Northeast Florida · FL
Green Cove Springs
A sulfur-spring spa town on the St. Johns River.
- Population
- 9,786 (2020 census)
- Incorporated
- November 2, 1874
- Mothball fleet
- About 500 ships
Then
- 1854
The town is established as White Sulfur Springs. It is renamed in 1866 and becomes the Clay County seat in 1871.
- 1800s
More than a dozen hotels rise around the spring, the “Original Fountain of Youth.”
- 1940
Naval Air Station Lee Field opens on September 11. It is renamed NAS Green Cove Springs in 1943.
- 1946–1960
Thirteen piers along the river hold a Navy mothball fleet of some 500 ships, mostly destroyers.
Now
The spring still feeds a public swimming pool before running into the St. Johns. The old base is now Reynolds Industrial Park.
Black Creek, Julington Creek and the I-295 bridge stations share this stretch of the river.
12 tide stations around Green Cove Springs
- Green Cove Springs0.9 mi
- Red Bay Point, St Johns River2.7 mi
- Black Creek, S.C.L. RR. bridge7.9 mi
- Peoria Point, Doctors Lake10.1 mi
- Julington Creek10.3 mi
- Orange Park Landing, Orange Park12.2 mi
- I-295 bridge (west end)13.9 mi
- Piney Point16.4 mi
- Ortega River entrance19.9 mi
- Palm Valley, ICWW20.0 mi
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- Oak Landing, ICWW23.4 mi
- Jacksonville Beach26.6 mi