Fort San Marcos de Apalache
Built 1966. Added to the National Register in 1966, and a National Historic Landmark.
The record
| Property type | Site |
| Address | 18 mi. S of Tallahassee, St. Marks, FL |
| County | Wakulla County |
| Listed | Nov 13, 1966 |
| Listed for | Historical archaeology, Military, Exploration and settlement |
| Level of significance | National |
| Reference number | 66000271 |
| Built | 1966 · more from the 1960s |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 18 mi. S of Tallahassee, St. Marks, FL |
| Coordinates | 30.1550° N, 84.2111° W · Directions ↗ |
Explore
Map
Nearby in Wakulla County
Public land around it
| St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge ↗National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Inside the boundary91,589 acres |
| St. Marks Wilderness ↗Wilderness, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | About 4 miles away17,350 acres |
Wilderness Atlas publishes a centroid and an acreage for each unit, not a boundary line. Distance here is measured to a circle of the same area drawn around that centroid, so treat it as roughly right rather than surveyed.
Local history books for Wakulla County
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Guidebooks to historic places in Florida
- Florida's Museums and Cultural AttractionsMurray D. Laurie and Doris Bardon, 2016Find at Bookshop.org
Titles come from Open Library's catalog, matched by subject heading or by title.
Reference
Questions people ask
When was Fort San Marcos de Apalache listed on the National Register?
Nov 13, 1966. It is also a National Historic Landmark, the higher of the two designations.
Source: National Park Service
When was Fort San Marcos de Apalache built?
1966.
Source: Wikidata
Where is Fort San Marcos de Apalache?
18 mi. S of Tallahassee, St. Marks, Wakulla County, Florida.
Source: National Park Service
Where is the nomination form for Fort San Marcos de Apalache?
The National Archives holds the nomination form, the document that made the case for listing.
Source: National Archives
Is there a wildfire near Fort San Marcos de Apalache right now?
1 active incident within 50 miles as of 2026-10-17, nearest Iao, 49 miles away.
Source: Map
Sources
Name, location, type and dates come from the National Register office's spreadsheet of listed properties, because the Park Service's spatial data does not carry this listing. The map point comes from Wikidata. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 66000271. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The nomination form and photographs ↗ at NPGallery are the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service, and the form is often the best description of the place.