Palatka
  Palatka → Ocala · ~130 mi · 1–2 days · skips I-75
• Old Dixie: Cassadaga to Kissimmee
  About 2 h 25 min to Cassadaga
  Cassadaga → Kissimmee · ~75 mi · 1 days · skips I-4

Weekend road trips from Jacksonville

• Golden Isles & the First Coast
  About 55 min to St. Augustine
  Savannah → St. Augustine · ~210 mi · 2–3 days · skips I-95
• US 90: The Florida Backbone
  About 55 min to St. Augustine
  St. Augustine → Pensacola · ~400 mi · 2–3 days · skips I-10
• US 341: The Golden Isles Highway
  About 1 h 25 min to Brunswick
  Barnesville → Brunswick · ~225 mi · 2 days · skips I-75 / I-16
• The Nature Coast
  About 2 h 55 min to Perry
  Perry → Tarpon Springs · ~230 mi · 2–3 days · skips I-75 (by 60 miles)
• Sherman's March to the Sea
  About 3 h 10 min to Savannah
  Milledgeville → Savannah · ~185 mi · 2 days · skips I-16
• The Space & Treasure Coast
  About 3 h 15 min to Titusville
  Titusville → Jupiter · ~135 mi · 1–2 days · skips I-95
• The Forgotten Coast
  About 3 h 50 min to St. Marks
  Pensacola → St. Marks · ~280 mi · 2–3 days · skips I-10
• US 41: The Tamiami Trail North, Tampa to Naples
  About 4 h 15 min to Tampa
  Tampa → Naples · ~250 mi · 2–3 days · skips I-75
• The Chattahoochee Trace
  About 4 h 25 min to Bainbridge
  Columbus → Bainbridge · ~180 mi · 2 days · skips I-75 (by 90 miles)

Named parkways and scenic byways within reach

• The Chattahoochee Trace
  About 4 h 25 min to Bainbridge
  Columbus → Bainbridge · ~180 mi · 2 days · skips I-75 (by 90 miles)

Longer itineraries starting near Jacksonville

• The Old Spanish Trail: Full US 90
  8 days · ~1000 mi · from St. Augustine
  The 1920s sea-to-sea auto trail's entire Southern act, end to end: from the Zero Milestone in America's oldest city to the Sabine River crossing…
• Florida's Mystic Coast
  3 days · ~280 mi · from St. Augustine
  The nation's oldest city, the beach where speed was born, and inland to a genuine 1890s Spiritualist camp — a weekend of Old Florida faith, art and…
• A1A End to End: St. Augustine to Key West
  6 days · ~520 mi · from St. Augustine
  Flagler's whole coast, top to bottom: the oldest city, the beach where speed was born, rockets and shipwreck gold, a Gold Coast transfer day, then…

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