Taylor Camp was a small settlement established in the spring of 1969 on the island of Kauai, Hawaii. It covered an area of seven acres (2.8 ha) and at its peak it had a population of 120. [1] It began with thirteen hippies seeking refuge from the ongoing campus riots and police brutality in the United States. [2]

Jun 5, 2023 · Taylor Camp began in the Spring of 1969, with thirteen hippies seeking refuge from the ongoing campus riots in America and police brutality. Having fled their homes, they headed for Kauai in Hawaii, then a very remote and unspoilt land with just a single traffic light on the island.

true at Kauai’s Taylor Camp, a clothing-optional, grow-your-own community of hippies governed only by “vibes.” There were no rules; nothing to sign as you walked into camp. There were no elections; it wasn’t a democracy. These refugees from …

After a beef with the Hawaiian government, Howard Taylor allowed 13 hippies to move into his beachfront property to live rent free—and they built a tree house paradise. If there’s one thing that captures the alternative culture of the 1960s and 1970s, it’s communal living.

Soon waves of hippies, surfers and troubled Vietnam vets found their way to Taylor Camp and built a clothing-optional, pot-friendly tree house village at the end of the road on the island's North Shore.

Jan 11, 2015 · called hippies, and when the movement spread in the 1960s, they created communities around the world and lived their own lives. Among them, 'Taylor Camp ' is said to be the ultimate hippie...

Jul 21, 2015 · Taylor Camp began in the Spring of 1969, with thirteen hippies seeking refuge from the ongoing campus riots in America and police brutality. Having fled their homes, they headed for Kauai in Hawaii, then a very remote and unspoilt land with just a single traffic light on the island.

Apr 27, 2021 · It was here that Joni immortalised the ideal hippie scene in her 1971 song “Carey”, overlooking the unspoilt beach and azure blue waters. The caves had originally housed lepers at the end of the Stone Age and then the Romans used them as burial crypts.

Nov 26, 2020 · The iconic rock band The Grateful Dead stayed and played on the property in the 1970s when the Petaluma abode functioned as a glass blowing co-operative/ artist’s hippie commune called Swallowtail Studios.