At 848 square miles, Jacksonville is the largest city by area in the continental United States.
With more than 111,000 acres of national, state and local parks, Jacksonville has the largest urban park system in the United States.
In 1562, two years before St. Augustine was founded, French Huguenots established Fort Caroline in present day Jacksonville. This group constituted the first attempt in the United States at a settlement in the United States for men, women and children seeking religious freedom.
The oldest, continuously operating community theater in the country is Theatre Jacksonville, in operation since 1919.
Northeast Florida is a golfer’s paradise with more than 70 public and private golf courses in the area, headquarters of the PGA Tour, World Golf Hall of Fame and the PGA Tour’s The Players Championship.