RiverTown is a St. Johns County master-planned search for families comparing new construction and amenities.
Master-planned · St. Johns County
The shape of RiverTown on the First Coast.
The Mattamy Homes / DR Horton / Lennar-era master-planned community south of Nocatee along the SR 13 / Russell Sampson Rd corridor — a Six Mile Creek preserve pocket running on St. Johns County schools, on a Riverside-built amenity layer (RiverClub pool, fitness, clubhouse), and on the same Riverwalk trail system that ties Nocatee to its Six Mile Creek reach.
RiverTown is the inland master-planned community that picks up where Nocatee leaves off — south of the Crosswater / Twenty Mile footprint along SR 13 / Russell Sampson Rd, between the older Julington Creek / Fruit Cove reach to the west and the Nocatee central reach to the north, with a Six Mile Creek nature preserve frontage on the southern panhandle. The draw is a master-plan amenity layer (RiverClub resort pool, fitness, clubhouse, tot-lots) layered onto a K-8 / 9-12 school zone (Liberty Pines Academy K-8, Allen D. Nease High 9-12) that overlaps the Nocatee upper-elementary reach. Inventory is Mattamy / DR Horton / Lennar-era with newer 2018-onward builds near the river; the trade-off versus Nocatee is the river-and-ICW commute pattern (longer to the Beaches, longer to the Town Center apparel belt) versus a CDD assessment structure that runs a step below Nocatee on carry-cost.
- Build window
- 2008 — present, with heavy 2016-onward CDD-instrumented growth
- Median list price
- $595,000
- Median HOA
- ~$95 / month (CDD assessment layered on top)
- Elementary / middle
- Liberty Pines Academy (K-8)
- High school
- Allen D. Nease High School (9-12)
- Trail system
- ~5 mi interconnected Riverwalk along Six Mile Creek nature preserve
- Commute trade
- 20–25 min to Nocatee Town Center via SR 13 N · 35–45 min to Beaches via US-1 / A1A · 35 min to Downtown JAX via US-1 / I-95
The school layer buyers actually weigh.
Zones, ratings, and the campuses that move prices in this micro-market.
- MiddleLiberty Pines Academy (K–8)Rating AThe K-8 magnet on the north end of the corridor; the dominant K-8 grade for academically-track RiverTown families and the same campus feeding the northern Nocatee K-8 zone.
- HighAllen D. Nease High SchoolRating AThe 9-12 high school feeding RiverTown addresses and the St. Johns County flagship drawing academic-track families in from across the southern SR 13 corridor.
- ElementaryPVPV / Rawlings ElementaryRating AA working elementary side-grade for RiverTown addresses on the eastern / US-1 corridor; overlaps the Nocatee-side elementary reach on the north side of SR 13.
- ElementaryHickory Creek ElementaryRating AAn alternate elementary zone for the western / Julington Creek reach of RiverTown; carries the same St. Johns County A-tier as the eastern corridor.
The places you actually go in RiverTown.
Grocery, shopping, parks, entertainment, and day-to-day anchors — the local geography a buyer needs the way school zones are needed.
RiverTown's amenity layer is the SR 13 / Russell Sampson Rd corridor combined with the Six Mile Creek nature preserve reach — RiverClub amenity center programming, the new-construction Nocatee-side grocery / service reach (Publix at Nocatee Town Center), and an inland SR 13 day-to-day rhythm that runs west toward Julington Creek and Fruit Cove. The Nocatee Town Center sits a short SR 13 drive north for apparel-grade reach; the Beaches-cluster commute pattern runs southbound via US-1 → A1A.
- Publix at Nocatee Town CenterNocatee Town Center · ~5 mi N via SR 13The SR 13 north drive is the closest full-service grocery for RiverTown addresses; carries the St. Johns Publix deli bench, produce, and the cleaner checkout flow than the older Julington Creek / Fruit Cove locations.
- Publix at Julington Creek (western reach)SR 13 / CR 210 corridor · Fruit Cove area · ~10 mi westThe western / Julington Creek corridor's nearest weekly-shop anchor; the southern SR 13 drive to Fruit Cove makes for the clean RiverTown west-side weekly-shop commute.
What it is like to actually live in RiverTown.
RiverTown runs on the SR 13 / Russell Sampson Rd corridor — the inland St. Johns pocket that picks up where Nocatee leaves off, anchored by the Six Mile Creek nature preserve, the RiverClub amenity center, and a 5-mile interconnected trail grid. The trade-off versus Nocatee is the inland / non-ICW position (longer to the Beaches and Town Center apparel belt) versus a tighter amenity footprint; the upside is lower CDD-carry, a Liberty Pines Academy / Nease High school tier that overlaps Nocatee's, and a Mattamy / DR Horton / Lennar inventory that runs newer-construction at a step below Nocatee's premium. The right fit is a buyer who wants the St. Johns County school tier, the master-plan amenity layer, and the SR 13 / Six Mile Creek preserve corridor — without paying Nocatee's Tier-1 CDD assessment or the ICW-side beach-commute premium.
- Master-plan amenity layerThe RiverClub resort pool (the closest convention-pool answer to Nocatee's splash park for the southern SR 13 reach), a fitness center, clubhouse programming, tot-lots, and a Riverwalk trail grid that ties into the Six Mile Creek preserve system — a working amenity footprint for the Mattamy / DR Horton / Lennar-era reserve inventory.
- Six Mile Creek nature preserve access~5+ miles of interconnected Riverwalk trail system stitching the preserve into the development, with kayak / paddleboard launch on Six Mile Creek at the southeastern panhandle; the closest nature-preserve reach for St. Johns County addresses and the closest outdoor-programming reach for the inland corridor.
- School tier overlap with NocateeLiberty Pines Academy (K-8) and Allen D. Nease High School (9-12) feed most RiverTown addresses and overlap the Nocatee upper-elementary reach — so a RiverTown buyer gets the same A-tier as a Nocatee address at a step-lower CDD assessment. CDD carry on comparable square-footage runs ~$1,200/year less than Nocatee's central reach.
- Long beach-commute tradeInland RiverTown to Mickler's is 35–45 minutes off-peak via US-1 / A1A and the I-95 north hop is 35 minutes via US-1 / I-295. Buyers who need quick Beaches or Town Center reach tend to favor the Nocatee / Ponte Vedra corridor instead; RiverTown fits the buyer whose commute is Town Center or Downtown-bound.
What RiverTown actually looks like.
Locally sourced photographs with author and license attribution beside each image.
Six Mile Creek nature preserve trail in RiverTown at golden hour. Photograph by Quayform editorial for the Northeast Florida relocation guide.License: CC BY-SA 4.0 
A central RiverTown residential block at sunrise. Photograph by Quayform editorial for the Northeast Florida relocation guide.License: CC BY-SA 4.0 
RiverClub resort-style pool in RiverTown on a clear afternoon. Photograph by Quayform editorial for the Northeast Florida relocation guide.License: CC BY-SA 4.0
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