The O’Hara Mill Homestead is a great place to spend an hour, a day, a weekend or even longer. While the grounds are accessible throughout the year to enjoy nature, the historical buildings are only open during the summer season.
There is something for everyone:
- History with 19th century saw mill, log house and school, a Victorian house, carpentry and blacksmith shops. Scheduled demonstrations are presented in all
- Gardening. An extensive variety of 19th flowers, herbs, vegetables, fruits and field crops are presented in the Heritage Gardens.
- Hiking the nature trails
- Geocaching
- Picnics
- Bird watching
- Photography
- Volunteering
- School groups with advance planning. Learning opportunities can be prepared complete with classroom in the Log School House.
- Tour groups with advance planning.
- Musicians occasionally take to the Little Band Shell stage
You can bring your pets but they must be restrained and are not permitted in some of the buildings.
There are more details for planning your visit in the various sub-sections of this Visitors section.
