Things to Do – Visit Jacksonville

Accessible Points of interest visible, auditory, mobility and developmental disabilities.

The Cummer Museum & Gardens gives giant print guides, pre-scheduled ASL providers, contact excursions for individuals who are blind or have low imaginative and prescient and extra.

iFLY Jacksonville options All Talents Evening the primary Monday of each month from 5 to eight p.m., providing people with bodily or cognitive challenges the chance to indoor skydive.

The Museum of Science and History (MOSH) can present weighted wraps, noise decreasing headphones, a sensory map, pre-scheduled ASL providers, raised variations of sky maps and extra.

Different points of interest with accessible choices embody Catty Shack Ranch, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Jacksonville Zoo & Gardens and the St. Johns Town Center.

Accessible Out of doors Adventures

Jacksonville boasts the biggest city park system within the nation with 80,000 acres of parks, gardens and arboretums. Travellers with disabilities will discover many out of doors actions are open to them, providing alternative for exploration and journey.

The Metropolis of Jacksonville’s Disabled Companies Division works intently with many native rehabilitation and non-profit companies to offer adaptive recreation, together with kayaking. The Parks & Recreation Division web site gives a directory that may be filtered for accessible facilities and wheelchair entry.

Fashionable native State Parks Little Talbot Island and Big Talbot Island each have a paved pathway, amongst different accessible choices. Different State Parks have accessible options, together with Pumpkin Hill Creek Preserve. Every of the seven native State Parks is completely different, and it’s beneficial that guests verify individual pages for particulars.

The Timucuan Ecological and Historic Protect Nationwide Park options two websites providing self-guided audio excursions, Kingsley Plantation and Fort Caroline.

The Jacksonville Arboretum & Gardens and Tree Hill Nature Center have accessible walkways and trails.

The Jacksonville Baldwin Rail Trail gives a 12-foot extensive paved path.

Atlantic Beach and Jacksonville Beach provide seaside wheelchairs for free of charge.

Accessibility at Particular Occasion Venues

Jacksonville’s particular occasion venues provide accessible lodging. Go to the hyperlinks under to be taught extra in regards to the accessible choices at every particular venue.