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* Amelia Island is 13.5 miles in length and 1/2 to 2 miles wide in width for a total of
approximately 18.2 square miles
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▪ Amelia Island has the lowest average daytime temperature in Florida during the summer.
▪ According to the National Hurricane Center, you are 25% more likely to experience a hurricane on Manhattan and Long Island than on Amelia Island.
▪ In the last 155 years, just three storms of hurricane strength have
come ashore in the vicinity of Amelia Island. In fact, the last time
Amelia Island experienced hurricane conditions was when Dora
came ashore about 50 miles to the south in 1964.
▪ Not only is Amelia Island Plantation a wonderful place to vacation,
but we also have been out of harms way from major hurricanes.
To better show this point, click here to view hurricane strikes from
1950 to 2005.
* Amelia Island is the furthest northeast point in Florida.
* Amelia Island is located due south of Cleveland, Ohio.
* Amelia Island is the furthest west point on the entire
Atlantic Coast.
* Among Amelia Island Plantation's environmentally friendly actions, it maintains certification as an Audubon International Sanctuary, practices property-wide recycling and adheres to Project Planet guidelines.
* Amelia Island Plantation includes and protects one of the last
uncut maritime forests on the east coast.
* Amelia Island was chosen as the mystical land for the film "Pippi
Longstocking". The red-haired Pippi's home, Villa Villekulla, is
now a pink bed and breakfast inn- Posada San Carlos.