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Hotel in Gainesville, FL near University of Florida

Conveniently located in the heart of the city, the Country Inn & Suites hotel in Gainesville, FL is an ideal option for business travelers, prospective students visiting UF, and families on vacation in the Alachua area. This hotel is near the University of Florida and is also close to the Oaks Mall, Shands Hospital, VA Hospital, North Florida Regional Hospital, Santa Fe Community College and the Florida Museum of Natural History. No matter your reason for visiting, you'll appreciate our Gainesville, FL hotel's convenient location.

Our hotel in Gainesville, FL is just minutes from the following local attractions:

  • Devil's Millhopper Geological State Park
    This natural attraction is beautiful! Come see the rainforest microcosm that showcases the lush vegetation that took root in a 120-foot-deep limestone sinkhole.
    Address: 4732 Millhopper Rd
    Gainesville, FL 32653
    Phone: (352) 955-2008
    Distance: 11.3 mi.
  • Florida Museum of Natural History
    One of the region's most prominent facilities, this Florida museum documents the flora, fauna and terrain of the area.
    Address: University of Florida Cultural Plaza, SW 34th St and Hull Rd
    Gainesville, FL 32611
    Phone: (352) 846-2000
    Distance: 2.5 mi.
  • Gainesville-Hawthorne State Trail
    Hike, cycle or ride a horse through this 16-mile long greenway that stretches from the City of Gainesville's Boulware Springs Park.
    Address: 3400 SE 15th St
    Gainesville, FL 32641
    Phone: (352) 466-3397
    Distance: 7.8 mi.
  • Hippodrome State Theatre
    One of Florida's most respected theaters, the Hippodrome is known for staging and developing American and Southern works.
    Address: 25 SE 2nd Place
    Gainesville, FL 32601
    Phone: (352) 375-4477
    Distance: 5.6 mi.
  • Historic Haile Homestead at Kanapaha Plantation
    Tour the home and grounds of one of Florida's last remaining antebellum homes. The plantation still echoes the joys and sorrows of an age long gone.
    Address: 8500 Archer Rd
    Gainesville, FL
    Phone: (352) 336-9096
    Distance: 3.0 mi.
  • Kanapaha Botanical Gardens
    Stroll along the weaving pathway full of roses, ferns, water plants, cycads, herbs, azaleas and camellias.
    Address: 4700 SW 58th Dr
    Gainesville, FL 32608
    Phone: (352) 372-4981
    Distance: 1.1 mi.
  • Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings State Historic Site
    Home of the author of The Yearling, this site documents farm life during the 1930s and includes the homestead, the grounds and nature trails.
    Address: 18700 South CR 325
    Hawthorne, FL 32640
    Phone: (352) 466-3672
    Distance: 27.8 mi.
  • Paynes Prairie State Reserve
    This 21,000-acre reserve is home to a myriad of plant and animal life. Visitors here can expect to encounter wild horses, alligators and bison.
    Address: 100 Savannah Blvd
    Micanopy, FL 32667
    Phone: (352) 466-3397
    Distance: 12.6 mi.
  • Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art
    The Harn Museum of Art features world-renowned collections of African and Asian art, contemporary and modern pieces and photography.
    Address: SW 34th Street and Hull Road
    Gainesville, Florida 32611
    Phone: (352) 392-9826
    Distance: 2.5 mi.
  • San Felasco Hammock Preserve State Park
    This 6,000-acre state park is known for its established hardwood setting, which provides an ideal habitat for local wildlife, including deer, boar, bobcats and foxes.
    Address: 12720 NW 109 Lane
    Alachua, Florida 32615
    Phone: (386) 462-7905
    Distance: 21.9 mi.
  • Santa Fe Community College
    Many students choose to get an AA degree at this excellent institution before going to a large Florida university.
    Address: 3000 NW 83rd St
    Gainesville, FL 32606
    Phone: (352) 395-5000
    Distance: 8.3 mi.
  • University of Florida at Gainesville
    One of the nation's largest universities, UF at Gainesville is a public, land-grant, research institution.
    Phone: (352) 392-1365
    Distance: 2.0

Source: Trip Advisor - Guest Comment:
"We stayed here one night on our way to Orlando. Very easy to get to and lovely furnishings. The beds were comfortable and the refrigerator came in handy. I would stay at this location again. Nice to have the gas station right next to the parking area and we bought gas before heading down the highway."

About Gainesville

Seat of north central Florida's Alachua County, Gainesville is best known as home of the University of Florida. This well-regarded public school, lair of the Fighting Gators, not only imparts a youthful vigor to the city of approximately 115,000 but is also the county's largest employer. The town itself sits amid pine forests, wetlands and farms, all of which once fueled its main industries of agriculture and lumber. Although these still remain strong, Gainesville, in recent years, has added health care and high-tech research to the mix. Considered the commercial and cultural center of the region, the town boasts prestigious institutions like the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, the Florida Museum of Natural History and the Hippodrome State Theatre. They provide an intriguing counterpoint to beautiful natural locales like Devil's Millhopper State Geological Site, Kanapaha Botanical Gardens and Paynes Prairie State Preserve. If shopping's on the agenda, expansive Butler Plaza promises practically anything you could need, and downtown Gainesville is rife with animated college bars and terrific restaurants to fit any budget. Should all of these provoke a craving for a Florida from past days, drive out to Cross Creek and visit Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings State Historic Site or dine on authentic Cracker fare at The Yearling Restaurant, which remembers and pays tribute to her moving, elegiac novel.

Did you know?

Into the category of cities left with better names than they were originally titled, include Gainesville. Ultimately named for Gen. Edmund Pendleton Gaines, an Army commander during the Second Seminole War and the captor of Aaron Burr, the city was at one time known as "Hogtown" for the creek that ran through the town.

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