# Fort Caroline National Memorial > Place to go for families in the Jacksonville area (FL). Times are Eastern Time. - When: Grounds open Wednesday–Sunday 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.; Ribault Monument Wed–Sun 9:00… - Where: Fort Caroline National Memorial & Timucuan Preserve Visitor Center, 12713 Fort Caroline Road, Jacksonville, FL 32225 - Ages: All ages - Price: No entrance fee listed - Schedule: Grounds open Wednesday–Sunday 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.; Ribault Monument Wed–Sun 9:00 a.m.–4:45 p.m.; Spanish Pond and Theodore Roosevelt Area sunrise to sunset. Closed Thanksgiving, Dec 25 and Jan 1. - Organizer: National Park Service — Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve - Official page: https://www.nps.gov/timu/ - Last checked: Sat, Oct 24 Source: Grassy Knees is a directory of real family events, places and programs for kids across major U.S. metro areas, where every listing is researched from the organizer’s own page and shows the date we last checked it. https://grassyknees.com covers 42 metro areas as of Oct 24, 2026, with more added regularly. About: https://grassyknees.com/about Freshness: listings are re-checked on a daily research run (latest check 2026-10-24), and new events are added as organizers post them. Sell-outs, weather cancellations and time changes show up on the live page first: https://grassyknees.com/jacksonville/activities/fort-caroline-national-memorial--listing-5fed9fecbcafde95165263cd ## About The visitor center for the whole Timucuan Preserve sits at Fort Caroline in Arlington, which memorializes the short-lived 1560s French colony on the St. Johns River: stories of exploration, survival, religious disputes, territorial battles and first contact between American Indians and Europeans. A new Timucuan village exhibit highlights the Timucua-speaking people who lived along Northeast Florida's waterways. Families can add short outdoor stops at the Ribault Monument and Spanish Pond, both part of the memorial, or hike the nearby Theodore Roosevelt Area, a 600-acre tract of hardwood forest, wetlands and scrub with shady trails (open sunrise to sunset). ## Similar picks in Jacksonville - [Fort Matanzas National Monument and Ferry](https://grassyknees.com/jacksonville/activities/fort-matanzas-national-monument-and-ferry--listing-41203be3ad2374febf7d8091) — Park open daily 9:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. except Thanksgiving and Christmas. Ferry… · Fort Matanzas National Monument Visitor Center, Saint Augustine · All ages · Free · checked Oct 24. A small Spanish watchtower fort on Rattlesnake Island at Matanzas Inlet, reached by a free National Park Service passenger ferry from the visitor center dock. The round trip… - [Fort Clinch State Park](https://grassyknees.com/jacksonville/activities/fort-clinch-state-park--listing-caa21af168132171e5668222) — Park open 8 a.m. to sunset daily; fort 9 a.m.–5 p.m. daily; visitor center 9 a.m.–4:30… · Fort Clinch State Park, Fernandina Beach · All ages · From $2 · checked Oct 24. A 1,400-acre state park at the north tip of Amelia Island built around a well-preserved 19th-century brick fort whose cannons face across the St. Marys River toward Georgia… - [Huguenot Memorial Park](https://grassyknees.com/jacksonville/activities/huguenot-memorial-park--listing-f649a0043dc833e0c579e514) — Seven days a week, 6:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. in Eastern Standard Time season (November–March)… · Huguenot Memorial Park · All ages · From $3 · checked Oct 24. A city-run oceanfront park on a peninsula off Heckscher Drive, known for beach driving and one of the largest seabird colonies on the East Coast in summer (laughing gulls, royal… - [Family Fall Fest at the Jacksonville Arboretum](https://grassyknees.com/jacksonville/activities/family-fall-fest-at-the-jacksonville-arboretum--listing-49494760d08a85bee8527a15) — Sun, Oct 25 · 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM · Jacksonville Arboretum & Botanical Gardens · All ages · From $3 · checked Oct 24. The Jacksonville Arboretum & Botanical Gardens' new Family Fall Fest closes its first Biergarten & Fall Fest weekend with a late-afternoon festival for families among the… - [Fort Mose Historic State Park](https://grassyknees.com/jacksonville/activities/fort-mose-historic-state-park--listing-0c987b4ec05849d79c12e348) — 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., 365 days a year · Fort Mose Historic State Park, St. Augustine · All ages · Free · checked Oct 24. A 40-acre waterfront historic site north of downtown St. Augustine marking Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose, the first legally sanctioned free African settlement in what… ## More for families - [This weekend in Jacksonville](https://grassyknees.com/jacksonville/this-weekend) (Markdown: https://grassyknees.com/jacksonville/this-weekend.md) - [Things to do with kids in Jacksonville](https://grassyknees.com/jacksonville) (Markdown: https://grassyknees.com/jacksonville.md)