Laurel Ridge Camp, Conference & Retreat Center

Worth knowing

• Tise Lodge sleeps up to 32 in eight bunk rooms and has a full kitchen.
• Sixteen camp cabins sleep 12 each, at $20 per person per night.
• Higgins Lodge offers 48 hotel-style rooms with a full-service dining room.
• Groups can self-cater in the dining hall for $250 or buy meals.

What the operator states

Sleeps

Facilities page: Tise Lodge maximum capacity 32 (8 rooms of two twin bunk beds); 16 summer camp cabins sleep 12 each; Friends Cottage sleeps 6; Higgins Lodge has 48 rooms (no sleep count given). No campus total, so this shows the largest stated building.

Largest single building

Sleeps 32

Bedrooms

Higgins Lodge 48 rooms; Tise Lodge 8 rooms

Bathrooms

Higgins: private baths in the Salem wing, shared between adjoining rooms in the Bishop wing; camp cabins use bathrooms in their central lodges

Sleeping setup

Beds and bunks

Kitchen

Tise Lodge has a full kitchen; each camp-cabin lodge has a kitchenette.

Meals and dining

Higgins Lodge dining room is full service; the camp Dining Hall rents for $250 self-catered (a ServSafe cook required) or $250 plus meals (adult $12 breakfast, $13 lunch, $15 dinner).

Meeting space

Four meeting rooms in Higgins Lodge, two in Tise Lodge, and a fireplace meeting room in each camp-cabin lodge.

Outdoors

Mountain campus off the Blue Ridge Parkway area; camp cabins grouped in sets of four.

Accessibility

Some ADA-accessible rooms in the Higgins Lodge Salem wing.

Group rules

Serves corporate teams, nonprofits, church groups and family reunions.

Price

Summer camp cabins $20 per person per night; lodge and cottage rates not listed. No date shown. (no date on the page; confirm before you rely on it)

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. Can a church bus or coach reach the building, and how many cars fit?
3. Are pets allowed?
4. Is alcohol allowed on the property?
5. What is the minimum stay?
6. What is the full price, with cleaning fees and taxes?

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Also read what "sleeps 30" really means and the full question list.

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