Complete listing of attractions. Golf, tennis, and racquetball facilities are plentiful throughout Alachua County. Bicycling is very popular, rentals and maps of bicycle routes are available for visitors. Many lakes and the Santa Fe River provide fishing for canoeing and fishing. Spectators enjoy college sports at the University of Florida, which offer NCAA football, baseball, tennis, soccer, swimming, track and field, gymnastics, and golf.
Tickets are available for most activities.
The Center for the Performing Arts opened January 1992. Alachua County communities come alive throughout the year with a dazzling variety of festivals and special events. A calendar of monthly events is available. Gainesville, the County seat, was established in 1854 on land that was part of a grant that the King of Spain gave to Don Fernando Arredondo in 1817. Micanopy, the second oldest town in Florida, was an Indian settlement when DeSoto passed through the County in 1539.