Fort Frederica National Monument
Fort Frederica National Monument, on St. Simons Island, Georgia, preserves the archaeological remnants of a fort and town built by James Oglethorpe between 1736 and 1748 to protect the southern boundary of the British colony of Georgia from Spanish raids.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Park
- Description: heritage site in St. Simons Island, Georgia, USA
- Also known as: “FOFR” and “Frederica National Monument”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort Frederica Visitor Center and Saint Simons Island.
Fort Frederica Visitor Center
Tourism office
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Fort Frederica Visitor Center is a tourism office.
Saint Simons Island
Island
St. Simons Island is a barrier island and census-designated place located on St. Simons Island in Glynn County, Georgia, United States. The names of the community and the island are interchangeable, known simply as "St. Saint Simons Island is situated 1½ miles east of Fort Frederica National Monument.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jewtown and Country Club Estates.
Jewtown
Hamlet
Jewtown is an unincorporated community on St. Simons Island in Glynn County, Georgia, United States. Jewtown is situated 4½ miles south of Fort Frederica National Monument.
Country Club Estates
Village
Country Club Estates is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Glynn County, Georgia, United States. It is part of the Brunswick metropolitan statistical area. The population was 8,373 at the 2020 census, down from 8,545 in 2010. Country Club Estates is situated 4½ miles west of Fort Frederica National Monument.
Saint Simons Island
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St. Simons Island is a barrier island and census-designated place located on St. Simons Island in Glynn County, Georgia, United States. The names of the community and the island are interchangeable, known simply as "St.
Fort Frederica National Monument
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Fort Frederica National Monument” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Fort Frederica National Monument”
- Cebuano: “Fort Frederica National Monument”
- Danish: “Fort Frederica”
- Dutch: “Fort Frederica National Monument”
- French: “Fort Frederica National Monument”
- German: “Fort Frederica National Monument”
- German: “Fort Frederica”
- Hebrew: “מבצר פרדריקה”
- Japanese: “フォート・フレデリカ・ナショナル・モニュメント”
- Japanese: “フォート・フレデリカ国定史跡”
- Portuguese: “Forte Frederica”
- Portuguese: “Monumento Nacional de Forte Frederica”
- Swedish: “Fort Frederica nationalmonument”
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Highlights include West Point and Oglethorpe Memorial Gardens.
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