Historic Bethabara Park

Visit Historic Bethabara Park for an imaginative journey to the Carolina backcountry of nearly 250 years ago. A small group of Moravians settled this religious village and trade center in an 18th-century wilderness, full of bears, wolves, Indians and outlaws. Begin your visit to Winston-Salem at the place where it all began.

Today's Bethabara evokes this era. A National Historic Landmark, this 1753 site of the German-speaking, Protestant settlement nestles in a picturesque, wooded 183-acre wildlife preserve with 126 species of birds.

The museum features a unique, restored and furnished 1788 church, archaeological ruins, Visitor Center with introductory video, exhibits and tours with costumed guides, as well as a reconstructed village, a French and Indian War fort and colonial and medical gardens.

Explore 20 miles of nature trails, go to the mill site, observe wildlife from two observation docks over the beaver pond. Spot otters, mink, foxes, deer and woodchucks.

Visit the Bethabara Park Museum offering hand-crafted Moravian, colonial and natural history items.

Discover this 250-year-old communal experiment on the frontier, now a National Historic Landmark.

• Share in the creative excitement, when something old was very new.
• Participate in special events during the year.
• Explore a unique museum dedicated to the connection between people and their natural environment....

Bethabara is the 1753 site of the First Moravian settlement in North Carolina

Begin your visit to Winston-Salem at the place it all began...