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3.5 13 reviews

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Mar 1, 2018

“Trip south”

Feb 19, 2018

“A Good Place for Birders, Not Much Else There”

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Kurt R

DeKalb, Illinois

57386

Reviewed March 1, 2018

Trip south

This was a good stop. In is a southern plantation. It gives you a good look into life on the south more then a 100 years ago.

Date of experience: February 2018

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cslnh

new hampshire

147100

Reviewed February 19, 2018

A Good Place for Birders, Not Much Else There

As other reviewers have noted, the Butler Rice Plantation is a very rundown building with not much to see/learn in the way of history. However, as a spot for birders, it can be interesting. The front lawn can yield Meadowlarks and Pine Warblers in winter...More

Date of experience: February 2018

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dcrews64

Moultrie, Georgia

43

Reviewed August 22, 2017

Not much to see

This particular plantation consists of little else than a house and two brick structures in the front yard. There are two historical markers on the site giving a brief history of the plantation and its owners. Not much else to be said about it. Very...More

Date of experience: August 2017

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Budrock9

Columbia, South Carolina

352152

Reviewed May 1, 2017

Interest Stop En Route to Brunswick, GA

I have passed by this site since the 1950's but never stopped. It is of historical significance but the site could have been more informational and better maintained. Not sure why it is not. We took the road to the public kayak landing there and...More

Date of experience: April 2017

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Kecia J

Abingdon, Virginia

3

Reviewed April 23, 2017

Neat place to ride your bikes and see wildlife

This was a very interesting place to ride bikes and see the wildlife. We saw a bunch of alligators. Neat to see them in the wild.

Date of experience: April 2017

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jerRsaus

Rockville, Maryland

64

Reviewed April 19, 2017 via mobile

Important history, but not much to see

I'm glad I made a stop to walk around the home, enjoy the ruins of the rice mill, and explore some of the old rice fields. There really is not much to see and it doesn't take long to walk around the grounds. It's free!...More

Date of experience: April 2017

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15Serene15

Atlanta, Georgia

17430

Reviewed April 11, 2017

Plantation Home

Driving along Highway 17 outside Darien you will see this beautiful home. Unable to go inside at the time, but the surrounding were beautiful.

Date of experience: April 2017

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Steffi-Zeeva

Gainesville, Florida

2521

Reviewed February 14, 2016

Pretty neat

Couldn't get too close to the house, the yard and surrounding areas were flooded. Nice fishing dock on the river. WMA for duck hunting.

Date of experience: February 2016

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barbaragwen270

Sebastian, Florida

1109661

Reviewed December 24, 2015

So, So , Sad

I knew the history behind this plantation before I ever went. So I wasn't expecting a huge plantation home, slave quarters, a museum etc. Since this property is associated with the Nature's Conservancy, ( I saw one of their signs on the property) I was...More

Date of experience: December 2015

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MotorhomeWillTravel

Tennessee

123

Reviewed December 12, 2015

only see outside, not inside plantation

It's a fascinating piece of history, but it's occupied by a business, so not open to the public., although they seem to allow folks to roam around the outside. If it was set up for inside, it would have gotten more stars. But still worth...More

Date of experience: April 2015

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Mickey L

Can you go inside the plantation house or do you have to stay outside?

August 18, 2018|

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No you can't go in.

9wendyd

I’d love to know where the actual entrance is off the highway. There are various signs referring to nature areas but none that match the name of this, say anything about house or Butler Island plantation. I could not find any maps showing the specific location and there were various different roads. So my mother and I took Butler Road and drove out onto the island on the dirt road just exploring until we got until 95 and it dead-ends to public traffic. We drove past the other signs and looked but it wasn’t clearly marked. We ended up going to Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation not fat away and that was FANTASTIC. Very well run state historic site.

May 13, 2018|

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The Plantation is the white house on the right side of the highway. In front of it is a tall brick smokestack. There is no sign. Remember that you can't go in the house and the grounds are very limited, though you can... More