Trip Idea

Timucuan Preserve for the History Lover

Multiple Parks

white kitchen house and plantation owners house and river
Duration Full Day
Topic(s) Archeology, Colonization and Settlement, Forts, Monuments and Memorials, Native American Heritage,
Activities Museum Exhibits, Self-Guided Tours - Walking
Type Kid Friendly, Educational, Inspirational, Outdoors, Road Trip
Parks Fort Caroline National Memorial, Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve
Things to Do for the History Fan
  • Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve

    Listen to the Lion's Storyteller Audio Tour
    • Activity Fee: No (Entrance fees may apply)
    • Reservations: No
    • Activity: Self-Guided Tours - Walking
    • Pets: Yes
    • Location: Kingsley Plantation
    • Duration: 30–90 Minutes
    • Season: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
    • Time of Day: Day
    a sign on blue stairs reads 3 and has headphones

    Audio Tour at Kingsley Plantation

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  • Multiple Parks

    Explore the Park Museum
    • Activity Fee: No (Entrance fees may apply)
    • Reservations: No
    • Activity: Museum Exhibits
    • Age: 0 and Older
    • Pets: No
    • Location: Timucuan Preserve Visitor Center Museum
    • Duration: 10–45 Minutes
    • Season: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
    • Time of Day: Day
    a glass display case with french armor

    Explore the stories and artifacts of the Timucua-speaking people of Northeast Florida, French colonists, and more at the small museum exhibit.

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  • Multiple Parks

    Read the Names on the Fort Caroline Memorial

    • Activity Fee: No (Entrance fees may apply)
    • Reservations: No
    • Activity: Museum Exhibits
    • Age: 0 and Older
    • Pets: Yes
    • Location: Fort Model at Fort Caroline National Memorial
    • Duration: 10–35 Minutes
    • Season: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
    • Time of Day: Day
    a pergola inside a fort with an exhibit panel listing names

    Read the known names of the French colonists of Fort Caroline, the failed French attempt to establish a colony in Florida. This first conflict between European powers in North America would lead to more bloodshed, for Native Americans, French, Spanish, English, and many more. The impact of colonization, the fight for freedom of religion, and the struggle of survival, can all be reflected on in this space.

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Last updated: May 6, 2021