Large Group Stays

Valle Crucis Conference Center (Historic Mission School)

Valle Crucis, NC · Watauga County · Retreat centers and camps · Run by Valle Crucis Conference Center at the Historic Mission School

Worth knowing

  • The Inn sleeps up to 71 in 20 rooms, most with private baths.
  • Three more buildings sleep 34, 27 and 18, and each has a kitchenette.
  • Groups book whole buildings by the person, with three meals a day included.
  • 2024 rates ran $90 to $115 per person per night with meals.
  • No pets indoors; this is a National Register historic campus.

What the operator states

Sleeps
Lodging page: Inn 20 bedrooms, 52 beds, sleeps 71 maximum; Annex 31 beds, sleeps 34; Mission House 9 bedrooms, 20 beds, sleeps 27; Farm House 5 bedrooms, 16 beds, sleeps 18; Bunkhouse currently 14 bunks plus 2 chaperone beds while half is renovated. No campus total is stated, so this shows the largest building.
Largest single building
Sleeps 71
Bedrooms
Inn 20; Mission House 9; Farm House 5
Bathrooms
Inn: 17 rooms with private baths, 3 rooms share 2 baths; Mission House and Annex 3 full baths each
Sleeping setup
Beds and bunks
Kitchen
Every building has a kitchenette.
Meals and dining
Rates include three meals a day (breakfast 8, lunch noon, dinner 6).
Meeting space
Johnson Hall, Crab Orchard Hall and meeting rooms in the lodging buildings, free with overnight stays (one space per group).
Outdoors
Historic Mission School campus in the Valle Crucis valley.
Pets
No pets in buildings (National Register site); documented service animals with advance notice.
Minimum stay
Normally two nights; one-night stays negotiable at $20 more per person.
Group rules
Rented by the person and by whole building, not by room; per-building minimums (Inn 35, Mission House 15, Annex 15, Bunk House 15, Farm House 10). $200 deposit per building, then 50% of the minimum guarantee 120 days out. No smoking or vaping indoors. Check-in 4 pm, check-out 10 am.
Price
Per person per night with all meals: Inn $115; Farm House and Mission House $110; Annex $100; Bunk House $90; plus $5 per person capital reserve fee. (2024-02-22; 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. Which rooms and bathrooms work for a wheelchair or walker?
  4. Is alcohol allowed on the property?

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

Where this came from

Main source: vcconferences.org. Also read: vcconferences.org/policies-and-information, vcconferences.org/2024-rates. Last checked 2026-11-02.

We read this from the operator's own page and wrote it in our own words. We haven't stayed here or checked its permits. Prices and rules change, so confirm them before you book.

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