Fort Matanzas National Monument preserves the fortified coquina watchtower, completed in 1742, which defended the southern approach to the Spanish military settlement of St. Augustine. It also protects approximately 300 acres of Florida coastal environment containing dunes, marsh, maritime forest, and associated flora and fauna, including threatened and endangered species.
What you’ll hear
51 places to explore in this park.
- A Living Treehouse
- Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin
- Beaches
- Beach Ramp Parking
- Be a Junior Ranger
- Brown Pelican
- Coastal Hammock Trail
- Crumbling Coquina
- Dirt Filling
- Docks
- Dunes Overlook
- Eastern Red Cedar-1
- Ferry to the Fort
- Fort Ground Level
- Fort Matanzas
- Fort Matanzas
- Fort Matanzas Fishing
- Fort Matanzas Virtual Tour
- Gopher Tortoise
- Guardroom
- Gundeck
- Hercules Club
- Holly & Myrtle
- Least Tern
- Live Oak
- Magazine
- Matanzas Inlet/River
- Matanzas Rules & Regulations
- Observation Deck -1
- Ocean
- Oceanside Boardwalk
- Officer's Quarters
- Old World Showdown
- Park Videos-1
- Picnic Area - Fort Matanzas
- Piling Grillage
- Preservation
- Resurrection Fern
- River Boardwalk
- Sabal Palm
- Sabal & Saw Palmetto
- Sea Oats
- stories-in-360 Video
- The Massacre of the French
- The Spanish Flag
- Turn Back Now!
- Visitor Center Area Restrooms
- Walls
- Water Cistern
- West Indian Manatee
- Wildlife Links
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