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
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
An annual highlight for me as I pray and plan into the new year.
Pastor stay in Creekside cottage, December 2025
Everything was wonderful. The weather was perfect for biking and evenings by the fire with our friends.
Couples staying in Creekside & Dogwood cottages, October 2025
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Some of our camp weeks still have plenty of space for campers! Now`s a great time to check availability for your camper (and their best friends!) and claim one of the remaining spots in one of this year`s summer camp weeks. Campers who register with a new friend before June 1 are eligible for a camp store coupon through the Refer-a-Friend program.
Learn more or register via link in bio.
Here`s a list of camps with openings, in order from the most spots to the least. (See also the last picture in this set of photos for an infographic of current availability.)
July 3-5, Family Camp (1 adult and 1 kid minimum per family unit)
July 19-23, Resident Camp D (ages 13-16)
July 27-29, Mini Camp (ages 7-10)
June 28-July 1, Jr. Resident Camp (ages 8-10)
June 14-18, Navigators Camp (ages 15-18)
June 14-18, Resident Camp A (ages 9-11)
June 21-25, Resident Camp B (ages 11-13)
June 29-July 1, Jr. Day Camp A (ages 5-6)
June 21-25, Wilderness Camp A (ages 13-15)
July 12-16, Wilderness Camp B (ages 14-16)
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We`re just 2 weeks away from our Celebration event on May 16! We hope you can join us for a delicious lunch, a concert by The Walking Roots Band, the summer camp open house, and fun outdoor activities for the whole family. Enjoy these pictures from last year`s event, and pop over to our website to learn more or RSVP!
highlandretreat.org/celebration [link in bio]
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April has been a great month for volunteers! And we hope to kick off May with another great work day, this Saturday, May 2. If you can help us out for the morning and/or afternoon on Saturday, we`ll feed you lunch and share all our gratitude! Please let us know you`re coming (link in bio) so we can plan projects and food accordingly.
Projects this Saturday will primarily be the railing for the youth office footbridge, plus landscaping and flowerbeds.
Pictured are some of this month`s volunteers! The first 4 pictures feature volunteers from JMU Intervarsity working on the youth office bridge and planting shrubs outside Green Valley House. The next 4 pictures show staff from VMMissions, who spent a day prepping flowerbeds outside Mountain View Retreat Center, assembling bunk beds in Green Valley House, and starting a leveled gravel pad for a fire ring and picnic tables outside the Retreat Center. (The JMU crew finished that project, as shown in picture 9.) The last picture shows the group that worked their way up to Tiger Rocks, cleaning up the trail from winter deadfalls and making sure it was ready for hikers. We also had a whole crew of mowers here last week who picked up loads of sticks and got us ready for the mowing season, but we didn`t get any pictures of them.
We are so appreciative of each person who has given their time and energy to help us work through our extra-long project list! THANK YOU!
Sign up to help on May 2 at highlandretreat.org/get-involved/work-days [link in bio]
Just a couple hours left in the Great Community Give, and we haven`t reached our fundraising goal yet. As of 4:30, we`ve raised 86% of our $45K goal. Pop over to our GCG page (link in bio) to learn more about the cabin project or make a gift before 8pm today (April 22)!
Also, Kent and Lee are heading to The Community Foundation to tell the story of the cabin partnership in a radio interview at 5:15pm, if you happen to be listening!
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Wednesday, April 22 is Great Community Give day! As we shared in several video snippets last week, our fundraising focus is on 4 new (air-conditioned!) camping cabins. The cabins are currently being built by students at Massanutten Technical Center, and at the end of the school year we`ll transport them to our Upper and Lower Campgrounds. We`re raising the funds to complete, transport, install, and furnish the cabins. Scroll through the pictures to see a cabin floorplan, maps of where the cabins will be located within our campgrounds, and a few images of the cabins under construction.
The Great Community Give is an ideal opportunity to support this project, because your gift goes farther during the giving day! Not only do we have donors who are offering $20,000 in matching funds, but the GCG event sponsors are providing a variety of prizes for fundraising leaders and power hour winners. We`re targeting the "Golden Ticket" power hours (10-11am, 2-3pm, or 4-5pm). Your donation during one of those hours could earn us an extra $1000!
Give online through the Great Community Give website (link in bio)
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The siding is going on the cabins that are currently being built by students at Massanutten Technical Center. During the Great Community Give on April 22, we`ll be raising $40,000 to complete, install, and furnish these 4 cabins.
Learn more/make an online donation on our Great Community Give page (link in bio)
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