About Island Farm:

At A Glance

• Visit us on the web at:
  www.theislandfarm.com
• Email: Click Here
• Address: 1140 Virginia Dare Road Roanoke Island 27954 Click for map
• Phone: 252-473-6500
• Latitude: 35.929405
• Longitude: -75.687904
• Hours: Opening June 7, 2010 through November. Monday - Friday 10 am to 4 pm
• Payment: No cards accepted
  Cash, Checks
• Entry Fee: Admission $5; Children 5 and under free
• Season: June - November 2010

Embrace the pace. Explore island life as it was more than 150 years ago. Join interpreters dressed in period attire as they carry out the daily activities of a Roanoke Island farm in the 1850s. Stroll along the pasture fences and visit with the farm animals, listen to the ringing of the blacksmith’s hammer, help a farmer hoe his corn or carry water to the garden. In the cookhouse, hear the sizzle of salted ham in the skillet or help the cook make corn cakes. See laundry washed in a steaming iron pot over a hardwood fire and lend a hand if you like. or just relax under the shade of a tall pecan tree and watch coastal history come to life before your eyes.

Hands-On Activities and Demonstrations May Include: Woodworking, cooking, horse-drawn wagon rides, children’s 19th century toys and games, farm and garden planting, harvesting and tending, blacksmithing, self-guided tours of the c. 1847 farm house. Activities vary daily and by season and are weather-dependent.

Island Farm is located on US Highway 64, 2 miles north of Manteo on US Highway 64. Only 15 minutes from Nags Head and 1 hour from Corolla, and just 5 minutes from the North Carolina Aquarium, The Elizabethan Gardens, Fort Raleigh, Roanoke Island Festival Park and the Manteo Waterfront.

Must Dos:

North Parlor of Farm House

Built about 1847, the Etheridge homeplace is the oldest restored house on Roanoke Island. The house is furnished to reflect the style of the mid-19th century. Some furnishings are original to the house. Tour the farm house and 11 of the farm buildings now know as Island Farm.

The Garden at Island Farm

Islanders added variety to their diets by growing vegetables in small garden plots such as this one. Help tend the garden and pick some vegetables.

Children Are Introduced to Island Farm's cow

Island Farm has a variety of farm animals. Children learn about what s the animals contribution to the farm and how they were cared for.

Scheduled Activities & Programs:

Blacksmithing •

Local Blacksmith, Randy Hodges, forges iron over an open fire, creating one of a kind pieces of art. The Blacksmith . . . More Info

Mid-19th Century Cooking •

Help prepare mid-19th century foods over an open fire in the cookhouse. Sample corns cakes, hot from the skillet. Foods . . . More Info

Wash Day on Island Farm •

Experience Wash Day on Island Farm as it was in the mid-19th century. . . . More Info