Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park

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• Cindy
  May 28, 2024
  Fun and Interesting

  What a great way to learn Florida/USA history with our Pup! It was very well done and we appreciated the indoor, air conditioned Planetarium and Discovery Film (be aware these both get dark if your dog is nervous, I held mine to reassure her.) The outdoor exhibits and Docents were informative and helpful too. Especially liked the Timucua Indian village and exhibits and Docents. Dog water stations throughout the park with lots of shade and grass but signs saying “keep off grass”, which is the only reason I didn’t give 5 stars. Peacocks everywhere so if your dog is reactive to large birds, beware!

• Renee
  May 1, 2024
  Not just dog friendly, they seemed to be dog enthusiasts!

  Took my Cooper to the Fountain of Youth on a fairly busy Saturday and all the workers were so very pleasant and truly happy to see him, despite his muzzle (for his protection!). Had my 89 yo dad with us and we thoroughly enjoyed the visit! Up to and including the orange dole whip at the end!

• Sydney
  Mar 30, 2024
  Tourist and dog friendly!

  A fun tourist stop off if you’re in St Augustine! 100% dog friendly in the entire place. They have great staff and water for the dogs! Definitely a touristy spot, but if you love kitschy exhibits, history, and BBQ - this is the place for you!

• Stella
  Feb 16, 2024
  Dogs welcomed everywhere

  The staff was so friendly and the dogs could go anywhere people could go. We spent the morning here and had a wonderful time.

• Chuck
  Jan 26, 2024
  Waste of time and money

  significant waste of time and money. This is a very run down tourist trap with "exhibits" that look like they have never been renovated and barely cared for. The informational placards were faded and while informative, ignored the full history of the area and the natives impacted by this explorer. Its was sad to see bus loads of kids, banned in Florida from learning actual historical facts lined up to drink from the "fountain of youth" then trotted around to learn more half truths.

  Seeing a cannon fire, a musket demonstration and a blacksmith hardly is novel nor substantively educational. The best part was the bar-b-que sold at the entrance (no admission fee required for that).

  Yes they are dog friendly in the sense that they are allowed everywhere and there were 2 water bowls located on the property, but if you want something worth your dogs time, take it to the beach.

• Laura
  Dec 9, 2023
  Truly dog friendly!

  We were told our dogs (2 GSDs) were allowed anywhere we were! They drank from the fountain of youth, went up the tower, and were welcomed in the planetarium to watch the show. My younger dog even watched! Put this on your to do list for sure!

• Brittany
  Jul 31, 2023
  Very Dog Friendly

  All open ground and very dog friendly! All of the inside areas are also dog friendly.

• Richard
  Jun 9, 2023
  Thoroughly Enjoyed the Park

  We spent a lovely day at the Fountain of Youth park. It is a very dog friendly park and every employee was super friendly towards us and our German Shepherd & Golden Doodle. We were able to cool off from the hot Florida sun in a few of their AirConditioned shows. (yes the shows are pet friendly) There are water bowls for the dogs, stationed throughout the park. Found the park to be interesting and a nice way to spend a leisurely day without large crowds. We had lunch there, which was good.. While we were eating, they offered our pups some free soft serve ice cream. They truly enjoyed that treat. Everyone was was so friendly. A special kudos to Jennifer who we kept running into. She was awesome.
  You can plan on spending about 4 leisurely hours to see the park and eat lunch. The park is in a great location, within walking distance from historical downtown. I can’t say enough nice things about the park and it’s staff.

• Chrissy
  May 27, 2023
  Nice outing

  Staff were super sweet, excitedly greeting our two pups. “Fountain of Pooch” watering stations were located around the park. We were able to have our girls drink some of the actual fountain’s “magical water” by pouring it into the travel container they usually drink out of. Oh, and the peacocks! They are everywhere! Very beautiful and not super intimidated, but they will get out of the way for you and your pups. Great way to spend a couple of hours in St. Augustine.

• Fabiola
  May 24, 2023
  Bella approves

  Bella really enjoyed her walk around the park grounds. the peacocks were her favorite lol she wanted to chase after them but ofcourse are very careful with making sure she js safe and the people and things around us are safe as well. but she she really did enjoy. and this place tired her out bad hahaha! we recommend!

• Amanda
  Mar 28, 2023
  Excellent Place to Visit with Dogs

  The park is very pet-friendly. Water fountains are available throughout the park, but it can get very hot, so we always take plenty of water with us as well. Dogs can go inside the buildings.

• Kimberly
  Mar 22, 2023
  Great Doggie Spot

  We always go to the Fountain of Youth...and now we know you can take your pups it is a must do. Our dogs loved exploring the grounds and walking out on the dock. Everyone was welcoming and they did have water for the doggies

• Megan
  Mar 15, 2023
  So fun!

  very dog friendly! dogs can go everywhere even drink from the fountain of youth!

• Brandy
  Mar 3, 2023
  Great for pets!

  Pets allowed everywhere. Owners can learn about the history. Look at times for cannon shoot, as most pups would be scared.

• Fabian
  Feb 22, 2023
  Super Dog Friendly! WE LOVED IT ALL

  This is a beautiful place for you to combine history of Saint Augustine and quality time with your furry babies. It is extremely clean and very well taken care. We love the civility of all visitors with their furry boo boos! The pier is fantastic and you can roam around with the dogs everywhere you like without restrictions. ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!

• Sue
  Feb 2, 2023
  Fun and accommodating for dogs

  Lovely trip despite the heat. Frequent water stops at the fountain of pooch. Our German Shepherd Britta was allowed in all buildings with us, so she attended all shows and
  had a drink we dipped from the fountain. Highly recommend for people and pooch.

• Carolyn
  Dec 9, 2022
  Great for dogs

  They were great with us bringing our 3 dogs!

• Phil
  Nov 10, 2022
  Easy to visit at your leisure park

  had a great time walking the grounds with our big dog. It had easy free parking, at your leisure walking tour with a nice gift shop and wonderful BBQ for purchase outside the park

• Heather
  Nov 7, 2022
  amazing

  Pups are allowed most places in the park and it was very interesting

• Pepper
  Jul 13, 2022
  Awesome experience!

  Our pup loved sniffing around and barking at the peacocks (don't worry, we stopped her).

• Lindsay
  Jun 20, 2022
  Pup friendly fountain park

  Great time with our doggie here. We were able to take her to every exhibit even the indoor shows. The shows has thunder noise and turned out lights in a crowded room. So know your dog if they'd be okay. Also the living history demos included a cannon and gun demo so hang on to their leash for that. Overall my dog seemed quite to enjoy herself so did we.

• Cindy
  Mar 11, 2022
  Rainy day

  The staff was amazing and didn’t mind wet dogs! my pup was alittle nervous at the planetarium just during the thunder part of the video) (we later got a dog rain coat from faux paws!)

• Marion
  Feb 20, 2022
  The fountain of Pooch!

  the fountain of youth is a great place to take your doggo, it’s super dog friendly and everybody was super nice and friendly.

• Linda
  Dec 28, 2021
  A treasure

  On of the bed experiences we’ve had traveling with our little Puggle Miss Blair

• Nicole
  Nov 30, 2021
  Great space for dogs!

  The park is very nice and spacious! The paths are made of a mix of sand, dirt and mulch so you don't have to worry about your pup's paws in the Florida heat! The staff is friendly and there are lots of bowls through-out the park for water.

• Nov 14, 2021
  Very dog friendly!!!

  Great time and the BBQ on-site was amazing!!!

• Laura
  Jun 16, 2021
  Amazing

  I took my Lilly to the Fountain of youth. The staff was amazing. she went up to everyone and wanted to be petted. she loved to walk around and smell everything.

• Breanna
  Apr 28, 2021
  Very dog friendly

  The entire park, inside and out, is dog friendly. I loved how kind the staff was. There was doggy water bowls throughout the park. Everyone was kind and Bruno got many pats. The cannon firing did freak him out a little but overall he did great

• Hurricane Hatti
  Apr 6, 2021
  Good spot

  This was a good activity for our family & German Shepherd. He enjoyed walking while we enjoyed the tour. We ended with early dinner at the BBQ shack on site with our fur baby. We brought our own water and bowl for him. It was a great experience!

• Carlie
  Apr 5, 2021
  Most dog friendly place I’ve ever been

  dogs can do everything at the fountain of youthPhoto! they are allowed in all the building and presentations. they walked with us around the park and took a snooze in the planetarium. it was a blast to be able to plan a whole day trip and have the dogs with us. I would highly recommend if you are interested in history and want a fun field trip with your pup!

• Melissa
  Feb 26, 2021
  Dogs are allowed everywhere!

  This was the most dog-friendly place @leothegreatdog has ever been! Dogs are allowed in all of the indoor shows and also the gift shop. Be sure to have your dog drink from The Fountain of Pooch!

• Donna
  Jul 24, 2020
  Very dog friendly

  Taffy loved the sites and sounds. She was fascinated by the peacocks everywhere. We were happy to see so many water stations all over te park for the dogs but Taffy's favorite was a little pond with a fountain that fogs are welcome to wade in while getting a cool drink from the spring. As for her human companions, we learned a lot about the settlement of te area and lore of the fountain.

• Stacy
  Jul 11, 2020
  Dogs love peacocks!

  They liked walking around and seeing all the birds. Drinking areas for them. Lots of room to walk around!

• Alexandra
  Jul 11, 2020
  Very Interesting

  Our whole family enjoyed walking through the park with our golden/lab mix. Very interesting and beautiful grounds. The firearms show scared the dog a bit and we had to restrain him around the wandering peacocks, but otherwise highly recommended!!!

• Holly
  Jan 13, 2020
  Very Dog Friendly

  The employees got to know Bailey’s name and they were friendly to her. She was allowed in every building and was even able to drink from the fountain of youth.
  Just be careful of the gunfire and cannon fire for dogs that do not like loud bangs. But, those activities are easily avoidable.

• Tina
  Nov 21, 2019
  Our Dogs Loved It.

  The whole park is dog friendly. The staff welcomed them like they were royalty. They went inside the Planetarium, the "Globe" and drank from the Fountain of Youth!

• Jennifer
  Nov 20, 2019
  Fido friendly field trip

  Had a blast! The bbq take out place was also tasty and they immediately offered our German Shepard water. She was welcome everywhere I. The park and had a blast chasing squirrels and peacocks (dragging mom on leash the whole way, of course!) They even have a special water fountain for dogs. The cannon and weapon demonstrations are a bit loud, so avoid those if pup is squeamish about loud noise (ours likes to watch fireworks and is indifferent to our neighbors who constantly hunt, so wasn’t a problem.) All in all, a fun outing with lots of nice people who wanted to get pets.

• Jeanette
  Oct 6, 2019
  Very Pet Friendly!

  My pooch loved the fountain of youth! The staff is very nice and welcoming. The fountain of pooch was adorable!

• Renee
  May 24, 2019
  Super dog friendly!

  The staff goes out of their way to accommodate our puppies. We had a great time. We were able to take our fur babies in all the buildings including the gift shop. Everyone, staff and visitors enjoyed loving on our puppies. We ate at the BBQ restaurant. They made our puppies some pulled pork without sauce that they loved! Our food was amazing!

• Aida j.
  May 18, 2019
  The whole park is dog friendly.

  Really enjoyed our visit, the staff was super friendly. We highly recommend this attraction. Our dog could walk through the entire park as well as attend the shows.

• Ariadna
  Apr 3, 2019
  Amazing Location!

  My boyfriend and I have a 5 month old German Shepherd. We took her in our vacation with us and we choose to bring her here. This place is amazing, open field, great people and very good way to learn. She drank from the fountain of youth and we had the best time.

• Alexandria
  Jan 31, 2019
  Good Time

  Park was fairly empty when we went. We walked around on our own. Lots of peacocks and birds walk freely around which drive our dog nuts as he wanted to chase them. They will follow you! We watched the canon go off and our pup didn’t have an issue with it. We got our puppy to drink water from the fountain of youth which was cute! Everyone was extremely friendly.

• Bonnie
  Nov 29, 2018
  Fountain Of Youth Archaeology Park

  Very informative learned a few new facts about American history. Our dog went in all the buildings and exhibits.

• Jason
  Sep 10, 2018
  Wonderful experience

  Great for the family especially if you have kids. We got our dog to drink from the fountain of youth and that alone was worth it. The gardens they have are wonderful and there's peacock's all over walking around. I'll warn about the cannon they fire off. If your dog is skittish it might scare them when they fire it! staff was great with taking pictures

• Brianna
  More than a year ago
  So fun!

  It was so nice to be able to bring our dogs to every part of this park. Our dogs had a blast!

• Noemi
  More than a year ago
  Great for dogs!

  We loved it here! No charge for the dog, lots of peacocks to look at, drinking from the fountain of youth, demonstrations are fun and a little loud so step back with dogs when firing arms and canon! Very friendly staff, we were very happy all in all with this destination!

• Laurel
  More than a year ago
  Absolutely Brilliant

  I have long dreamed of a place (other than the pet store) where my dog is allowed everywhere. This is the place of my dreams! Dogs are allowed in the theaters and on every inch of the grounds. Our dog absolutely loved it. We climbed to the top of the observatory tower, sat in for a planetarium show, watched a weapons demonstration (we covered our dog's ears but she is okay with fireworks, so not a lot phases her!), and drank from the Fountain of Youth. Plus the cafe outside has dog bowls!

• Aimee
  More than a year ago
  My dog LOVED the birds!

  Very dog friendly, my dog could go everywhere we went and had a great time with us.

• Diana
  More than a year ago
  Great time!

  Our dog and her people had a great time here. We learned a lot and everyone who worked there was friendly to our dog.

• Alex
  More than a year ago
  Loved It!!

  We weren't really sure what to expect outside of the fact that our dog could also drink from the fountain. As soon as we got there everyone was so helpful and so friendly and loved the dogs while still being respectful of distance (ours is often shy). The park is a great size with so much to see and great photo spots with the dogs! The cannon and gun demonstration did startle my dog but he quickly recovered and I loved being able to go into all of be buildings and shows with him in tow. My favorite spot to bring my dog and I would 100% go again. I will say there are a lot of roaming peacocks so just be aware of your dog has a large prey drive.

• Lisa
  More than a year ago
  Best tourist stop for dogs

  Our dog was allowed to do everything even the planetarium.

• Ann
  More than a year ago
  History Tour & Fun for dog

  Took our dog everywhere. Lots to see. Pretty grounds. Friendly staff. Only draw back was gun demonstration but they told us when & where ahead of time. Nice to be able to site see with our dog!

• Nadya
  More than a year ago
  Amazing time

  If was an amazing place to spend time with our furry kids, you can literally go anywhere with them (even the shows and planetarium). Highly recommend this place, everyone was so nice to them. We always worry because of the anti breed restrictions for having pits and they had absolutely no problem. Have fun!!!

• Theresa
  More than a year ago
  Great Visit

  This is a good trip and very dog friendly! Our puppy was able to walk around and take in the sights without restrictions.

• Denise
  More than a year ago
  Fountain for Fido

  We highly recommend this attraction. Our dog could walk through the entire park as well as attend the shows. They even let our dog taste the water! He will be young forever! Caution: Peacocks roam the area so be sure To have a strong lead. They also shoot a cannon every hour so if your dog gets spooked by very loud noises you would not want to participate in this Spanish re-enactment. Overall a great day with our dog who fears nothing!

• Alice
  More than a year ago
  nice say out

  Very nice!!!The problem I had was that the cannon was shot off a few times a day.My dog is afraid of gunshots.Everything else was great.He was given a drink from the Fountain.

• Melissa
  More than a year ago
  Awesome

  Really enjoyed our visit, the staff was super friendly, the gentleman offered Wolfie her own cup of water from the fountain, which she refused to drink since she only drinks bottled water.she loved the peacocks but didn't like the statue of Ponce de Leon, she barked and growled at him. I think she and my boyfriend saw almost every inch of it and she slept like a baby when we got back to the hotel.

• Toni
  More than a year ago
  Our puppy loved it.

  The whole park is dog friendly. Our 4 month old puppy was welcome in all the buildings and she even got a drink from the fountain of youth. The canon firing was a bit loud for her, but all in all a worthwhile stop.

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