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Fort Matanzas National Monument Headquarters and Visitor Center

About Fort Matanzas National Monument Headquarters and Visitor Center

Fort Matanzas National Monument is the site where the Spanish built a fort. It was designated a United States national monument on October 15, 1924. The monument consists of a 1740 Spanish fort called Fort Matanzas, and about 100 acres (0.4 km2) of salt marsh and barrier islands along the Matanzas River on the northern Atlantic coast of Florida. It is operated by the National Park Service in conjunction with the Castillo de San Marcos National Monument in the city of St. Augustine.

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  1. Fort Matanzas National Monument Headquarters and Visitor Center, St. Johns County01St. Johns CountyKiran891 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Make a day of it. 4 more museums are within 12 miles of Fort Matanzas National Monument Headquarters and Visitor Center; the closest, Auto-Stalgia, is about 5.2 miles away.