Tillie K. Fowler Regional Park — Attraction in Jacksonville

When was the last time you visited Tillie K. Fowler Regional Park? This park is free to access and recently, the city has invested significant funds into a new kayak launch, rebuilding the tower, renovating the park restrooms, renovating the nature center, re-decking the park boardwalks, and the playground is currently being rebuilt.

The park hours are from sunrise to sunset. Being in the park at night is considered trespassing and those visiting the park at night may result in fines and/or an arrest. Upon your next visit to the park, arrive during daylight hours and leave before sunset. Visitors should stay on dedicated trails. Also, do not jump fences, enter closed areas, or vandalize the park amenities. Writing or carving on the tower or any structure in the park is considered vandalism and those participating in vandalism may be trespassed from the park.

The nature center is open from 1-4pm, Friday through Sunday. If you have questions about the park’s history, we encourage you to stop into the nature center and talk to the park naturalists. The area behind the nature center is closed off to the public as it is used for preserving specimens for the nature center and other institutions.

Tillie K. Fowler Regional Park is a federal property, and all vegetation in the park is protected. Visitors going off trail damages vegetation and may be subject to fines or being trespassed from the park. By the way, an old water treatment plant is on the property, to learn more about it, read Tim Gilmores article in the Jacksonville Magazine Ghost Town | Jacksonville Magazine.

Dedicated volunteers from Timucuan Parks Foundation put hundreds of hours into the park every year to remove litter, trim trails, remove invasive plant species, and much more.

Whether you visit the park to relax, exercise or spend time with family, let’s all do our part to keep it clean, preserve its renovations and its natural...

Don't come here at night. If you do, beware. There's something very unsettling about this park and the surrounding area in general. From being followed/watched, to seeing a rag and chloroform sitting behind a bench at the entrance, and even witnessing a dead dog in a cage hidden behind a fence at the nature center (boyfriend jumped the fence, don't do it-- we were exploring and being too nosey 😬)... I cant stress how uneasy this park makes me feel now. As for the trails, the park gets too wet and swampy. The only thing worth going for is the iconic watchtower, make sure you bring a marker if you wanna write something! Lots of writing and drawings written on the top of the tower. Also has a bench to sit and chill and admire the view for a little bit. You can even see Timuquana bridge in the distance! Sunrises and sunsets are always great here. You almost forget how creepy the park is. Try not to get stuck here when it rains. Sitting along the CSX train tracks and reaching from across the NAS base to the corner of Timuquana, the park itself is actually pretty big and has a ton of land to explore. It has two bathrooms, a swing set playground, a bamboo area, an archery range, plenty of bike trails ranging from beginner to hardcore. Has an old abandoned weapon factory to explore near the archery range/Yukon area. If u ever decide to explore that "part" of the park, be sure to follow the only white trail markers on the trees and fence if you get lost. The peninsula is also very explorable, and we found a really cool hidden gem there! The red brick road is also interesting and is another iconic and historical part of the park. Although the many times I've been here were not the most pleasant, this park has a very interesting history that you can't really find enough about on the internet for...

We had a great walk exploring the trails and we captured some great photographs of the air planes taking off and landing. The planes seem so close you can feel the heat from the engines and it seems like you would be able to reach out and touch them. The woods are very nice and the trail very interesting. We definitely spent a lot of time that day. I know us so I know that we will definitely return. At first glance I really didn't think that there would be hiking trails; because of the sports fields. I was mistaken. I very much enjoy trails that are clean and ready to stroll through as this one is. I think that we only encountered 3 other people who were taking the journey through the woods. My son and I were told that there was no trail to walk on by a friend but we closly follow the hikers guide and it claimed that there was a quiet trail that leads to water. Those are the best trails to get quality photographs of the sun going down. I think that any nature lover would agree that it is...