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Sierra Club Northeast Florida Group

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Jacksonville, FL, US

6,954 members · Public group

Organized by Bill Armstrong and 20 others

What we’re about

The Sierra Club is a national organization dedicated to Explore, Enjoy, and Protect the planet. Locally, our NE Group participates in outdoor adventures and environmental education, and we lobby our local and state government for pro-environmental legislation.
We invite you to Join the Sierra Club and help us Save the Planet!
You can join for as little as $15 a year!
As a special thank you, we'll send you a free gift as well as these exciting Members-only benefits:
- One-year subscription to Sierra magazine
- Worldwide Members-only outdoor trips
- Automatic membership in your local Chapter
- Discounts on Sierra Club calendars, books, and other merchandise
We will begin conducting outings again after July 4, 2021.

For much more info about us, see:
https://www.sierraclub.org/florida/northeast-florida

Upcoming events (4+)

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Sat, 26 July 2025, 9:00 am EDTBike the Jacksonville-Baldwin Trail
Brandy Branch Road Trailhead, Jacksonville, FL
PLEASE sign the waiver after clicking to attend. This is a separate action. CLICK HERE!!!!!
https://act.sierraclub.org/events/details?formcampaignid=701Po00000xbbzbIAA

Join me for a nice, easy bike ride on the Jacksonville-Baldwin Rail Trail. We will be starting at 9:00 at the Brandy Branch Road Trail head located at 89 Brandy Branch Road. Be there early as we are leaving promptly at 9:00.

We will be "leisurely" biking 10 miles, going past Camp Milton Historical Preserve, and turning around to complete a total of 20 miles.

At 2.1 miles of our journey, there is a bathroom at the Baldwin Visitor Center and a bathroom at 6.7 miles at the Camp Milton Historical Preserve.

Bring sunscreen, a hat, and water.

Cancellation Policy: Event will be held rain or shine but may be cancelled if weather threatens safety such as in the case of lightning or high winds in the forecast. Also, if the heat index is forecast to be over 103, then the outing will be cancelled. Participants are advised to check Meetup for current status before traveling to the event. Events may need to be cancelled at short notice.

Help the environment by following these tips: Bring your water in a reusable container instead of a single-use plastic bottle. Use sunscreen free oxybenzone and oxtinoxate. These chemicals are extremely harmful to coral reefs, as well as being hormone disruptors in humans.

Sierra Club maintains a safe space agreement between participants, leaders, volunteers, and staff. They want to support everyone and exploring, enjoying, and protecting our natural environment, and hateful and dangerous behavior will not be tolerated. We don't want to deny participation in these outdoor programs, and we will always say no to racism, sexism, ageism, homophobia, impairment, and disruption. We request that all participants cooperate with the outings leaders direction to ensure a safe and enjoyable outing for everyone.
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Tue, 29 July 2025, 11:00 pm UTCNew Member Information Meeting - July 2025
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Join the Sierra Club of Northeast Florida (SCNEF) in a virtual gathering to welcome New Members! Experienced SCNEF members will present and discuss information about our local Group, to inform new members about opportunities for participating in our activities.

Click to register: https://act.sierraclub.org/events/details?formcampaignid=701Po00000s3pmxIAA
9 attendees+4
Sat, 2 Aug 2025, 9:00 am EDTEmerald Trail Cleanup - Norwood Section
5625 Norwood Ave, Jacksonville, FL
Not a Sierra Club event, but we're teaming with Groundwork Jacksonville for cleanup along the Emerald Trail.

Please help do a trash cleanup along the beautiful Emerald Trail in downtown Jacksonville. We will clean the one-mile section from the Norwood Shopping Center down to the Evergreen Cemetery.

We'll start from behind the Jville Crab Shack #1 in the Norwood Shopping Center (5625 Norwood Ave) and clean down to the Evergreen Cemetery.

I will provide trash grabbers and bags. Please bring water and gloves.

You will be required to sign a City of Jacksonville liability waiver.

Here's a great overview of our S-Line:
https://jaxtoday.org/2025/04/08/the-jaxson-before-and-after-the-s-line-urban-greenway/

Groundwork Jacksonville is the city’s primary nonprofit organization specifically created to clean and redevelop Jacksonville's Emerald Trail and convert contaminated land into parks, playgrounds, trails, and other public green space.

DIRECTIONS:

Take I-95 north through Jacksonville. Take Exit 355, FL-122 East Golfair Blvd. Turn right onto Golfair Blvd. Continue straight onto Brentwood Ave which turns into Norwood Ave (Fl 117). Go for about 3/4 mile. The Norwood Shopping Center is on the right. The Jville Crab Shack #1 is at the far northern part of the shopping center.

See map in Photos Section.
4 attendees
Wed, 6 Aug 2025, 10:30 am EDTKayak Simpson Creek to Nassau Sound and Boneyard Beach
PADL - Amelia & Talbot Island, Jacksonville, FL
We will paddle on Simpson Creek to the white sand beaches on Nassau Sound.

We will launch about 10:30 am from PADL Ameila, paddle north on Simpson Creek with the lowering tide, get out of our kayaks to take a break and an optional swim when we arrive at a sand bar on Nassau Sound after paddling over an hour and then paddle north towards Boneyard Beach about an hour where we will get out of our kayaks for lunch, an optional swim and an optional walk at Drftwood Beach. We will then paddle back to PADL Amelia for over an hour with the rising tide.

When you sign up for this event, please sign the Sierra Club Release at:
https://act.sierraclub.org/events/details?formcampaignid=701Po00000whTwrIAE

It is easier to paddle in Nassau Sound than the Atlantic Ocean because barrier islands make the swells smaller. We will paddle in 1 - 3 foot swells in Nassau Sound. We will land and launch in waves of less than 1 foot.

We will see jumping fish and a variety of birds. We may see dolphins.

To get to PADL Amelia from I-295, take Exit 41 Heckscher Drive, and drive east about 14 miles to PADL Amelia.

Please arrive about 10:00 am so we can launch about 10:30 am. The launch time is important because we must launch about 10:30 am to be able to use the regular boat ramp. We must return no earlier than about 3:30 pm to be able to use the regular boat ramp.

It will be more fun and safer if we paddle as a group. Please paddle within about 10 boat lenghts of the other kayakers.

PADL Amelia charges $5 plus sales tax to launch your kayak. The fee is waived if you show PADL Amelia your annual Florida State Park Pass.

There is a restroom in the PADL Amelia Island office.

Please bring a kayak, PFD, whistle, water, sunscreen and lunch or snack.

PADL Amelia (786-749-6730) rents kayaks at PADL Amelia for $25 per hour.

Please do not sign up for this paddle if you are a beginning kayaker, you are not comfortable paddling in 1 - 3 foot swells, or if you have an inflatable kayak, a folding kayak or a recreational kayak that does not have water tight, sealed compartments, because these kayaks can sink.

The Sierra Club wants you to be safe when paddling and requires that you wear a Type 3 or a Type 5 PFD which goes all the way around your chest at all times while you are paddling during a Sierra Club Meetup event. A PFD that is only a belt or a vest is not a Type 3 or a Type 5 PFD.

Total time on water and land: 4.5 - 5 hours
Total distance: 9 - 10 miles (with the current)
Kayaking level: experienced intermediate
Low tide: 1:10 pm

If your plans change and you will not be going, please change your status from "going" to "not going" on the Meetup page for this event so we have correct information regarding who will be going to this event.

Please check this website in the afternoon or the evening the day before the paddle to see if there is a postponement due to a bad weather forecast. If a postponement is not posted by noon the day before the paddle, we will paddle the next day at the scheduled time for the paddle.

Sierra Club maintains a safe space agreement among participants, leaders, volunteers and staff. We want to support everyone in exploring, enjoying, and protecting our natural environment. Dangerous or hateful behavior will not be tolerated. We will always say no to racism, sexism, ageism, homophobia, impairment, and disruption. We request that all participants cooperate with the outing leader's direction to ensure a safe and enjoyable outing for everyone.
12 attendees+7