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A Hampton Inn at 5242 George Hodges Road in Macclenny, at the Interstate 10 exit, with a hot breakfast, wireless internet and parking included, an outdoor pool and a fitness room. Dogs up to seventy-five pounds are taken for a fee. It is a straightforward stop for anyone breaking a drive on Interstate 10.
A recreational vehicle park at 9664 Nursery Road in Glen St. Mary, west of Jacksonville, with full hookup sites and cabins to rent by the day, week or month. It has a swimming lake with a dock for fishing, a pool, pickleball and basketball courts, mini golf, a bar and an events pavilion.
A campground at 1909 Steel Bridge Road, in the woods of Baker County outside Macclenny, with a beach and a floating dock for fishing and swimming. There are open sites for a weekend and more settled sites for a longer stay. Sites are first come, first served, and the business takes cash only.
An 85-room Holiday Inn Express on four floors at 220 Woodlawn Road in Macclenny, by the Interstate 10 exit. Breakfast, wireless internet and parking are included. There is an outdoor pool, a fitness room, a business center open all hours and a guest laundry. Two cats or dogs up to forty pounds are taken.
A plain, inexpensive motel at 151 Woodlawn Road in Macclenny, off Interstate 10 west of Jacksonville. Wireless internet, parking, coffee and a continental breakfast are included, and rooms have a microwave and a small refrigerator. One well-behaved cat or dog stays free. Ed Fraser Memorial Hospital is two miles away and Olustee Battlefield about nine.
A motel at 1499 South 6th Street in Macclenny, off Interstate 10 on the road into town, with wireless internet, free local calls and accessible rooms. Pets are welcome and children stay free. It is a place to sleep on the way through rather than a place to spend a day.
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