28 ROAD TRIP WONDERS Your Guide to the Best Local, Off-Beat, and Culturally Inspiring Places Gainesville Has to Offer
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Welcome to Gainesville! 28 ROAD TRIP WONDERS Your guide to the best local, off-beat, and culturally inspiring places Gainesville has to offer. Attractions Entertainment & Nightlife Food & Drink Outdoors & Recreation Points of Interest Ben Hill Griffin Stadium / 3.50 miles Tall Paul’s Brew House / 3.10 miles Gainesville House of Beer / 3.30 miles H. Spurgeon Cherry “Westside” Pool / Solar Walk / 9.10 miles 157 Gale Lemerand Dr, Gainesville, FL 10 SE 2nd Ave, Gainesville, FL 19 W University Ave, Gainesville, FL 5.20 miles NW 8th Ave., Gainesville, FL (352) 375-4683 (352) 505-0990 (352) 376-1100 1001 NW 31st Dr, Gainesville, FL A 4-billion-to-1 scale model of the solar “The Swamp” is home field for the Brewpub with a great vibe and A craft beer bar proudly pouring (352) 334-2187 system along a one-mile sidewalk. One University of Florida football team. occasional live music. 40 taps of delicious microbrews and An Olympic-size pool with a dive of the most out-of-this-world jogs you’ll www.floridagators.com/ www.alligatorbrewing.com/ select imports. tower, springboards, slide, splashpad, ever take. www.gainesvillehob.com/ 50-meter lanes, 25-yard lanes and www.visitgainesville.com/attractions/ Florida Wildlife Care / 3.60 miles Anime Art Museum / 3.20 miles a pavilion. solar-walk/ 3400 SE 15 St, Gainesville, FL 1145 NW 13th St, Gainesville, FL The Top / 3.30 miles www.cityofgainesville.org/Parks (352) 371-4400 (352) 870-3488 30 N Main St, Gainesville, FL Recreation CulturalAffairs/Sports, Micanopy Historic Cemetery / North Florida’s fastest growing First to celebrate Japanese anime for its (352) 337-1188 AquaticsFitness/Aquatics/Pools.aspx 9.20 miles Wildlife Center! contribution to the art world and as a Hip, casual burgers and vegan options. 302 W Smith Ave, Micanopy, FL www.floridawildlifecare.org tool for intercultural understanding www.chompmenus.com/the-top- MLK Skatepark / 5.20 miles Established in 1826, a beautiful and and awareness. gainesville 1028 Northeast 14th St, Gainesville, FL historic southern cemetery shaded by Florida Museum of Natural History / www.animeartmuseum.org (352) 334-5053 oaks draped in Spanish moss. 3.80 miles Mildred’s Big City Food / 4.50 miles Skate park and traditional outdoor www.gainesville.com/article/20140101/ 3215 Hull Rd, Gainesville, FL Hippodrome State Theatre / 3.30 miles 3445 W University Ave, Gainesville, FL recreational green space. ARTICLES/140109979 (352) 846-2000 25 SE 2nd Pl, Gainesville, FL (352) 371-1711 Inspires engagement with the biological (352) 375-4477 Non-traditional locavore food for the Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park / Misty Morning Hounds At The Perry richness and cultural heritage of our Regional professional theatre. imaginative eater. 7.90 miles Plantation / 10.80 miles diverse world. www.thehipp.org/ www.mildredsbigcityfood.com 100 Savannah Blvd, Micanopy, FL 9243 SE Cr 2082, Gainesville, FL www.flmnh.ufl.edu/ (352) 466-3397 (352) 375-0800 Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art / Mi Apá Latin Café / 5.10 miles Full trails for horesback riding and More than 500 lush acres and an Old Kanapaha Botanical Gardens / 3.50 miles 114 SW 34th St, Gainesville, FL general recreation. English Manor. 6.30 miles 3259 Hull Rd, Gainesville, FL (352) 376-7020 www.floridastateparks.org/park/ www.mistymorninghounds.com 4700 SW 58th Dr, Gainesville, FL (352) 392-9826 Serving authentic, affordable Cuban Paynes-Prairie (352) 372-4981 The Harn Museum of Art is one of food using nothing but the freshest, Dudley Farm Historic State Park / Magnificent natural landscape with rare the top 10 university art museums in tastiest ingredients. Possum Creek Park / 8.50 miles 15.10 miles and unusual plants. the nation. www.miapalatincafe.com/ 4009 NW 53rd Ave, Gainesville, FL 18730 W Newberry Rd, www.kanapaha.org/ www.harn.ufl.edu/ (352) 334-5000 Gainesville, FL Satchel’s Pizza / 6.50 miles A beautiful city park, complete with a (352) 472-1142 Historic Haile Homestead / 8.90 miles Dance Alive National Ballet / 4.20 miles 1800 NE 23rd Ave, Gainesville, FL skatepark, picnic areas and dog park. Step back in time as you experience an 8500 SW Archer Rd., Gainesville, FL 1325 NW 2nd St, Gainesville, FL (352) 335-7272 www.cityofgainesville.org/Parks original Florida pioneer living history (352) 336-9096 (352) 371-2986 Pizza and Americanized Italian food RecreationCulturalAffairs/ farm established in the 1890s. One of the few remaining antebellum Strives for excellence in the fields of with an offbeat and authentic vibe. Sports,AquaticsFitness/SkateParks. www.floridastateparks.org/park/ homes in north central Florida. artistic creativity and performance. www.satchelspizza.com/ aspx Dudley-Farm www.hailehomestead.org/ www.dancealive.org/ Bronson Speedway / 20.20 miles Outdoors & Recreation Points of Interest 9950 FL 24, Archer, FL Entertainment & Nightlife Food & Drink Bivens Arm Nature Park / 1.80 miles The Thomas Center Galleries / (352) 486-4998 First Magnitude Brewing Company / The Swamp Restaurant / 3.10 miles 3650 S Main St, Gainesville, FL 3.70 miles Florida’s premier high-banked short 2.40 miles 1642 W University Ave, Gainesville, FL (352) 334-5067 302 NE 6 Ave, Gainesville, FL track. If you love motorsports, this is a 1220 SE Vietch St, Gainesville, FL (352) 377-9267 Enjoy a full afternoon in this gateway to (352) 303-8532 great place to go. (352) 727-4677 Patio with full bar and casual food. Gainesville’s parks. Work by local, regional and emerging www.bronsonspeedway.net/ We are about great beer, an excellent www.swamprestaurant.com/ www.cityofgainesville.org/RESIDENT/ artists and collectors. space for enjoying it, and being an ParksRecreationCulturalAffairs/tabid/ www.gvlculturalaffairs.org/website/ active part of our community. 415/Default.aspx programs _events/galleries/galleries. www.fmbrewing.com/ html Brought to you by HOJO, your road trip sidekick! Howard Johnson Express Inn Gainesville, 3820 Southwest 13th Street, Gainesville, FL 32608 ID.