Fort Frederica National Monument   

Contact Information:
Fort Frederica National Monument 
Route 9, Box 286C
St. Simons Island, GA 31522
912-638-3639
http://www.nps.gov/fofr/

Size: 241 acres

Location: Fort Frederica National Monument is located on Saint Simons Island, 12 miles from Brunswick, Georgia, accessible via US 17 and the Brunswick-Saint Simons (F.J. Torras) Causeway. Bloody Marsh Battle Site, a detached unit of the park, is 6 miles south of Frederica.

Description: General James E. Oglethorpe built this British town and fort in 1736-1748 during the Anglo-Spanish struggle for control of what is now the southeastern United States.

Operating Hours: Visitor Center open 9:00 am to 5:00 pm seven days a week. Closed Christmas Day

History: Authorized on May 26, 1936. 

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