St. Johns County · local guide
Things to Do in St. Augustine, Florida
Beyond the obvious. What sits within a short radius of the old town, including the practical things you need once you actually live here.
There is no shortage of writing about what to see in St. Augustine as a visitor. This page is for the other question — what is near the old town if you are going to live in it.
Living in the historic district is a genuinely different proposition from visiting it. Parking, tourist traffic and short-term rentals all shape daily life in a way no attraction list mentions, and they are worth understanding before you fall for a coquina cottage.
The list below is a live lookup around a downtown centre point, with straight-line distances. The Matanzas and the bridges mean actual drive times can be considerably longer than the numbers suggest.
How this list was put together
Data comes from OpenStreetMap through this site's own nearby-places service. It is community-maintained; in a town with this much turnover in hospitality, expect it to lag openings and closures.
Nothing here is a paid listing or a recommendation. Categories are as the source data classifies them, and where a business is mapped as several points we show it once.
Parks and outdoor space
Squares, small parks and green space in and around the old town.
Anderson Circle
park
About 0.1 mi from the centre point used for this page.
Gibbs Park
park
About 0.2 mi from the centre point used for this page.
Ponce de León Circle
park
About 0.2 mi from the centre point used for this page.
Redoubt Wall Park
park
About 0.2 mi from the centre point used for this page.
Recreation, fitness and going out
Studios, gyms and community recreation.
Now & Zen Yoga & Pilates Studio
fitness centre
224 San Marco Avenue, Saint Augustine
About 1.5 mi from the centre point used for this page.
Flagler College Field Complex
sports centre
About 1.9 mi from the centre point used for this page.
Solomon Calhoun Community Center
sports centre
About 2 mi from the centre point used for this page.
World Gym
fitness centre
1947 A1A South, Saint Augustine
About 3 mi from the centre point used for this page.
Planet Fitness
fitness centre
About 3 mi from the centre point used for this page.
Places to eat and drink
The downtown restaurant density is unusual for a town this size.
Café del Hidalgo
cafe
About 0 mi from the centre point used for this page.
Sangrias
restaurant
About 0 mi from the centre point used for this page.
Pizzalley's Chianti Room
restaurant
About 0 mi from the centre point used for this page.
Pizzalley's
fast food
About 0 mi from the centre point used for this page.
Prohibition Kitchen
restaurant
About 0 mi from the centre point used for this page.
Shops and everyday retail
Independent boutiques concentrated around the historic streets.
Shopaholic Plus
clothes
About 0 mi from the centre point used for this page.
Earthbound Trading
clothes
About 0 mi from the centre point used for this page.
Saint George's Row
mall
About 0.1 mi from the centre point used for this page.
Shopaholic Boutique
clothes
About 0.1 mi from the centre point used for this page.
Cottonways
clothes
About 0.1 mi from the centre point used for this page.
Colleges and universities nearby
Further education within the search radius.
Flagler College
college
About 0.2 mi from the centre point used for this page.
Groceries and market runs
Practical weekly-shop options near the centre.
Carmelo's Marketplace
convenience
146 King Street, Saint Augustine
About 0.5 mi from the centre point used for this page.
Corner Market
convenience
About 0.6 mi from the centre point used for this page.
The Fresh Market
supermarket
110 Anastasia Boulevard, Saint Augustine
About 0.7 mi from the centre point used for this page.
A&S Food Mart
convenience
About 0.8 mi from the centre point used for this page.
Kangaroo Express
convenience
About 1.2 mi from the centre point used for this page.
Where these figures come from
- Places, addresses and distances: OpenStreetMap, retrieved through this site's own nearby-places service on 2026-08-04, searching about 5.0 miles around a centre point in St. Augustine.
- Page compiled 4 August 2026 by The Parham Team, Lindsey Parham LLC, brokered by Momentum Realty. Details change — please verify anything you plan to rely on.
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Questions about Things to Do in St. Augustine, FL
Answered from the figures and sources shown on this page.
How many places are listed on this page?
25 in total — 4 parks and outdoor space, 5 recreation, fitness and going out, 5 places to eat and drink, 5 shops and everyday retail, 1 colleges and universities nearby, 5 groceries and market runs.
How far from the centre point does this list reach?
Centre point: downtown St. Augustine · roughly a 5-mile search radius · places data from OpenStreetMap via this site's own nearby-places service.
Where does this list of places come from?
Data comes from OpenStreetMap through this site's own nearby-places service. It is community-maintained; in a town with this much turnover in hospitality, expect it to lag openings and closures.
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