• Beach walkway to white sandy beach and bluegreen waters

    Gulf Islands

    National Seashore FL,MS

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Indoor Activities

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Outside of Naval Live Oaks Visitor Center.
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Indoor, hands-on exhibits and a 20-minute orientation film are located at the Naval Live Oaks Visitor Center in Gulf Breeze, Fla. and is open daily from 8:30 AM to 4:30. Call 850-934-2600 for more information.  Visitors to the Fort Barrancas Area located on board the Pensacola Naval Air Station can spend time learning about the Civil War in Pensacola.  

 

 
A ranger points to an exhibit so that  a young visitor can learn about the history of Fort Barrancas.
Park visitors spend time indoors at the Fort Barrancas Visitor Center to learn the significance of the historic fort.
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Visitors can view a 15 minute slide program on the history of Pensacola during the Civil War, look at exhibits on the significance of the Fort Barrancas site, and browse through the Eastern National bookstore. The Visitor Center is open March-October at 9:30 am to 4:45 pm and November-February at 8:30 am to 3:45 pm. Please call 850-455-5167 for more information.  

 

Too hot for outdoor activities? Come inside and cool off while you watch a video! All of our Visitor Centers offer films ranging from fort history to the formation of barrier islands.  

Check out our bookstore for a large selection of books, post cards, games, gifts and children's items.

Try the hands-on exhibit at the Naval Live Oaks Visitor Center.

 

Did You Know?

A view of the Advanced Redoubt drawbridge.

The Third System fortifications consisted of 42 forts built between 1816 and 1870. They were used to guard all the principal harbors, rivers, and naval yards of the United States. Only the Advanced Redoubt of Fort Barrancas at Gulf Islands National Seashore was built entirely for land defense.