Family Life in Jacksonville: Youth Sports, Scouts, and Community

The council serving 13,000+ Scouts across 17 Northeast Florida counties, headquartered in Jacksonville with camps at Doctors Lake in Orange Park and near Hawthorne. The front door to Scouting anywhere on the First Coast.

Everything a Jacksonville-area family needs to get a K-5 kid started in Cub Scouts: how packs and dens work, what it costs, and where the Jacksonville Scout Shop is. Chris led a pack himself, so ask him about it.

The Beaches' home for Cal Ripken and Babe Ruth youth baseball at Wingate Park, with lighted fields, spring and fall seasons, and summer All-Stars. One of the premier youth leagues in Northeast Florida.

A longtime City of Jacksonville youth sports association playing at Ed Austin Regional Park in East Arlington, with baseball fields getting million-dollar upgrades. Classic community ball, the kind Chris coached.

The Little League serving the Ortega, Lakeshore, and NAS Jacksonville neighborhoods on the Westside, the natural league for base families. The "Navy" in the name isn't decoration; this is sailor-kid baseball country.

One of Northeast Florida's premier youth sports associations, offering football, cheer, baseball, and softball on Fleming Island, one of the four communities Chris has called home.

The county's directory of sports facilities and youth leagues across Clay County, from the Police Athletic League to travel ball. The practical starting point for Fleming Island and Orange Park families picking a league.

The City of Jacksonville Beach's official youth sports page, connecting Beaches families to baseball and other programs. Small-town rec-league feel, ten minutes from Mayport's gate.

A parent-built directory of ballfields, courts, and complexes across greater Jacksonville, from Mandarin to the Beaches. Handy for scouting where your kid's league actually plays before you pick a neighborhood.