This 46,000-acre preserve protects the salt marshes and waterways of the Timucua people, who lived along northeast Florida's coast for thousands of years. It includes Fort Caroline, memorializing France's doomed 1564 colony, and Kingsley Plantation, whose slave quarters and owner's house tell the story of Zephaniah Kingsley and his wife Anna, a formerly enslaved African woman.
Explore the Kingsley Plantation grounds, walk the Ribault Club, and visit Fort Caroline; young kids can earn a Junior Ranger badge. For a challenge, kayak the quiet Timucuan Trail waterways through the marshes.
Address: 12713 Fort Caroline Road, Jacksonville, FL 32225
This 46,000-acre preserve protects the salt marshes and waterways of the Timucua people, who lived along northeast Florida's coast for thousands of years. It includes Fort Caroline, memorializing France's doomed 1564 colony, and Kingsley Plantation, whose slave quarters and owner's house tell the story of Zephaniah Kingsley and his wife Anna, a formerly enslaved African woman.
Explore the Kingsley Plantation grounds, walk the Ribault Club, and visit Fort Caroline; young kids can earn a Junior Ranger badge. For a challenge, kayak the quiet Timucuan Trail waterways through the marshes.
