Orange Park is a suburb of Jacksonville and is located geographically adjacent to the
southern border of the city. The name “Orange Park” is additionally applied to a wider area
of northern Clay County outside the town limits. In the last thirty years, numerous residential
developments have been built.
Orange Park is now Clay County’s largest city, with about 10,000 residents. Orange Park
sits on a high and dry area featuring beautiful oak trees and splendid vistas along the St.
Johns River. Convenient to Interstates 10, 95 and 295, many residents have chosen Orange
Park to live and raise their families but work elsewhere. Wells Road has been dubbed
“Restaurant Row” for all of its dining options. Jacksonville International Airport, downtown
Jacksonville and the Beaches are also all within a 45-minute drive.
Another big draw to Orange Park is Clay County’s top-rated school system. The area also
has many recreational activities. Project Playground, a new park funded by private donations
and built by volunteers, has 15 acres of playing fields and playground equipment for Orange
Park residents. There is also a brand-new skateboard park a half-mile north of Kingsley
Avenue. There are many private and public docks and marinas on the St. Johns River.
Orange Park also boasts a nine-mile jogging and mountain biking trail, which winds parallel
with U.S. Highway 17, and a newly built 1.5- mile concrete river walks along the St. Johns
River.
In the last thirty years, numerous residential developments have been built including, but not
limited to, Eagle Harbor, Loch Rane Estates, Orange Park Golf and Country Club (developed
by Taylor Woodrow communities of the United Kingdom), Eagle Landing Golf and Country
Club, Laurel Grove Plantation, Margaret’s Walk Plantation, Foxridge, Heritage Hills, Grove
Park, Harbor Island, Oakleaf Plantation, Fleming Island Plantation, Stonebridge, Spencer’s
Crossing et al.
The land where Orange Park Golf and Country Club, Eagle Landing Golf and Country Club,
Spencer’s Crossing and other communities in the Argyle area used to be part of the massive
Spencer family real estate holdings, whose first initial foray into residential homesites was
Loch Rane.