Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve
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Contact Information:
Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve
12713 Fort Caroline Rd.
Jacksonville, FL 32225
904-641-7155
http://www.nps.gov/timu/
Size: 46,287 acres.
Location: Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve is located 13 miles east of downtown Jacksonville, Florida. The Fort Caroline National Memorial serves as the principal interpretive center for the preserve.
Description: Named for the American Indians who lived here for more than 3,000 years, the preserve encompasses Atlantic coastal marshes, islands, mudflats, tidal creeks, and the estuaries of the Saint Johns and Nassau rivers. Besides traces of Indian life, remains of Spanish, French, and English colonial ventures can be found as well as southern plantation life and 19th-century military activities.
Activities: The Theodore Roosevelt and Cedar Point areas provide visitors with access to the marine estuarine environment and surrounding coastal forest for hiking, nature observation, birding, and photography. Kingsley Plantation, a 19th Century sea-island cotton plantation, provides visitors with a view of plantation life. Exhibits include the planters house, barn, slave quarters, and a small interpretive garden with crops typical of the period.Operating Hours: Visitor center is located at Fort Caroline National Memorial. The facilities and grounds for both sites are open daily, except for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day.
History: Authorized on February 16, 1988.
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