Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve · Florida

Fort George Island Area

3.0 mi of trail, end to end · about 150 ft of climbing · 26 ft–82 ft · hiking

Sunrise at Point Isabel the Park Service's write-up

20-60 Minutes · dogs allowed · season A particularly good option in the summer months when hiking during the middle of the day is extremely hot.

Start Parking Lot for Trail Access

Enjoy a peaceful sunrise view at the waters edge at Point Isabel on Fort George Island. These scenic views are accessible by the Fort George Cultural State Park Trails. Please check the state website for any trail closures. Bikes are allowed on the trail but you must take stairs to reach the final destination.

Point Isabel was once the site of the yacht basin for the wealthy visitors to the Ribault Club in the Roaring Twenties. Today it is a beautiful view captured by classic artists and Instagram influencers alike.

Accessibility Trail is sandy, generally flat but does include a long set of concrete stairs.

This hike on nps.gov

On the parks map

About this trail's facts

The lines are the National Park Service's public trails layer, the trailheads and the waterfalls, views, peaks and historic places along them the Service's public points of interest, read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end. The write-ups are the Service's own "things to do" text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the park's own site before you go.