{"id":2740,"date":"2015-09-08T05:53:59","date_gmt":"2015-09-08T12:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/followgreg.com\/gregoryng\/?p=2740"},"modified":"2015-09-08T05:55:03","modified_gmt":"2015-09-08T12:55:03","slug":"fort-frederica-national-monument-is-the-national-park-site-you-need-to-visit-with-your-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/followgreg.com\/gregoryng\/2015\/09\/08\/fort-frederica-national-monument-is-the-national-park-site-you-need-to-visit-with-your-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Frederica National Monument is the National Park Site You Need to Visit with Your Family"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my last post I talked about the first 4 National Park sites we visited on our Labor Day trip<\/a>. I decided to talk about the 5th and last stop on our trip in this separate post. <\/p>\n

Fort Frederica National Monument is perhaps the most accessible, family-friendly National Park site that you have never heard of.<\/h1>\n

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\nWe spent the night in Jacksonville, Florida and drove about 1 hour and 45 minutes to Fort Frederica National Monument<\/a> to conclude our Labor Day National Park trip. Fort Frederica is located 30 minutes off of 95 in St Simons Island, Georgia. It’s a nice scenic drive through the marshland and waterways of the coast of Georgia and under spanish moss and along resort golf courses. At the monument it contains the ruins of the once proud British Fort that protected the southern boundary of the British-ruled Georgia colony and crept into the “debateable land” between Spain’s claimed land and Britain’s claimed land<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The first thing we noticed upon entering the park was the beautiful scenery and very nice Visitor’s Center.
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There was a great sign by the Visitor’s Center door that gave projected time commitments. We found this to be fairly accurate.
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We were excited to see that it was a Fee Free Day! (Although as a rule, we tend to donate a few bucks to every National park site anyway)
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The theatre is air-conditioned and shows a well-produced video<\/a> every half an hour. My little guy was super into this video.
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Fort Frederica National Monument shows pieces of history<\/h1>\n

The self-guided tour takes you outside and over the land that once stood the formidable fort.
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The walk through the site is absolutely gorgeous under spanish moss.<\/p>\n

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The walk under the Spanish moss to Fort Frederica is gorgeous!<\/a><\/p>\n

A photo posted by Gregory Ng (@gregoryng) on