Want to get inside Historic Yates Mill? Join us for a tour!

Please note that starting in April 2023, one-hour Mill Heritage Tours will be offered on Saturdays, instead of Saturday at the Mill Tours; these tours will take place through November on most Saturdays, at 1, 2, and 3 p.m. Click on the Mill Heritage Tour tab below for more information. 

Discover Historic Yates Mill – a place of business, community and exciting local history! Watch a brief video, then explore the inner workings of the mill itself. Tickets are available inside the park's visitor center. Pre-registrations are encouraged. Most appropriate for ages 7 & up.

These one-hour guided tours are offered March through November on most Saturdays at 1, 2 and 3 p.m. and on most Sundays at 2 and 3 p.m. Click on the button below for details and to register.

Step back in time with our historical interpreters and watch the millstones at work grinding corn into meal. Corn grinding tours are offered every 20 minutes beginning at 10 a.m. on the third Saturdays in March, April, May, June September, October and November, and tours begin at 1 p.m. on the third Sundays in March, April, May, June September, October and November. Space is limited, and reservations are encouraged. 

While corn-grinding tours are going on, the nonprofit group Yates Mill Associates is on site in the Mill Yard with stone-ground cornmeal and mill merchandise for sale, so please shop to support a good cause!

Half-Hour Guided Tours: Saturdays (March 25, April 15, May 20, June 17, Sept. 16, Oct. 21, and Nov. 18), 10 a.m.–noon and 1–4 p.m., and Sundays (March 26, April 16, May 21, June 18, Sept. 17, Oct. 22, and Nov. 19), 1–4 p.m. Limit: 10 people per tour. Please note that tours are not available between noon–1 p.m., and the last tour of the day begins at 3:40 p.m. Tickets are available online and in the Mill Yard on the day of the tours. Most appropriate for ages 7 & up.

Buy tickets using the button below.

Historic Yates Mill County Park is pleased to offer guided tours to organized groups on weekdays. Tour dates are available on weekdays on a first-come, first-served basis from March through November. Reservations should be made, preferably, one month in advance. Requests for group tours are made by contacting the Group Program Coordinator, Adam Prince, at adam.prince@wake.gov.

For groups that may be interested in other programs in addition to a mill tour, please refer to the Group Programs and Field Trips section of our website.