FLORIDA · COUNTY BEACH DIRECTORY
St. Johns County beaches
Browse all 17 St. Johns County, Florida beach guides, with parking, fees, facilities, rules, activities and the countywide public access directory.
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Find your fit in St. Johns County
17 published guides in this county. Start with restrooms (1 qualifying beach) or dogs allowed (1 qualifying beach), then compare the named entrances. Feature counts describe documented routes, not all beaches or every entrance in the county.
Use the verified route features below to choose where to begin. Counts refer to beaches with a qualifying named entrance, not every entrance. These are planning details, not current opening or guard duty.
A few places to start
Starting points ranked by verified entrance facilities; these are not a county-wide quality ranking.
Guana Beach · GTM Research Reserve
Entrance: GTM Middle Beach Access
Restrooms
Parking & entry: $3 per vehicle plus tax
Check before going: Cross the highway at the designated route and allow for soft sand beyond accessible facilities.
See entrance details →Every beach guide in St. Johns County
Mickler’s Landing
Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Pink coquina sand, dune access and practical beach-day facilities.
Ponte Vedra Beach
Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
The named Ponte Vedra shoreline, served by 15 county-mapped public pedestrian accesses north of Mickler’s Landing.
Guana Beach · GTM Research Reserve
Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
A protected Atlantic shoreline with four mapped reserve access points and three primary paid beach lots.
South Ponte Vedra Beach
South Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
A long residential and natural shoreline with the South Ponte Vedra Recreation Area and many county-mapped pedestrian routes.
Usina Beach
Vilano Beach, Florida
A public footpath with five nearby spaces and an additional lot across Coastal Highway.
North Beach · St. Johns County
Vilano Beach, Florida
A named oceanfront park in the Vilano/North Beach area that the county currently lists closed until further notice.
Mussallem Beachfront Park
Vilano Beach, Florida
A county beachfront park with 48 spaces, restrooms, showers and a stepped boardwalk.
Surfside Park · Vilano Beach
Vilano Beach, Florida
A developed Vilano-area access with parking, restrooms, showers and seasonal lifeguards.
Vilano Beach
Vilano Beach, Florida
A full-service public beach with facilities, seasonal lifeguards, Mobi-Mat access and a designated 4WD ramp.
Porpoise Point
Vilano Beach, Florida
The Atlantic and inlet-side point south of Vilano, with a county-mapped vehicle ramp and changing access controls.
Anastasia State Park
St. Augustine, Florida
More than 1,600 acres of dunes, beach, marsh and hammock, with camping and seasonal lifeguards.
St. Augustine Beach
St. Augustine Beach, Florida
The city’s central beach, with the Ocean Pier Park, dozens of street accesses and a designated 4WD ramp at A Street.
Butler Beach
Butler Beach, Florida
A broad public beach centered on Frank Butler Park East, with nearby vehicle ramps and seasonal lifeguards.
Crescent Beach
Crescent Beach, Florida
A developed county beach with 104 spaces, facilities, an accessible viewing route and the Cubbedge Road 4WD ramp.
Fort Matanzas Beach & Inlet
St. Augustine, Florida
Atlantic and river beaches within Fort Matanzas National Monument, with free public access and two ocean-side parking lots.
Summer Haven Beach
Summer Haven, Florida
A narrow, changing shoreline south of Matanzas Inlet where the county GIS records undeveloped street-end access points.
River to Sea Preserve · Marineland
Marineland, Florida
A quiet coquina shoreline at the St. Johns–Flagler county line, reached from a very small public preserve lot.
Destination guides and access points
A named beach guide describes a visitor destination. The separate access directory preserves individual streets, walkovers, ramps and park entrances so smaller public routes are not lost.