Sports & Outdoors
Outdoor AdventureAmelia Island State Park
Under $25Ride horses on the beach, fish from the mile-long George Crady Bridge and walk salt marsh and maritime forest at the south tip of Amelia Island.
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Sports & Outdoors
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve
Protected coastal wetlands and historic sites in northeast Jacksonville, run by the National Park Service.
12713 Fort Caroline Road, Jacksonville, FL 32225 · Jacksonville, FL
About Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve
This National Park Service preserve in northeast Jacksonville protects salt marshes, coastal dunes, and hardwood hammocks, along with about 6,000 years of human history. Its sites include Fort Caroline, where a lost French colony is interpreted, and Kingsley Plantation, where tabby cabins housed enslaved people. Other stops include American Beach, founded to give African Americans beach access during segregation, the Theodore Roosevelt Area forest trails, and Cedar Point. The preserve is managed with the City of Jacksonville and Florida State Parks.
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What's around here?
The closest stops to Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.
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Fort Caroline National Memorial
No admission feeA National Park Service site on the St. Johns River that tells the story of a short-lived 16th-century French colony in Florida.
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Amelia Island Museum of History
Check pricesA history museum in Fernandina Beach covering Amelia Island's past from Native American peoples through later eras.
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Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville
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James Weldon Johnson Park
Check pricesA downtown Jacksonville public square known as the city's oldest park, shaded by oak trees and hosting food, music, and community events.
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Anastasia State Park
Under $25Spend a beach day on four miles of sand across the bay from old St. Augustine, rent a kayak, or camp a short walk from the dunes.
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