Welcome to Highland Retreat
Highland Retreat is a welcoming Christian camp that features a beautiful retreat setting and exciting summer youth camps. Located in northwestern Virginia, Highland serves the Shenandoah Valley, Northern Virginia, the Eastern West Virginia panhandle, and beyond.
Guest Testimonials
We rested, we sought and found God in deep ways. We hiked. It was a wonderful and intentional time of retreat. Thank you!
Couple’s getaway in Creekside cottage, May 2026
It was peaceful, beautiful, and the Lord’s presence was here. Thank you so much!
Personal retreat in Creekside Cottage, April 2026
What a perfect setting for a writing retreat! The trail options were perfect for an outdoor break of any length. Creekside is quiet and comfortable, with just-right amenities.
Individual retreat in Creekside cottage, March 2026
Our members appreciated time to connect with each other and nature. Facilities were comfortable, staff friendly, food great.
Church retreat in Mountain View Retreat Center, March 2026
As always, Creekside was a peaceful oasis for me, I appreciate the quiet, very clean cabin and the very friendly and helpful staff. Thanks for everything!
Personal getaway in Creekside Cottage, March 2026
We love Highland Retreat! God bless you.
College ministry retreat at Red Oak Lodge, March 2026
Thank you for providing such a wonderful option for pastors. Creekside was a wonderful cabin in the woods on a snowy day!
Pastor’s retreat in Creekside Cottage, March 2026
The ability to have food made for us and served was a huge help! Thank you! God answered prayers for a meaningful retreat!
Sunday School class retreat in Mountain View Retreat Center, February 2026
I appreciate the neatness and cleanliness of the cabin, as well as the very friendly and helpful office staff. The quiet and peacefulness is just what I needed. Thank you very much.
Individual getaway in Creekside cottage, February 2026
Great location and venue for our family Christmas weekend gathering!
Family reunion in Red Oak Lodge, December 2025
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Check out what happened at Highland yesterday: the new driveway and parking lot for Green Valley House is now paved!
The good folks from Partners Excavating did a lot of site prep work over the last few weeks, and then tackled the big job of paving yesterday. There`s now a nice parking area for Green Valley House (open for reservations, mid-October and beyond), and the driveway also passes in front of the former Gehman residence (which will be staff/volunteer housing) and then exits onto Rt 259 directly across from Upper Highland Drive. Thanks for all the great work, friends! It looks wonderful, and will make for safe, smooth access to our newest guest facility!
(Also look for the video clip posted today of the end of the paving process, if you want to see a bit more!)
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Check out what happened at Highland yesterday: the new driveway and parking lot for Green Valley House is now paved!
This snippet of video was taken as the work was wrapping up around 2pm yesterday. You can see the last bit of the parking area being rolled flat, and then there`s a look at the length of driveway that passes in front of Green Valley House (open for reservations, mid-October and beyond) and the former Gehman residence (which will be staff/volunteer housing) and then exits onto Rt 259 directly across from Upper Highland Drive. The good folks from Partners Excavating did a lot of site prep work over the last few weeks, and then tackled the big job of paving yesterday. Thanks for all the great work, friends! It looks wonderful, and will make for safe, smooth access to our newest guest facility!
(Also look for today`s post with some still images of the paving process, if you want to see a bit more!)
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All God`s critters have a place in the choir . . . including these ones that were photographed over the course of the summer. Even if you`re not the type who wants to hold the critters yourself, hopefully you agree that the God who created all the complex and beautiful and weird and fascinating animals is a truly amazing God!
Most of these pictures were among our summer camp photos. But the picture of the water snake chowing down on a fish was shared with us by an observant guest who spotted the meal in progress under the low water bridge earlier this month. Thanks, Sarah, for sharing your picture!
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It`s been an eventful week for projects at Highland, with the delivery of cabins being one of the most fun to witness!
These cabins have already been in process for more than a year (and there will be yet more months before they are actually ready for use), but getting them on the ground at Highland is a momentous step. All the construction up to this point happened at Massanutten Technical Center during the past school year, but this week they took a journey! These pictures were taken on Tuesday, during the delivery of the second cabin to the Upper Campground. (Picture 2 shows the first one that was delivered. To help you visualize where this is, note that the cars in the background are in Red Oak Lodge`s parking lot. And then look for this cabin in the background of one of the later photos, to see how the two are situated in relation to each other.)
Deron and his maintenance crew have worked hard over the last weeks to get four gravel pads ready to receive the cabins. Deron and Lester were putting the final touches on the pad for the second cabin as it was on the trailer making its way up the hill to the Upper Campground. Our narrow and winding Upper Highland Drive is certainly not the most convenient road for an oversize load, but the folks from Helmuth Builders knew exactly how to handle it. They told us they have made deliveries up more challenging roads! Once up in the campground, it was just a matter of getting the cabin in position and carefully guiding it off the trailer.
Next time you are out here, make sure you look for these new cabins, both these two in the Upper Campground and the two in the Lower Campground! Just please be aware that they are not open for use yet (nor will they be this fall) as there is still a long list of tasks to be completed before they can be made available for guests.
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Our last camp for this summer was Mini Camp, July 27-29. This lively group of 7- to 10-year-olds dove into their camp activities with vim and vigor! The middle elementary age is a great one for hands-on nature activities and crafts, forming relationships with counselors and cabin mates, enthusiastic game playing, and so much more. We sure enjoyed having these campers with us to wrap up the 2026 camp season!
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Our last camp for this summer was Mini Camp, July 27-29. This lively group of 7- to 10-year-olds dove into their camp activities with vim and vigor! The middle elementary age is a great one for hands-on nature activities and crafts, forming relationships with counselors and cabin mates, enthusiastic game playing, and so much more. We sure enjoyed having these campers with us to wrap up the 2026 camp season!
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