Large Group Stays

What's different here

  • Confirm what's open. Hurricane Helene hit this area in 2024. At least one campus here marked meeting rooms closed for 2025, and we found no reopening date.
  • Read the conduct rules. Several centers are run by faith groups, and some set rules for guests.
  • Some centers limit who can book. Wildacres, for one, takes only nonprofit groups that bring their own educational program.
  • Ask whether the capacity you see is beds, or the size of a gathering.

26 places in Western NC

Stone and timber entrance of the main building at Kanuga Conference Center, with a walkway and flowering shrubs in front440group size

Kanuga

Hendersonville, NC · Western NC

  • Retreat center or camp
  • Beds and bunks
  • Several buildings
300sleeps

Camp Tekoa Retreats

Hendersonville, NC · Western NC

  • Retreat center or camp
  • Bunks
  • Several buildings
200in one building

YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly

Black Mountain, NC · Western NC

  • Retreat center or camp
  • Beds and bunks
  • Several buildings
150sleeps

Camp Living Water

Bryson City, NC · Western NC

  • Retreat center or camp
  • Several buildings
120sleeps

Wildacres Retreat

Little Switzerland, NC · Western NC

  • Nonprofit groups with their own program only
  • Retreat center or camp
  • 56 bedrooms
  • 56 baths
  • Several buildings
40sleeps

Camp Grier

Old Fort, NC · Western NC

  • Retreat center or camp
  • Bunks
  • Several buildings
32in one building

Christmount

Black Mountain, NC · Western NC

  • Retreat center or camp
  • Beds and bunks
  • Several buildings
20sleeps

Camp Lurecrest

Lake Lure, NC · Western NC

  • Retreat center or camp
  • Bunks
  • Several buildings

Before you choose, read what "sleeps 30" really means and the questions to ask.

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