Official Navy site for Naval Base Kitsap. The Bangor side, home of the Pacific Trident submarine fleet, sits in Silverdale, WA 98315 on Hood Canal.

Your first stop after arriving at NBK-Bangor: Welcome Aboard, check-in, free hospitality kits, relocation help, spouse employment and counseling. 2901 Barbel St, Silverdale, WA 98315.

Official Military OneSource page for the NBK Housing Service Center, which handles base housing assignments and off-base rental help. Bangor Plaza, 2720 Ohio St, Silverdale, WA 98315.

Hunt Military Communities manages NBK family housing, including the Bangor Creek, Bangor Valley and Bangor Valley II neighborhoods. Leasing office: 4168 Greenfish Dr, Silverdale, WA 98315.

Navy Lodge Bangor sits on base in Silverdale, walking distance to the NEX and commissary. PCS families with orders can book up to a year ahead; pets allowed with restrictions.

On-base lodging at NBK-Bangor for service members on orders, with space-available stays for others. Silverdale, WA 98315; book at 1-877-NAVY-BED.

Official NAVSEA site for Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, serving the Navy from Bremerton since 1891. Has a Welcome Aboard section for service members with orders to PSNS & IMF.

Welcome Aboard, relocation help, spouse employment, financial classes and counseling for families arriving at NBK-Bremerton. 120 S Dewey St, Bremerton, WA 98314.

The main Navy medical facility on the Kitsap Peninsula for active duty, retirees and families, with primary care, pharmacy and urgent care. 1 Boone Rd, Bremerton, WA 98312.

Hunt Military Communities runs The Landings, formerly Jackson Park Navy family housing, on Ostrich Bay near Naval Hospital Bremerton. 2785 Cascades Pass Blvd, Bremerton, WA 98312.

Full-service NEX department store on NBK-Bremerton with electronics, home goods, apparel and kids' items. 120 S Dewey St, Bldg 863, Bremerton, WA 98314; 360-627-4843.

Bremerton schools serve more than 1,200 military-connected students and earned Washington's Purple Star Award. Families at The Landings can choose Bremerton or Central Kitsap schools.

Maxville Park is a 288-acre City of Jacksonville park at 18065 Pennsylvania Avenue, off Normandy Boulevard, anchoring Maxville on the rural far-west edge of Duval County. For buyers drawn to this quiet, country-feeling corner, it's the go-to spot for ballfields, picnic shelters, a community center, and playground time.

Clay Hill Elementary is a Pre-K–6 Clay County District School on County Road 218, in the heart of the Clay Hill community in rural northwest Clay County. In a tight-knit country community like this, the neighborhood school is a true anchor for relocating families.

Middleburg High School is the 9–12 public high school on County Road 220 in Middleburg, Clay County — the hometown high of Florida's oldest village and the largest of these west-side communities. A central institution for Middleburg families and a frequent first question from buyers with teens.

Clay County's official government overview, covering services and area information for the county's many small unincorporated communities — including little McLennan, tucked near Middleburg. Since McLennan has no page of its own, this is the authoritative first stop for getting to know the area.

Jennings State Forest protects nearly 24,000 acres around the headwaters of Black Creek in northwest Clay County, just outside Middleburg. With hiking, paddling, horseback trails, and rare steephead ravines, it's the premier nature escape for west-side buyers who want wild land nearby.

Named for the Lynyrd Skynyrd frontman, this full-amenity Clay County park sits on Sandridge Road in Lake Asbury, just east of Middleburg. Ballfields, disc golf, fishing piers, and a playground make it the go-to family recreation hub for the greater Middleburg area.

Kitsap Transit's foot ferry crosses Sinclair Inlet from the Port Orchard dock to Bremerton in about 12 minutes, with weekday sailings from early morning. The easy commute to PSNS and NBK-Bremerton.

Port Orchard's school district, with many students from Navy and shipyard families. A Washington Purple Star district that partners with the NBK School Liaison on moves and deployments.

State veterans home on a bluff above Sinclair Inlet, plus a Veterans Service Center that helps with VA claims and benefits. 1141 Beach Dr E, Port Orchard, WA 98366; 360-895-4700.

Kitsap County's veterans program: the Veterans Assistance Fund for emergency help, the Veterans Advisory Board and local events. Administered from the county campus at 614 Division St, Port Orchard.

The Kitsap County Assessor in Port Orchard runs Washington's income-based property tax exemption, open to veterans with a service-connected disability rating of 80% or higher. Apply by December 31.

State marker at Spring Park summarizing the town's start as White Sulfur Springs, its 1866 renaming, and the 1895 freeze that ended the resort boom.

Downtown park on the St. Johns River, reopened in 2017 after a renovation that rebuilt the spring-fed pool and added a two-story pavilion.

Clay County Archives history of the grand winter hotels around the spring, including Dr. Applegate's Clarendon Hotel, opened in 1872.

Volunteer-run museum in the 1890 Courthouse Annex at 915 Walnut Street, with exhibits by era and a red caboose outside.

The 1894 brick county jail at 21 Gratio Place now houses the county archives, a resource for genealogy and local research, with tours available.

Marker at 1107 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard honoring sculptor Augusta Savage, born in Green Cove Springs in 1892 and a Harlem Renaissance figure.