New Smyrna Sugar Mill Ruins State Historic Site
New Smyrna Sugar Mill Ruins State Historic Site is a historic site in Florida, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Buncombe Hill stands 12 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Gold Rock RV Park, a park 0.4 miles away. RIV OF LKS HRTG CORR passes 10 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The New Smyrna Sugar Mill Ruins (also known as the Cruger and DePeyster Sugar Mill) is a historic site in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, at 600 Old Mission Road, one mile west of the Intracoastal Waterway. On August 12, 1970, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. In 1830, a steam-operated sugarcane mill and a sawmill were erected at this site. The mills' masonry buildings were constructed of coquina, a sedimentary rock composed of fossilized tiny mollusc shells, quarried nearby. The structures included a crushing house, with a chimney and large arched doors and window openings, which contained the steam-driven grinding machinery that extracted the juice from the sugarcane. The entire process was carried out using slave labor and draft animals, under the management of the plantation overseer, John Dwight Sheldon. On Christmas Day in 1835, the mills and other buildings were destroyed by Native Americans during the Second Seminole War; only the walls were left standing, with the machinery inside them, made by the West Point Foundry of Cold Spring, New York, mostly undamaged. The site was further altered by soldiers who were garrisoned there to keep the Seminoles under surveillance.
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Wikidata Q12063885, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1830
- Elevation
- 1 m
How to reach it
- 10.1 mi off the RIV OF LKS HRTG CORR, National
- 4.9 mi off the HALIFAX HERITAGE BYWAY
- 13.5 mi off the INDIAN RIVER LAGOON, National
- 20.1 mi off the FLORIDA BLACK BEAR, National
Overlooks nearby
- Airport Observation Deck · 14 mi
- Observation Tower · 25 mi
- Observation platform · 25 mi
- Bird blind · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Gold Rock RV Park: 0.4 mi
- New Smyrna Beach Pedestrian Trail - West Pine Trail Head: 0.7 mi
- Myrtle Avenue Park: 1.0 mi
- Pettis Park: 1.2 mi
- Holland Park: 1.5 mi
- Mary S. Harrell Black Heritage Museum: 1.2 mi
- New Smyrna Museum of History: 1.6 mi
- Marine Discovery Center: 2.3 mi
- Peter Wolf Toth Museum: 4.9 mi
- Lens Exhibit Building: 5.0 mi
- Ponce Inlet Veterans Memorial: 5.0 mi
- USLHS Fog Bell: 5.0 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 9.2 mi
- Veterans Park: 9.5 mi
- Charles Burgoyne: 14.5 mi
- Doris Leeper Spruce Creek Preserve: 5.5 mi
- Canaveral National Seashore: 9.6 mi
- Turnbull Hammock Conservation Area: 9.9 mi
- D Ranch Preserve: 19.0 mi
- Lake Monroe Conservation Area: 19.5 mi
- Nature Playground Garden: 2.3 mi
- Flower Circle: 10.0 mi
- Legacy Garden: 14.0 mi
- The Bunny Garden: 16.9 mi
- Derbyshire Place Community Garden: 17.1 mi
- Pathways to the Sky: 14.0 mi
- Wings of Change: 14.0 mi
- Reaching New Horizons: 14.0 mi
- Wright Flyer Replica: 14.0 mi
- Spirit Rock: 14.1 mi
- New Smyrna Beach: 3.4 mi
- Inlet Shore Beach Area: 4.2 mi
- Disappearing Island: 4.3 mi
- Apollo Beach: 11.0 mi
- Apollo Beach: 14.7 mi
- Green Mound: 7.4 mi
- Bull Hill: 11.4 mi
- Buncombe Hill: 17.8 mi
- Palmer-Taylor Mound: 22.2 mi
- Buzzard Roost: 22.6 mi
- UNOH FanZone: 14.6 mi
- Zoom Air Adventure Park: 14.6 mi
- Daytona International Speedway Visitors Center: 14.8 mi
- Skydive Deland: 20.8 mi
- Danville: 20.9 mi
- Seminole Spring: 21.0 mi
- Green Springs: 21.1 mi
- Heath Spring: 21.5 mi
- Volusia Blue Spring: 24.5 mi
- Gemini Springs: 24.6 mi
- The Grove: 13.4 mi
- Little Big Econ Pavilion: 24.9 mi
- Eldora: 10.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of New Smyrna Sugar Mill Ruins State Historic Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buncombe Hill | NW 311° | 12 m | 17.8 mi |
| Bull Hill | SSE 147° | 4 m | 11.4 mi |
| Palmer-Taylor Mound | SSW 195° | 2 m | 22.2 mi |
| Buzzard Roost | SSW 194° | 2 m | 22.6 mi |
| Noah Mound | SSW 191° | 1 m | 24.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:04 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 06:26 | 19:52 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:51 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:56 | 17:31 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–Jun.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 60 | 61 | 65 | 71 | 76 | 80 | 82 | 82 | 80 | 75 | 69 | 63 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 7.5 | 6.1 | 6.5 | 6.9 | 4.5 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Smyrna BCH - Marine Discov, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 70000192OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — New Smyrna Sugar Mill Ruins, reference 70000192, listed 08/12/70.
OpenStreetMap element node/358730438
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- Daytona Beach · 15 mi
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