RV Parks Near By Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville

Posted by jeremygilliam75 @jeremygilliam75, 6 days ago

Greetings,

My wife and I will be at the Mayo Clinic Jacksonville December 30th for our health checks. What RV Parks are Near by to stay at and is Uber available to transport us back and forth?

We would love something near the beach if possible.

Thank you so much!

Jeremy Gilliam

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davem | @davem | 6 days ago

Hi Jeremy, the Mayo Jacksonville brochure (link is below) might be helpful. It references RV parking on page 37. Regards, Dave
https://mcforms.mayo.edu/mc8900-mc8999/mc8925.pdf

ZeeGee | @fourof5zs | 5 days ago

@jeremygilliam75

As far as I know there are no RV parks extremely close to Mayo Jacksonville. My husband is retired military and we mostly stay at the rv/campgrounds on Mayport Naval Station. Sometimes they are totally booked and we stay at Hanna Park. It abuts the Naval Station.

You can only camp/park at the Naval Station if you or spouse is active or retired military.

The Naval Station has two rv parks. One used to be a trailer park .. no pull thrus and some are difficult to back into. It has two handicap shower rooms which are nice .. especially if one needs help from partner in showering. There are three (I may be wrong on count) cabins there. We lived at this campground for two months in our trailer when I had one of my surgeries. The other one has a dozen or so pull thrus. It is at the entrance of the St John's river and ships .. military and cargo ships enter there. You can watch them go in and out. People fish on the jetty. You have to have a fishing license to do so. Access to beach is a short drive ,.. long walk for me .. away. There is also other lodging on base.

Hanna Park is large. They have pull thrus and back ins. They have plenty of walking trails. It has beach access you can walk or drive to. Sometimes they fill up too.

Book as far in advance as you can for either. Look up on Google Earth these campground/rv parks and you can get an idea of what they look like.

I have no idea about uber. My husband drives. Sometimes the drive takes 20 minutes and sometimes an hour. Depends on traffic and road construction and finding a parking spot. They do have a garage … we have a big pickup to pull our trailer. It can't just park anywhere.

If you arrive at Mayo Jax early .. there are many places to wait. They have remodeled the buildings over the last few years.

Take a look at the Mayo Jacksonville web site. It has information on lodgings .. hotels, rental sites, campgrounds, transportation and places to eat. There is a map on the site and you should study it and be familiar with layout. There are some maps on walls in the buildings to help too. If you need help finding where you need to go just ask anyone of Mayo's kind workers. Take your cell phone with you and sound on. Ever once in awhile they add an appointment or change an appointment time while there. I have only had an appointment change once since 2013..

There may be other campgrounds and we just don't know about them yet. I haven't looked in a long while. Things change.

ZeeGee

Laurie, Volunteer Mentor | @roch | 5 days ago

@jeremygilliam75

Welcome to Mayo Connect, some other Connect members have provided some good suggestions.

You can also contact Mayo's complimentary Concierge services for additional information: Monday-Friday: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central time
- By phone 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central time, Monday-Friday: 507-538-8438
- Email: concierge@mayo.edu
- Online: Request Concierge Services at
https://www.mayoclinic.org/patient-visitor-guide/minnesota/concierge-services
Is this first visit to Mayo?