![a monument, trees, and cannon at yellow bluff fort historic state park](/sites/default/files/styles/callout/public/media/image/header.jpg?itok=u5GZGVJQ)
Yellow Bluff Fort Historic State Park
Hours
8 a.m. until sunset, 365 days
Fees
No fee required
Location
New Berlin Road
Jacksonville, FL 32226
Contact Info
Welcome to Yellow Bluff Fort Historic State Park
This site was an important military position during the Civil War.
Located near the mouth of the St. Johns River, this site was an important military position during the Civil War, allowing access to the inland areas of Florida's east coast.
There was never an actual fort on Yellow Bluff but an encampment was fortified and equipped with large guns for protection. When construction began in 1862, the site was occupied by both Confederate and Union troops during the Civil War and at its peak housed more than 250 soldiers. The site has a T-shaped earthworks and covers about 1.3 acres.
The park is located on Yellow Bluff peninsula on the north side of the St. Johns River (on New Berlin Road).
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Yellow Bluff Fort Historic State Park Photo Gallery
![an open area with trees, picnic tables, and signs](/sites/default/files/styles/gallery/public/media/image/picnic%20area_0.jpg?itok=d2dz5GsO)
![view of the mouth of a cannon with a saw palmetto and trees in the background](/sites/default/files/styles/gallery/public/media/image/cannon%20front.jpg?itok=kVuD6blT)
![a picnic table sits in a clearing under trees](/sites/default/files/styles/gallery/public/media/image/picnic%20table.jpg?itok=3LWsw7AE)
![a cannon mounted on a concrete plinth is seen from the side, with oak trees behind it](/sites/default/files/styles/gallery/public/media/image/cannon%20side.jpg?itok=31jJRIP7)
![a saw palmetto plant next to an oak tree](/sites/default/files/styles/gallery/public/media/image/palmetto.jpg?itok=_bHVuCX4)