Old Spanish Trail Zero Milestone

Historical marker location:

10 South Castillo Drive, St. Augustine, Florida

( Marker is on San Marco Avenue, 0.1 miles south of San Marco Avenue (State Road A1A), on the left when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1928

The Fountain of Youth, a legendary spring that was believed to grant eternal youth to those who drank from it, was thought to be located in Florida. Juan Ponce de León is said to have been searching for it when he discovered the land that would become Florida.