CLOSEST
Hotel/Motel to Race Site: Comfort
Inn - Mayport (phone: 800-968-5513) at 2401 Mayport Rd, Atlantic
Beach, FL 32233, offers special discounts to our registered
racers. For the best room rates, let them know that you
are participating in our race. This is also the host hotel
for J2J Ultra and the location of late registration and the Pre-Race
Meeting on the evening before the race.
Also nearby is the Best Western
Mayport Inn (866-355-3116 at 2389 Mayport Rd). Both have good
rates and are in Atlantic Beach, only about a mile from Hanna
Park, making these the closest lodging to the race site.
If you are in the military, you
may also want to contact Naval Station Mayport about lodging.
CAMPING: There is
camping at Hanna Park -- you could not get closer to the race site
than to camp here. Hanna Park has a link from the City of
Jacksonville's web site at www.coj.net/fun/
. The park has a variety of campsites, plus some primitive
cabins that are air conditioned!
Hanna Park is located at 500
Wonderwood Drive, Jacksonville, FL 32233 -- at the intersection
of Mayport Road and Wonderwood Drive. After you have selected
your lodging, try using www.Mapquest.com
to get good directions from your home or hotel. You can get
very specific directions at Mapquest from your home or hotel/motel
to Hanna Park. You will just need to enter your starting
location and your destination (which is Hanna Park). Once in
Hanna Park, follow the instructions or signs to the BEAR race site.
On Race Day, the front gate attendant at Hanna Park should also be
able to give you specific directions from that point.
The Comfort Inn Oceanfront Hotel,
located at 1515 North First Street, Jacksonville Beach, FL
32250. You may make reservations by calling 800/654-8776.
Guests are responsible for their own payment; plan to obtain a
confirmation. This family-oriented hotel is directly on the beach
and has a great pool with waterfall. Plan to stay for a few days, if
possible. You can find more information about the hotel at www.ComfortInnJaxBeach.com
OTHER NEARBY Hotels/Motels: There
are a variety of motels and hotels in the Jacksonville Beach and
Atlantic Beach areas, such as Comfort Inn, Holiday Inn, Day's Inn,
Sea Turtle Inn, and Best Western. We recommend that you contact any
of these chains or individual hotels via their 800 numbers to select
your choice. The Sea Turtle Inn in Atlantic Beach is one of the
closest, but the others in Jacksonville Beach are only a couple
miles farther.
