Wedding Photographers & Videographers at Little Buffalo State Park, Newport

A wedding at Little Buffalo State Park near Newport brings you to the banks of Little Buffalo Creek in Perry County, where Shoaff's Mill still grinds cornmeal and apples. For wedding photos and video, the creek, the old mill and the open park grounds give you a country setting with real history in it. Visitors can even watch apple butter cook in a big copper kettle in front of the mill.

This park has a building made for celebrations. The rentable Recreation Hall, in the campground, seats 200 people for wedding receptions and includes a kitchen for your caterer. Wedding ceremonies are typically permitted in state parks with approval from the park office, so ask about holding yours on the grounds and moving into the hall afterward on your wedding day. Most parks charge a small administrative fee for a wedding plus the rental fee.

When you plan your wedding reception in the hall, ask your wedding videographer to look at where the toasts and first dance will go, so the lighting and sound work. The state asks couples to discuss commercial photographers and caterers with the park office. Guests may not throw rice or birdseed or release doves or butterflies, but bubbles or quiet noisemakers may be allowed with written permission. Parking sits near Shoaff's Mill and the Entertainment Pavilion, and the park is open from sunrise to sunset.

• Contact the park office early to reserve the Recreation Hall.
• Ask about a ceremony site on the grounds and a rain plan.
• Walk the mill area with your photographer and ask about photo and video guidelines.

A little about Little Buffalo State Park

Shoaff's Mill was built around 1840 as part of a local iron works community and ran until 1940. Nearby, the Blue Ball Tavern opened in 1811 along the old Carlisle Pike.