Carson Springs Baptist Conference Center

Worth knowing

• A Baptist conference center on English Mountain with 400 bunk beds and 36 hotel-style rooms.
• The 200-seat dining room serves mostly buffet meals cooked on site.
• Main meeting room seats 250 theater style; the stone chapel holds about 400.
• Adds a climbing wall, ropes course and paintball for youth groups.

What the operator states

Sleeps

400 bunk beds across several buildings, plus 36 hotel-style rooms (34 with two double beds, 2 accessible rooms with one double bed). The page gives no combined total.

Sleeping setup

Beds and bunks

Meals and dining

200-seat dining room; meals are mostly buffet style, with plate service by arrangement; special diets handled when you reserve.

Meeting space

Lodge meeting room opens to one 64 x 40 ft room for 250 theater style or splits into 8 smaller rooms; the stone Stokely Chapel seats about 400, with 10 more meeting rooms below.

Outdoors

Climbing wall, low ropes course, paintball courses, swimming and mountain hiking trails on English Mountain

Accessibility

Two handicap-accessible hotel rooms.

Group rules

Run by the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. Cost is quoted per group based on housing and menu; request an estimate.

Ask before you book

Built from what the operator's page left open when we checked.

1. Is your stated capacity the permitted occupancy, or a count of every bed and sofa?
2. Is there a kitchen your group can use, and how many people can it feed at once?
3. Can a church bus or coach reach the building, and how many cars fit?
4. Are pets allowed?
5. Is alcohol allowed on the property?
6. What is the minimum stay?
7. What is the full price, with cleaning fees and taxes?

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