Activities

  • Historic Site Tours

    Tour one of Missouri's best-preserved examples of a water-powered gristmill. Tours are given of the mill during tour hours and of the Wilhite Store by appointment. Click here for tour fees. 

  • picnicking

    Enjoy a picnic lunch in this scenic setting. Click here for more information.

  • hiking

    Hike to a bluff overlooking the scenic mill. Click here for more information.

  • Interpretive Programs

    Call the historic site for information about programs.

  • fishing

    Cast your line into Huzzah Creek, which offers various sunfish, smallmouth bass and largemouth bass.

Park information

A red mill set on the blue waters of Huzzah Creek is as pretty a picture as there is in Missouri, and that’s the setting for Dillard Mill State Historic Site. The site interprets one of the state’s best-preserved gristmills, completed in 1908. Most of the machinery in the mill is still intact and original to the building. If you like the outdoors, the site’s location on Huzzah Creek in the Ozarks provides plenty of opportunities to fish, hike, picnic or just dream about the past.

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Park Hours

The operating hours for site tours and the site office are currently under review; please refer to the information below for the current temporarily-enacted hours. 

Historic Site Grounds:

Temporary grounds hours

  • April 16 through Nov. 15
    8 a.m. - 8 p.m., daily

Normal historic site grounds hours:

  • Sunrise to sunset, daily

Historic Site Office hours

Temporary site office hours

  • April 16 through Nov. 15
    10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday
    Closed Monday (The office phone will be checked for messages.)
  • Nov. 16 through April 15
    10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Friday through Sunday
    Closed Monday through Thursday (The office phone will be checked for messages.)

Normal site office hours:

  • March through November
    10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Saturday
    12 p.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday
  • December through February
    10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Saturday
    12 p.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday

Dillard Mill hours

Tours:

Temporary site tour hours

  • April 16 through Nov. 15
    10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday (last tour begins at 3 p.m.)
    Tours on Monday by prior appointment only.
  • Nov. 16 through April 15
    10 a.m. - 4 p.m.,  Saturday and Sunday (last tour begins at 3 p.m.)

Normal site tour hours:

  • March through November
    10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Saturday; The last tour begins at 3 p.m.
    12 p.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday, The last tour starts at 4 p.m.
  • December through February
    10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thursday through Saturday
    12 p.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday
    The last tour of the day starts at 3 p.m.