Available housing is primarily single family homes, condominiums and townhouses, all within professionally landscaped communities. Amelia Island is located just 30 minutes from Jacksonville International Airport, only a few hours drive from most southern cities.
Sailing is a popular past-time for residents.
The Island has several marinas for launching and housing boats, and is a popular way station for owners transporting boats north and south with the changing seasons. Also the Island is not limited to only boating it has camping and hiking, fishing, Natural History Boat Tours, golf, and tennis. It is located right on the Atlantic Ocean to the east, the internationally St. Mary's River to the west. The Island's average temperature is 69.9 degrees. . The magazine claimed that nearly 50,000 wealthy northerners had voyaged from New York to Fernandina on the Mallory Steamship Line.