Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins Historic State Park is a small historic site that would make for a great picnic. There are no entrance fees for this park and the park hours are from 8:00am until sunset all year long. Basically this is just the remnants of a once thriving and prosperous 5,100 acre sugar plantation that was deeded to David Levy Yulee during the spanish occupation. The mill provided sugar to southern troops during the Civil War between 1851 and 1864 until it was abandoned during the Civil War after Yulee's plantation home was burned.

Now all that remains of the old steam powered sugar mill is a 40ft limestone chimney, some gears, a few  cooking kettles, the boiler which provided steam to the engine and a hole lined with limestone that was once the location of the cooling vats.

While there may not much here, you will learn a little something about the history of the site from the various displays and interpretive panels that are located through-out the mill.

Across the street is a pavillion that houses 6 picnic tables that are available on a fist come, first serve basis. There are also a few barbeque grills around the picnic area that are first come, first serve as well.

For more photos from Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins Historic State Park, please visit the Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins Historic State Park Photo Gallery