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Fort Mose Historic State Park

 About Fort Mose Historic State Park

Front door view of the visitor center at Fort Mose.

A NOTE FROM THE MANAGER

Paul Crawford

Fort Mose Historic State Park will host Flight to Freedom Annual Living History Event, on February 11, 2012. Please see our Events section for more information. Participants will be lead by a guide down the park’s “Freedom Trail,” where they will have the opportunity to meet re-enactors representing major characters found on the route to Fort Mose. Colonial Spanish military drills, musket and cannon demonstrations, African drumming, bird watching and various exhibits and food vendors will also be available throughout the day. Brother Nizar Ben Ahbir the executive director of the Gullah Heritage Museum and a Gullah Cultural Historiographer will be onsite and will provide a lecture in the park’s visitor center at 11:00am.

 

History of Fort Mose group tours are available upon request. Please schedule two weeks in advance. Contact the Park Office at (904) 823-2232 for reservations.

DESIGNATIONS

The Great Florida Birding Trail Logo

GETTING HERE

From St. Augustine: From downtown St. Augustine, drive north on A1A. At the carousel (you read it correctly), continue straight north on San Marco. (A1A turns right towards Vilano Beach. Don't go that way.) San Marco merges with Hwy 1. Shortly after the merge, look for a bronze statue on the right and a sign for Fort Mose. Turn right on Fort Mose Trail. Fort Mose Trail dead ends into Fort Mose picnic area and parking lot.
OR: From Hwy 1 in St. Augustine, drive north past Hwy 16. Look for a bronze statue on the right and a sign for Fort Mose. Turn right on Fort Mose Trail. Fort Mose Trail dead ends into Fort Mose picnic area and parking lot.

From Jacksonville: Drive south on Hwy 1. Turn left on Fort Mose Trail. (If you pass Hwy 16 you've missed Fort Mose Trail.) Fort Mose Trail dead ends into Fort Mose picnic area and parking lot.

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