Near Ponte Vedra Boulevard (State Road A1A) 3.3 miles south of Mickler Road.
This site is believed by some historians to correspond with the offshore location where Juan Ponce de Leon calculated his fleet's position when he first sighted Florida. Ponce's fleet of three vessels set sail from Puerto Rico in early March 1513. . . . — — Map (db m93364) HM
On Landrum Lane, 0.3 miles west of Palm Valley Road, on the right when traveling west.
In 1736 Diego de Espinosa owned a cattle ranch on Diego Plains, a flat, open area east of here.
For protection against Indians, his house was surrounded by a 15-foot high palisade with two bastions at opposite corners.
Manned later by Spanish . . . — — Map (db m100628) HM
Near Guana River Road, 0.2 miles west of South Ponte Vedra Boulevard (State Road A1A), on the right when traveling west.
In 1768, James Grant (1720-1806), Governor of British East Florida from 1763 to 1773, established Grant's Villa Plantation at the juncture of the Guana and North Rivers. Enslaved Africans cleared the 1,450-acre tract of land, planted indigo seeds, . . . — — Map (db m80967) HM
On Canal Boulevard, 0.1 miles east of Roscoe Boulevard South, on the left when traveling east.
This rich hammock once covered with oaks, magnolias and especially palms was originally known as the Plains of Diego, after Don Diego de Espinosa, who built a small fort nearby in the 1730's. Around 1900, the community of Diego was renamed Palm . . . — — Map (db m157509) HM
On Ponte Vedra Blvd. (State Road 203), on the right when traveling north.
World War II Operation Pastorius Nazi Saboteurs Landed Here
On the night of June 16, 1942, German U-boat U-584 landed four trained Nazi agents here dressed as American civilians. After burying four boxes containing explosives . . . — — Map (db m57383) HM