The Claude Moore Colonial Farm at Turkey Run is the only privately run park in the U.S. National Park Service (NPS). The Friends of Claude Moore Colonial Farm, a privately funded foundation, pays for all activities on the farm, while the land is owned by the NPS. The Farm is located in Langley, Virginia, a suburb of McLean, Virginia, next to the George Bush Center for Intelligence and the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center.
Read more about Claude Moore Colonial Farm: Life in 1771, Small Staff and Volunteers, Season From April To December, History
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