St. Johns Bluff in Jacksonville in Duval County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

Timucuan Preserve

Fort Caroline National Monument

— Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve —

Timucuan Preserve Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Swain, July 31, 2011

1. Timucuan Preserve Marker

Inscription. Bound by the Nassau River, the Atlantic Ocean, and the St. Johns River, the Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve seeks to protect much of the water and undeveloped land you see from here. Salt marsh, coastal hammock, tidal creeks, and sea and marsh islands compose most of the 46,000-acre National Park site.

The Preserve is about people, beginning 6,000 years ago with the native Timucuans. Native American, French, Spanish, English, African-American, and American all had a stake here. Settlements, forts, earthworks, and plantations chronicle, century upon century, the melding and strife of cultures in this corner of northeast Florida.

Plan on several days to explore the Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve. Car, boat, and foot travel will take you to most points of interest. Visit the Fort Caroline Visitor Center for complete travel assistance.

Erected by National Park Service - U.S. Department of the Interior.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Natural Features.

Location. 30° 23.293′ N, 81° 29.366′ W.

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Marker is in Jacksonville, Florida, in Duval County. It is in St. Johns Bluff. It can be reached from Ft. Caroline Road, on the left when traveling east. Located at the overlook for the Ribault Memorial (accessed from a driveway off Ft. Caroline Road) in the Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Jacksonville FL 32225, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Florida’s First Coast.

It is also in the American South

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: New France (here, next to this marker); Ribault Monument (here, next to this marker); Staking a Claim (within shouting distance of this marker); Spanish Pond (approx. half a mile away);

Map of the Timucuan Preserve image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Swain, July 31, 2011

2. Map of the Timucuan Preserve

The River of May (approx. half a mile away); Timucuan Friends (approx. 0.6 miles away); The Building of la Caroline (approx. 0.6 miles away); Fort de la Caroline (approx. 0.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Jacksonville.

Also see . . . Timucuan Ecological and Historical Preserve website. (Submitted on August 27, 2011, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.)

Ribault Memorial and Markers image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Swain

3. Ribault Memorial and Markers

Entrance to the Ribault Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Swain

4. Entrance to the Ribault Memorial

Left Side of Panorama image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Swain, July 31, 2011

5. Left Side of Panorama

Little Marsh and Black Hammock Islands image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Swain, July 31, 2011

6. Little Marsh and Black Hammock Islands

Right Side of Panorama image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Swain, July 31, 2011

7. Right Side of Panorama

Big Talbot and Fort George Islands image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Swain, July 31, 2011

8. Big Talbot and Fort George Islands

Credits. This page was last revised on February 3, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 27, 2011, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. This page has been viewed 934 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. submitted on August 27, 2011, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.