Fort Caroline National Memorial

"My wife and I went to Fort Caroline and had a really nice time. I walked along the nature trail and seen a lot of grand old oak trees."

"This was very fun to explore! My family and I used the online tour guide that explains the history of the monument in great detail, adding plenty of anecdotes along the way. It was very interesting! Our entry was free for the whole family as a part of the junior ranger program. I definitely recommend!"

"FREE ENTRY. FREE MUSEUM. This national monument was a lot of fun to explore. You start off inside the museum and walk around looking at the different artifacts that were found nearby. You go out through the breezeway and take an easy 10 minute walk to the village. The village shows how the indigenous people built their homes and structures. You carry on down the path and can walk out on or pass a boardwalk that shows the outside of the fort. Walking into the fort is interesting. It’s completely different structurally than the Castillo or Fort Mantanza. Definitely cool to see. The fort used to be completely surrounded by water on all sides which is why cannons are facing “inland”. The parking lot isn’t large and it’s first come first serve."

"• Visited Friday afternoon during the winter break holiday in December 2023, plenty of parking. • Staff amazing in shop and went out of their way to help answer questions for kids. Rangers were the same. • Visitor center is very well done exhibits and relatively large. It’s much more up to date than others. They have a place to sit where kids can work on Junior Ranger Booklets. Much more kid friendly here than any of the other forts we visited. Junior ranger was advertised everywhere (inside/outside) and they even offer a senior ranger (18+ yr old). The Junior Ranger Badges are wooden here. There used to be 2 Junior Ranger booklets but they have updated it and merged the two into one for Fort Caroline and the Timucuan Preserve. • The NPS store was a decent sized shop with a good selection of merch. • Visitor Center closed at 4:30PM but the grounds are open until 5:00. We decided to try and sneak the Nature Trail in which is only about a mile and relatively flat (also very sandy). We got distracted by the demo fort but made it back to the parking lot with 3 mins remaining. The staff were all sitting in gold cart waiting for the rest of the cars to leave. The signs at the front said gates close at 5PM period. There was still one family we passed on the trail, and we were hoofing it. • There is also a bald eagle nest out back and we spotted one hanging out in the trees behind the visitor center. A couple rangers saw us and came out to watch them too. Super cool rangers here. • We would definitely come back to complete other trails if we were in town. • There are also lots of NPS Passport Cancellation Stamps here. 4 were outside (they move them inside after hours) and 3 LARGE novelty ones inside behind the desk."

"I'm a history buff, so I truly enjoyed this place. Very beautiful and the volunteers were a wealth of knowledge. Highly reccomend."