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"Presbyterian camping offers faith-filled encounters with Christ in a spiritually safe environment. True to our denominational Reformed tradition, campers get to experience the saving grace of God in a spirit-filled Christian community. By living their faith, campers get an opportunity to more fully integrate their faith into their daily lives.
Conference and retreat ministry
Presbyterian Conference Centers offer hospitality and welcome to all God’s children in locations surrounded by the beauty of God’s creation. Time away from our busy lives to reflect on our faith, to formulate new mission and vision and to build trusting relationships with others reminds us to keep our faith central to all we do. Presbyterian Conference Centers are also great places to bring meetings, schools and family reunions!"
For more on Presbyterian camps and conference ministries, please see
http://www.pcusa.org/campandconference/
Presbyteries within the synod provide camp and conference opportunities at seven sites which allow participants to explore faith and ministry in gorgeous Rocky Mountain settings.
Camps are listed below – organized by the state where the camps are located. Links to additional information are provided.
MONTANA
| Glacier Camp & Conference Center |
This camp is set on the west shore of beautiful Flathead Lake, and is located 16 miles south of Kalispell, Montana.
Opportunities abound for enjoying activities (summer camp, year round facility rentals, water activities, bouldering wall, ropes course, mountain biking, basketball, volleyball, and much more). Come fellowship and worship in the beauty of God’s creation in one of our three outdoor amphitheaters.
Facilities range from hotel style rooms to rustic cabins and RV facilities. The camp began in 1928, and encompasses 57 acres.
Administered by the Presbytery of Glacier.
Located at the base of Sheep Rock, Rockhaven is on the road to Yellowstone National Park. This 10 acre camp and retreat facility features an outdoor vesper dell, low ropes challenge course, 40’ climbing tower and a 9 circuit prayer Labyrinth. During the summer, evening vespers are held in the rustic Rockhaven Chapel.
Facilities include winterized kitchen, dining hall, retreat lodge, log chapel and bathhouse which skirt the beautiful Gallatin River. During the summer months, evening vespers are held each Sunday at 7 pm in the rustic log Rockhaven Chapel preceded by a potluck supper in the dining hall and open to all.
Area activities include whitewater rafting, fly fishing, hiking, skiing, and horseback riding, nearby Bozeman, Big Sky and Yellowstone National Park.
Administered by First Presbyterian Church, Bozeman MT.
For information, please contact Scott Thrasher at 406-586-9194
Website: www.rockhavencamp.org
| Westminster Spires Camp and Conference Center |
Mailing address during camping season:
Westminster Spires
General Delivery
Red Lodge, MT 59068-9999 |
406-446-2884 (office)
Physical address: 7 miles north of Red Lodge |
Westminster Spires camp is located at a beautiful creek-side site, cradled in the Beartooth Mountains. The camp is situated seven miles outside of Red Lodge, and approximately five miles from the scenic Beartooth Highway.
Camp amenities include a modern kitchen and dining hall seating sixty, men and women’s bathhouses, permanent firepits, and several independent buildings that can be used for additional sleeping.
Contact Presbytery of Yellowstone: 877-652-1646 or email Cathy McLean at
kurtcathymclean@bresnan.net
Administered by Yellowstone Presbytery; Cathy McLean, Moderator of Camping and Youth Committee.
COLORADO
| Highlands Presbyterian Camp & Retreat Center |
Set in the mountains just south of Rocky Mountain National Park, Highlands over looks Mt. Meeker and encompasses a beautiful meadow and forest setting providing access to the bordering wildernesses of Roosevelt National Forest and Rocky Mountain National Park. Facilities include a retreat center with dining and meeting rooms, cabins, equestrian stables and a low-elements challenge course all totaling 42 buildings on 285 acres.
Activities include numerous hiking opportunities,
canoeing, volleyball, baseball, archery, horseback riding and rock climbing. Highlands offers a
rich variety of summer camp programs as well as outstanding facilities for your church or group retreat. Families enjoy gathering at Highlands for their family reunions.
Operated in covenant partnership by the Presbytery of Plains and Peaks and the Presbytery of Denver.
Website: www.highlandscamp.org
P.O. Box 125
Crawford, CO 81405 |
970-260-3896 |
The X Lazy F Ranch lies in a mountain valley at an elevation of 9,600 feet, surrounded by the Gunnison National Forest, free from the hurry and worry of every day life. The buildings are log, many of them circa 1930-32 and somewhat rustic, but the air is cool and refreshing, the wildflowers beautiful and God’s peace abounds. Facilities comprise 35-42 bed spaces on 160 acres.
Administered by the Western Colorado Presbytery; Jared and Melissa Clark, site managers.
WYOMING
| Camp Story and Skyline Camp |
Camp Story is located in the eastern foothills of the Bighorn Mountains near Story, WY. Facilities include 100 beds and 4 RV sites on 16 acres. Skyline Camp is near Encampment, WY in the foothills of the Snowy Range. Both are coed residential camps open to children of all faiths.
Administered by the Presbytery of Wyoming.
Website: watch this page for link to Wyoming camps – coming soon.
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