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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.
Bulow Plantation Ruins Historic State Park is a Florida State Park in Flagler Beach, Florida. It is three miles west of Flagler Beach on CR 2001, south of SR 100, and contains the ruins of an antebellum plantation and its sugar mill, built of coquina, a fossiliferous sedimentary rock composed of shells. It was the largest plantation in East Florida, and was operated with the forced labor of enslaved Africans and African Americans.
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Canoe and kayak trail with access from Bulow Plantation, Walter Boardman Ln, and Smith Creek Landing.
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.
The park is known for its 400-year-old oak tree, rentable pavillion, and hiking and canoe trails.