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Day Trips
University of Florida Sports - The Gators
Gainesville, FL 32604
800-344-2867
The University offers a host of spectator sports throughout the year, including:
Baseball, Basketball (men and women), Cross Country, Football, Golf, Gymnastics,
Soccer, Softball, Swimming and Diving (men and women), Tennis (men and women),
Track, and Volleyball.
Florida Museum of History
S.W. 34th St. and Hull Rd
Gainesville, FL 32611
352-846-2000
In the Hall of Florida Fossils: Evolution of Life and Land, guests learn about
Florida's fossils and geologic and environmental changes over 65 million years.
South Florida People & Environments explain the story of native people in South
Florida and their environments. Northwest Florida: Waterways and Wildlife displays a
full-sized replica of a North Florida limestone cave. The Butterfly Rainforest
houses hundreds of living butterflies, waterfalls and tropical plants.
NHRA/Gainesville Raceway
11211 N. C.R. 225
Gainesville, FL 32609
352-377-0046
Gainesville Raceway home of the Mac Tools NHRA Gatornationals. The quarter-mile drag
strip is 167 feet above sea level, runs west to east, VIP tower suites for catered
meals, press briefings, or classroom instruction, numerous well-maintained permanent
restroom facilities, significant lighted areas, outdoor seating for 32,000, complete
perimeter security fencing, corporate hospitality village. In addition to the drag
strip a road course/test track and off-road course are available for rental.
Old Florida Heritage Highway
Along U.S. 441 from Williston Rd. to the Marion County Line
Gainesville, FL 32667
850-410-5894
48 miles of U.S.441 just south of Gainesville provide a vista of rural landscape,
cattle, state parks and historic towns.
Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art
S.W. 34th St. and Hull Rd
Gainesville, FL 32611
352-392-9826
Located on the University of Florida campus in Gainesville, the Harn Museum of Art
is one of the largest university art museums in the southeastern United States.
Along with important loans from other sources, the museum's permanent collections
feature American, African, pre-Columbian, Asian, and contemporary works of art. The
museum offers a broad range of programs from film and lecture series to workshops
and performances.
Matheson Museum
513 E. University Avenue
Gainesville, FL 32601
352-378-2280
The Alachua County Historic Trust: Matheson Museum, Inc. is dedicated to preserving
and interpreting the history of Alachua County, Florida. The Museum complex includes
4 sites: the Matheson Museum, housing the exhibit hall and research library, the
Matheson House, the Tison Tool Museum, and Sweetwater Park.
The Matheson House
513 E. University Avenue
Gainesville, FL 32601
352-378-2280
The house belonged to Douglas Matheson, an emigrant from South Carolina and a
prominent merchant, who bequeathed it to his son Chris, the city's mayor from 1910
to 1917, a state legislator, and later, a minister. Chris' wife Sarah deeded the
house to the Trust upon her death in 1996. A blend of South Carolina plantation and
Classic Revival raised cottage architecture, the Matheson House incorporates Gothic
decorative elements in roof finials and an interior stairway. The gambrel roof and
ceiling to ground porch columns are uncommon in Florida. Inside, period furniture
and personal possessions are a testament to a family's history, and that of
Gainesville itself.
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513 E. University Avenue
Gainesville, FL 32601
352-378-2280
The Tison Tool Museum houses the unique tool collection of Gainesville native John
Mason Tison, Jr. Built by Tison in 1993 and reconstructed on the Matheson site in
1998, the structure-and the tools it preserves-honor the skill and artistry that
created Alachua County's built environment.
Sweetwater Park
513 E. University Avenue
Gainesville, FL 32601
352-378-2280
Located directly behind the Museum, the park is a joint effort of the Matheson
Museum and the City of Gainesville. The Park is an outdoor museum in the heart of
the city. A Walk Through History, a 12-panel local history exhibition, lines the
walkways that meander through the park; the area's natural history is interpreted in
native plant clusters and a formal Southern garden. As a neighborhood and community
space, the park offers quiet benches along Sweetwater Branch Creek, the city's
original eastern boundary, and a children's playground.
Nearby:
European Rally & Performance Driving School
7266 Airport Rd
Starke, FL 32091
352-473-2999
The ultimate motor sport experience. Drive real rally cars, on real roads, real
fast, just like the professionals. Slide and drift, take jumps, use the E brake for
hairpin turns, left foot brake and more. Use our two-wheel drive or powerful all
wheel drive cars. One to five day courses available. One and two day Karting
courses, also one and three day ATV courses.
Day Trips:
Canoe down the Santa Fe or Ichetucknee Rivers near High Springs.
386-454-2050
Hike the trails at O'Leno State Park in High Springs.
386-454-1857
Explore the sink holes at Peacock Springs near Branford.
386 776-2194
Just two hours south of Gainesville, the Walt Disney World Resort is the most
popular vacation destination in the world.
407-WDisney
Visit the Olustee Battlefield State Historic Site near Lake City in the town of
Olustee.
386-752-3866
Visit the Florida Sports Hall of Fame in Lake City which showcases world-class
sports celebrities whose roots are in Florida.
386-758-1310
Visit the Columbia County Historical Museum in Lake City, located in a historical
home styled in the unique Southern Rural Italianate architecture.
386-755-1517
Visit the Stephen Foster State Folk Culture Center in White Springs located on the
banks of the Suwannee River. The center features a crafters' center, the Stephen
Foster Museum, a gift shop, and the remains of a sulfur spring house.
904-397-2733
Canoe down the Suwannee River made famous by composer Stephen Foster.
904-428-4171
Take a houseboat cruise along the Suwannee River near the west coast of Florida.
800-458-BOAT
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