Cross Creek and MK Rawlings State Park
Cross Creek is best known for once being the home of author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. She wrote many of her stories while living there, including the Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Yearling. The Yearling was made into the 1946 film of the same name, and her memoir, Cross Creek, was also made into the 1983 film. At Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic State Park, you can walk back in time to the 1930's farm life where she lived and worked. Her cracker style home and farm has been restored and is preserved.
Admission Fee
$3.00 per vehicle. Please use the honor box to pay fees. Correct change is required. Tours by rangers are offered and will talk about Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' life, her writing, farm life in the 1930s, and Cross Creek. Tours are offered Thursdays through Sundays, October through July (except for Christmas and Thanksgiving) at 10, 11 am and 1, 2, 3, and 4 pm. Tours are $3 for adults, $2 for children 6-12; younger children are free.
