Green Cove Springs City Dock (St. Johns River)

/08, as part of a "St. Johns River Wish List," I posed the following question:

14. I've heard that the town of Green Cove Springs offers a city dock, but I have never personally found this facility. Can anyone shed some light on this, and, if so, please give specific navigational directions to cruise from the river to this dock.

Responses follow:

Green Cove Springs.  The City Dock is way in to shore W. from the channel and is basically for small boats.  Just a bit up river you can find Reynolds Park Marina as well as Holland Marine Boat Yard.  This Marina is fine for an over night or longer but you can't get to town unless you call a cab or someone offers you a ride.  Holland marine is an excellent service facility with very reasonable prices.  I have used them for the past ten years in two different locations and have never been disappointed.  Both are reached by cell phone.  They don't monitor VHF.
Les Rothman

Green Cove Springs city docks….very very shallow. Too shallow for us to even attempt to tie up. We went a bit further up and anchored in a small cove right next to a public boat landing and across from a nice little shopping center with a grocery store, drug store and little bar and grill.  Took a dink ride around and got close enough to see that the docks were in disrepair. From what we saw we wouldn't have felt comfortable tieing up even if we could of gotten in.  Of course, that was several months ago so hopefully things have changed.
Lee Ann Carter
"Oh dolce far niente!"

Subject: Green Cove Springs
Cruising News: St John's River….Green Cove Springs City Docks.  I beg to disagree with the postings about this facility having used it twice in the past 3 years, most recently in April of 2008.  There is plenty of water (6-7 ft) at the dock and all the way in to it.  We have a 40 ft trawler, draw 4 ft and have never touched bottom.  The first time in we took our time, read the chart carefully and felt our way in.  There IS a large spot of shallows but with careful navigation it is easily avoided. (Hint: Stay closer to the long docks of Green Cove Springs Marina and do not try to drive in at a ninety degree angle to the town docks.  If one has a chart plotter (as we did this Spring), it is even easier to get there.  The docks have room for a least 3 trawler size boats.  When we were there this year a 50 footer was on the t-head.  These docks are actually more user friendly than those in Elizabeth City, NC!!!!  They still have water, but have not repaired the electric even though the posts are there.  Maybe by this writing they have been fixed.
Bobbie Blowers