MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS HISTORIC STATE PARK IN CROSS CREEK, FLORIDA

 

LOCATION AND PHONE NUMBER

18700 S. County Road 325

Cross Creek, Florida 32640

(352) 466-3672

Located about 28 miles southeast of Gainesville, Florida

HOURS

Open everyday from 9 am until 5 pm

Access inside the house is by guided tour only.  Tours are available from October through July, from Thursday through Sunday except for Christmas and Thanksgiving days, at 10:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m., and 4:00 p.m. 

FEES

The park admission fee is $3.00 per group in one vehicle.   Please use the honor box to pay the fee; correct change is needed. 

GUIDED TOURS OF THE HOME

$3.00 per adult; $2.00 for children, ages 6 to12; children aged 5 and under are free.

I have a special reason for wanting to go and tour this park.  If you remember reading about Marjorie taking care packages to families along the river.  My grandmother was the recipient of at least one of those packages.  My grandfather was a commercial fisherman and the family used to follow the fish-so to say-moving as the fish did.  I have also found out that my Mom has vague memories of Marjorie coming to their house and bringing care packages.  And, she believes that the 1 room, dirt floor house they lived in was owned by and on the property owned by Marjorie.

You can walk around the grounds, go into the barn, see the gardens and the outbuildings.  Even taking a hike into the Florida Wilderness, going on a path through the woods towards the creek/river.  Along the paths, through the woods; there are no telephone or electrical wires.  You will see what Florida may have looked like years ago.

  

 

photos courtesy of Clinton Lampp

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings State Park   


( link to the Florida State Park information

address, hours and prices from the above link )


I am not paid by or affiliated with the Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings park.
The observations are strictly my own.
The prices and hours were in effect when I was there 04/02/2013