First Coast Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
region of the U.S. state of Florida
About First Coast
This is the northeastern corner of Florida, on the border with Georgia. While barrier islands continue into Georgia, the series of easily accessible islands changes once you cross the state lines. Therefore, this is one of the northernmost tourist beach destinations until you get toMyrtle Beachin South Carolina and some other places farther north on the East Coast. Jacksonville and neighboring cities are united into a region by the St. John's River, which flows north from Central Florida, the western part of the Jacksonville/First Coast area, and out to the Atlantic Ocean at Jacksonville. Jacksonville is the region's main city in terms of population, being a "consolidated city-county"—in plain English, a city that became large enough that itself and its county (Duval) are one. The merging
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First Coast Travel Guide Sections
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