Gather your favorite charcuterie, curate a playlist, and head into the preserve. A picnic shelter is located next to the Visitor Center at Fort Caroline. Picnic tables are also available at Kingsley Plantation, Cedar Point and Theodore Roosevelt Area sites. We ask that you do not bring food into the historic buildings and that all trash is properly disposed of in trash cans available at each site. As with all picnicking, watch out for ants, specifically fire ants.
Shelters are first come first serve.
Family picnic time? Consider one of the formal shelters and pair with the Junior Ranger program at Kingsley Plantation or Fort Caroline.
Picnic date? Enjoy an informal bite and take in the view from the benches at the Ribault Column or pack a backpack and hike out to the Cedar Point bridge where you can relax on the bridge seating.
Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service