Founded by Eustace Conway, Turtle Island Preserve is a 1000-acre Appalachian heritage farm and education center located in a remote, wild, hidden valley that can only be reached along a long gravel road.

At Turtle Island, Eustace Conway offers visitors a glimpse of the lifestyle of their ancestors, including living in primitive, simple hand-made structures, using an “outhouse”, and wielding simple primitive tools for everyday chores. Everything comes from the land and is used with care and in balance with nature. Residents and visitors build shelters, plant and harvest gardens, milk goats, gather plants and herbs in the woods, and literally live “off the land.”

2683 Little Laurel Rd, Boone, NC 28607, Phone: 828-265-2267

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