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Castillo de San Marcos

St. Augustine

Recreation around St. Augustine, Florida’s oldest city, concentrates on coastal habitats, both on the barrier islands and the estuaries that stretch many miles inland.
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Anastasia State Park

Beach at Anastasia State Park

St. Augustine      ( 29.88016,-81.285451 )      

Anastasia State Park is windswept and sandy, with an arc of beach that stretches four miles to Matanzas Inlet, curving in on itself to face the ancient city of St. Augustine.

Ancient Dunes Trail

Ancient Dunes Trail

Anastasia State Park  |  St. Augustine
( 29.866475, -81.276222 )      0.7 miles

At Anastasia State Park in St. Augustine, the Ancient Dunes Trail leads you on a short scramble up and over relict dunes deeply shaded by ancient live oaks

Bayard Conservation Area

Wild iris at Bayard Point Conservation Area

Green Cove Springs      ( 29.976802, -81.639217 )      7.0 miles

Bayard Conservation Area preserves an untouched riverfront forest on the St. Johns River. Follow this route through the John P. Hall Nature Preserve to visit the river

Bella Vista Trail

Bella Vista Trail

Washington Oaks Gardens State Park  |  Palm Coast
( 29.632757, -81.208425 )      1.8 miles

With a 1.8-mile loop through the uplands of Washington Oaks Gardens State Park, the Bella Vista Trail offers a close look at the variety of habitats found on this barrier island

Castillo de San Marcos

Castillo de San Marcos

St. Augustine      ( 29.896631, -81.311644 )      

The only remaining 17th century fortress in North America, the Castillo de San Marcos defended the Spanish colony of St. Augustine from two British sieges in the 1700s.

Faver-Dykes State Park

Faver-Dykes State Park

St. Augustine      ( 29.669345,-81.266734 )      

From Faver-Dykes State Park, you can easily explore the estuaries of the Matanzas River. Shaded by oak hammocks along Pellicer Creek, this peaceful park offers camping, hiking and biking trails, and some of the best paddling along this coast.

Fort Matanzas Nature Trail

Fort Matanzas

Fort Matanzas National Monument  |  Crescent Beach
( 29.715251, -81.233892 )      0.5 miles

On the shores of Fort Matanzas, a significant historic site south of St. Augustine, the dunes are now swaddled in maritime forest, a gentle place with ancient oaks and an accessible boardwalk.

Fort Mose Historic State Park

Fort Mose Visitor Center

St. Augustine      ( 29.927834,-81.325415 )      

A little-known chapter in Florida history is that of Fort Mose, the first free African settlement in the South in pre-Colonial America. The settlement site is preserved and interpreted at Fort Mose Historic State Park.

Fort Mose Nature Trails

Estuary at Fort Mose

Fort Mose Historic State Park  |  St. Augustine
( 29.927834,-81.325415 )      1 miles

Two scenic overlooks at the end of two accessible trails highlight the location of the 1738 settlement of Fort Mose, the first colony of free Africans in the colonies before the United States was formed.

GTM Reserve

GTM Reserve

St. Augustine      ( 30.0229, -81.3291 )      9.0 miles

Circling a peninsula of land between the Guana River and the Tolomato River, the trail system at GTM Reserve is one of North Florida’s most beautiful places to hike.

Palatka to St. Augustine Trail

Palatka to St Augustine Trail

Palatka to St. Augustine      ( 29.7148, -81.5148 )      18.2 miles

Connecting two of North Florida’s most historic cities, the Palatka to St. Augustine Trail follows the route of Henry Flagler’s East Coast Railway through rural farming communities

Pine Loop Trail

Pine Loop Trail at Faver-Dykes

Faver-Dykes State Park  |  St. Augustine
( 29.669967, -81.258967 )      0.5 miles

Nestled in oak hammocks along Pellicer Creek, Faver-Dykes State Park has an easy nature trail, the Pine Loop Trail, for landlubbers to trace the route of the creek through old-growth pines.

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