Cracker Creek

Cracker Creek is located in Port Orange, Florida, a center that caters to the history of pioneering in the local area. It invites guests to learn more about homesteading with a real family that is really living the homesteading way of life in modern times.

The center recognizes the new trend towards modern and urban homesteading, a green means of self-sustainability that is appealing to more and more people. In fact, amongst its many visitors are city dwellers who are seeking to learn more about homesteading and the potential for applying the old pioneering ways in their modern lives, whether they live in apartments or houses.

The center was constructed in 1933 and was named in honour of the cowboys who cracked their whips when herding cattle in the area. Today, visitors are given varied self-guided and special tours whereby they can see one of the few back water streams that is left in the state. They can walk through the charming forest glades and explore the nearby swamps and marshes. Wildlife and bird watchers find this especially enjoyable.

The center also gives tours of the historic pioneering buildings in the area, letting visitors experience first-hand what pioneering life was like only a century ago. Cracker Creek is showing everyone the warmth that homesteading and pioneering ways continue to have, things that are not just a part of history, but a part of the future.