Trail Map

Stop #1 Fort King Visitor Center

You will see:

• An 11 minute video about Fort King
• Archeology and artifacts from the Fort King site
• Timeline of native Americans, settlers, military and black Seminoles
• How Marion county and Ocala was established from Fort King
• The importance of Fort King

Stop #2 Archeology Resource Center

You will see:

• How Archeology is used to create the story of Fort King.
• Why Archeology is the most accurate way of verifying the historical record.
• This process has been used at Fort King for over 60 years.
• How artifacts are processed.
• Talk to an archeologist.
• You may even see a dig in process.

Stop #3 Fort King

You will see:

• Fort King reconstructed to the exact scale of the original Fort on its
  original site.
• There are many buildings yet to be added.

Stop #4 The Original Fort King Cemetery Site

You will see:

• A memorial where 34 soldiers of Fort King were buried.
• This site has been preserved by the Daughters of the American
  Revolution (DAR).

Stop #5 Old Live Oak Tree

You will see:

• A tree that was discover during the site renovation. It was possibly a
  sapling when Fort King was built.

Stop #6 Seep Springs

You will see:

• The site of the original water source for Fort King.
• Learn what is different about this spring.

Stop #7 The Heritage Garden

You will see:

• A living garden and what the soldiers of Fort King grew.
• Many of the vegetables are representative of the time period.

Stop #8 The Blacksmith Shop

You will see:

• A freestanding blacksmith shop built in the 1837 period style.
• Learn how people of the time relied on blacksmithing and how it impacted the history of Fort King.
• You might catch our resident blacksmith working on a project.