Historic Yates Mill County Park

Historic Yates Mill County Park offers visitors experiences that interpret and preserve our agricultural heritage, environmental resources and history through educational programs, events and exhibits. The park is a 174-acre wildlife refuge and an environmental research center.

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4620 Lake Wheeler Rd (at Penny Rd) Raleigh , NC 27603 United States

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boardwalk fresh air trails fishing sunsets mills photo opportunities dam museums park
Jennifer Foster

Very peaceful ...nice to walk around. Not too much to do besides enjoy the peace and scenery, but that's fine by me. There is a small museum/info center to visit as well .

@ExploreRaleigh

Awesome little park to walk around. The mill is beautiful! Great way to spend an hour getting to know that special someone a bit better. Even if you've known them for years!

Jim Kalweit

One of my favorite places for photo shoots, the mill , dam , lake , boardwalk , marsh, nature trails , birds big and small all offer great photo opportunities .

Kaitlin

Such a pretty place to hang out and learn a little history!

Heather Laube

Beautiful Park , with a nice museum for kids to show how a mill works.

Wade Stinson

Fun historic mill . I think it's geared more toward younger kids. I did like the hiking trail that surrounds the lake .

Becky Urani

Breathtaking! Great place to walk

Michael Radford

Good history lesson as the mill dates back to 1750s. Suggest going on 3rd weekend of the month when they are processing.

J Greyhound

I would like to be able to take my human for a walk there; however, I am banned from this park .

Jasmine Isaacs

Awsome park ! Beutiful lake and water fall. They also have hiking trails

The News & Observer

Go fishing off the boardwalk ! Read more

Brian Villanueva

Beautiful place to take photos and go on walks

C

Cute photo ops!

Marc Hunter

bautiful quiet trails ...

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