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Where the Waters Meet

Visit one of the last unspoiled coastal wetlands on the Atlantic Coast. Discover 6,000 years of human history and experience the beauty of salt marshes, coastal dunes, and hardwood hammocks.

The Timucuan Preserve includes Fort Caroline and Kingsley Plantation. Learn about other activities in the park in the Plan Your Visit section.

 
Reenactors wearing sixteenth century French clothing at Fort Caroline.

Fort Caroline National Memorial

Fort Caroline memorializes the short-lived French presence in sixteenth century Florida. Here you will find stories of exploration, survival, religious disputes, territorial battles, and first contact between American Indians and Europeans. The Timucuan Preserve Visitor Center is also located at Fort Caroline. more...
 
Planter's home at Kingsley Plantation.

Kingsley Plantation

Explore life on a nineteenth-century Florida plantation. Discover the stories of the life and times of Zephaniah Kingsley, his African wife Anna, and the hundreds of men, women, and children who were enslaved at the plantation. more...

 
Red-shouldered hawk on a branch.

Theodore Roosevelt Area

Experience miles of peaceful, wooded nature trails, vast grasslands supporting water and land animals, ancient piles of oyster shells which yield clues about an extinct culture, and the legacy of preservation bequeathed to all by this property's last private owner, Willie Browne. more...

 
WJCT production team interviewing a park ranger

America's Best Idea

Watch National Parks of the First Coast and Golden Isles in September 2009 - a local PBS WJCT documentary highlighting the national parks along Florida's First Coast and Georgia's Golden Isles. Six sites await your exploration! New activities for families have also been developed as part of the program. The local documentary will air alongside Ken Burns' new documentary entitled "America's Best Idea: Our National Parks."
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12713 Fort Caroline Road
Jacksonville, Florida 32225

Phone

Visitor Information
(904) 641-7155

Headquarters
(904) 221-5568

Fax

(904) 221-5248

Climate

Summers are hot and humid, with frequent thunderstorms. Winters are cool, but freezing temperatures are rare.
Communities Surrounding Fort Caroline National Memorial
Note: The times listed below are approximate driving times to the park.
Atlantic Beach, FL (20 min. ) Pop. 13,368
Jacksonville, FL (20 min. ) Pop. 735,617
Neptune Beach, FL (21 min. ) Pop. 7,270
Jacksonville Beach, FL (24 min. ) Pop. 20,990
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (31 min. )
Yulee, FL (33 min. ) Pop. 8,392
Callahan, FL (36 min. ) Pop. 962
Orange Park, FL (42 min. ) Pop. 9,081
 Kingsland, GA (43 min. ) Pop. 10,506
Bryceville, FL (46 min. )
Fernandina Beach, FL (49 min. ) Pop. 10,549
Saint Marys, GA (50 min. )
Doctors Inlet, FL (51 min. )
Green Cove Springs, FL (54 min. ) Pop. 5,378
Middleburg, FL (55 min. ) Pop. 10,338