Which historic sites in Florida does the National Park Service run?

Castillo de San Marcos National Monument, 1 South Castillo Drive, St. Augustine, was built by the Spanish to defend Florida and the Atlantic trade route. It is the oldest masonry fortification in the continental United States. Phone: 904-829-6506.

Fort Matanzas National Monument, 8635 A1A South, St. Augustine, is a coquina watchtower completed in 1742 to guard the southern approach to Spanish St. Augustine. It sits on Rattlesnake Island in the Matanzas River. Phone: 904-471-0116.

Fort Caroline National Memorial, 12713 Fort Caroline Road, Jacksonville, tells the story of a failed French colony in Florida through a fort exhibit. It is part of the Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, which also includes Kingsley Plantation. Phone: 904-641-7155.

De Soto National Memorial, 8300 De Soto Memorial Highway, Bradenton, marks the May 1539 landing of Hernando de Soto's army in Tampa Bay, the start of a four-year expedition. Phone: 941-792-0458, extension 102.

Fort Pickens, 1400 Fort Pickens Road, Pensacola Beach, is a Civil War era fort in Gulf Islands National Seashore. You can tour it with a ranger or on your own with the park's mobile app. Phone: 850-934-2600.

Fort Jefferson, on Garden Key in Dry Tortugas National Park, is the largest masonry fort in the western hemisphere, and it was never finished. The park is almost 70 miles west of Key West and can be reached only by boat or seaplane. Phone: 305-242-7700.

Canaveral National Seashore, between New Smyrna Beach and the Kennedy Space Center, protects ancient Timucua shell mounds. Phone: 386-428-3384.

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