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Spanish Heritage Trail

The Jackson County Spanish Heritage Trail is a half-day driving tour that covers 150 miles of beautiful Northwest Florida scenery while taking you to 11 sites important to our county’s Spanish Colonial history! Tour information is available at the historic Russ House and Visitor Center at 4318 Lafayette Street, Marianna, Florida.

The tour consists of the following fascinating stops:

  • Blue Springs Recreational Area
  • Real Old Spanish Trail 
  • Mission San Carlos 
  • Ekanachatte or “Red Ground”
  • Pensacola-St. Augustine Road
  • Campbellton/Spring Creek Settlement
  • Chacato Rebellion
  • Marcos Delgado
  • Natural Bridge of the Chipola River
  • Mission San Nicolas
  • Fernandez de Florencia Raid