On the tip of the Georgia coast in Darien, GA is a Fort King George Historic Site. We visited while on an extensive southeast Georgia state park trip and explored the history and nature the park offered. Fort King George was constructed in the early 1700’s and was an outpost for the British colony. Various European powers were fighting for the southeast territory making outposts an important part of colonial warfare. The fort is the oldest remaining English fort in Georgia and provides visitors with the opportunity to experience a colonial fort.

One word of caution is that the fort is located along the waterway, but due to this the mosquitoes are quite bad so make sure you put on your bug repellent.

Fort King George has a visitor center that visitors can begin in to learn more about colonial fort sand watch a short film discussing the history of Fort King George. The park also offers a nature trail, picnic area, camping, kayaking, canoeing, birding, and of course exploring the fort. The fort grounds provides not only the earthworks of the fort, but restorations of the fences, towers, and military buildings. The buildings additionally are made up to look like they would have while the soldiers were living there. Visitors can roam about the different aspects of the fort to learn more about the history of the fort and life within it. When we visited we watched the film which was quite informative and then went along the nature trail that was quite scenic. Afterwards, we explored the fort that showed both living and working quarters. We both found the fort to be quite informative and a fun learning experience.

Side Note: This park is near Sapelo Island, which was  one of our favorite state parks that we definitely encourage you to check out!