Summer Camps 2025 & 2026

a summer of transition.

Family Camp July 31 - August 3

Summer Day Camp August 4-8 rising 1-6 grades - Click Here

Young Boys Camp 2026 - June 14-20

* November 8, 2025 *

Music in the Mountains

Saturday, November 8, 2025

Ashe Civic Center

West Jefferson, NC

Workshops

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Workshops *

The skills and classes taught at Turtle Island Preserve are powerful and effective. We dig deep, reaching profound connections within us; touching our ancestral roots.

Turtle Island is dancing the timeless magic of true, real meaning through the obstacles of chaos presented in our modern world

Please visit our store for memorabilia and commemorative merchandise. When you make a donation at our store, you can choose from patches, hats, shirts, and hooded sweatshirts, knives, bows and various outdoor items as our gift of thanks. All proceeds benefit Turtle Island Preserve and the important work that goes on here.

Summer Day Camps

No phones. No screens. Just kids discovering how much fun real life can be! Turtle Island Preserve is a place to unplug and reconnect — with nature and themselves.

Our Day Camp is designed for those campers who may not quite be ready for true “wilderness immersion” in our over night camps. This will be a wonderful introduction to Turtle Island and our teachings…and you will be immersed in nature, just able to be in your bed at night. It is a great first step to our regular Boys Camp.

Our mission & philosophy for Day Camp is the same as our overnight camp…to encourage personal growth in each camper. We do this by encouraging a connection to the natural world through exploration of our 1000+ acres and our natural history preserve.

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