//
Photo: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
The park is known for its 400-year-old oak tree, rentable pavillion, and hiking and canoe trails.
Bulow Creek State Park is a Florida State Park located five miles (8 km) north of Ormond Beach. It is on Old Dixie Highway, next to the Atlantic Ocean. The park is adjacent to Bulow Plantation Ruins Historic State Park, and close to North Peninsula State Park, Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreation Area and Tomoka State Park.
© OpenStreetMap contributors
Canoe and kayak trail with access from Bulow Plantation, Walter Boardman Ln, and Smith Creek Landing.
Contains the ruins of an antebellum plantation. Among the wildlife of the park are bald eagles, swallow-tailed kites, and Florida manatees. Activities include hiking, fishing, wildlife viewing, canoeing and kayaking, and picnicking. Amenities include a 6.8 mile hiking trail, a boat ramp, and a screened picnic pavilion. Bulow Creek is recognized as a State Canoe Trail.
African slaves who worked at the plantation lived in cabins near Bulow Creek east of the Sugar Mill. Only the foundations of some of the cabins remain, but they can be spotted if you follow the trail that goes directly north alongside the creek.
This exhibit includes artifacts from the plantation such as chains, hoes, and pottery. Informative plaques provide information about the history of the plantation, its visit by John James Audubon, and its relationship with the Seminoles. There are restrooms at the center but otherwise indoor access is not permissible; all collections are viewed from the outside.
The sugar mill contains the bulk of the remains at the site. Signs show how the sugar was produced and the separate mechanisms that took place at the mill.