CAR - Fort Caroline National Memorial Visitor Center is located near the intersection of Monument Road and Fort Caroline Road, approximately 14 miles east of downtown Jacksonville. For detailed driving directions to the Visitor Center and other sites within the Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, please refer to the Timucuan Preserve Visitors Guide. There is no public transportation to or within the Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve.
Winters are cool, but freezing temperatures are rare.
Accessibility Kingsley Plantation, the Fort Caroline National Memorial Visitor Center, Spanish Pond overlook, and the Ribault Column are accessible. The trail to the interpretive fort at Fort Caroline, and the Willie Browne trail at the Theodore Roosevelt area are packed sand, and may be difficult. Getting Around Private automobiles are necessary to travel between the different sites within the Preserve.