We invite you to experience our premier retreat services and breathtaking grounds by hosting your events at Capital Retreats, a first-class, full-service retreat center near Washington DC.

Nestled between serene lakes and surrounded by the Appalachian Trail, our first-class facility awaits your group in the stunning Catoctin Mountains of Pennsylvania.  Our easy accessibility allows Capital Retreats to serve groups from across the mid-Atlantic region and beyond.

Having provided retreat services since 1987, we are experts in experiential learning, group dynamics, leadership training and youth education.

Learn more about our history.

Services

Capital Retreat Center offers a welcome respite from city and suburban life. Each year, groups and individuals from throughout the region celebrate, learn and grow together. Our retreat center is perfect for:

  • Group Events
  • Corporate Retreats
  • Team Building Retreats
  • Celebration Retreats
    • Class Reunions
    • Family Reunions
    • Bat Mitzvahs
    • Weddings
  • Health & Wellness Retreats
  • Leadership Retreats
  • Non-Profit Retreats
  • Religious Retreats
  • Youth Retreats
  • and so much more!

Separated from the distractions of the outside world, retreat participants benefit from the virtually limitless variety of programming and formats available to them.

Be Our Guest

At Capital Retreat Center, we believe in complete and total acceptance.  Groups from all religions, races, cultures, sexual orientations, and political beliefs are welcome to celebrate and express themselves in a non-judgmental and open atmosphere.

Take advantage of us and escape the ordinary – bring your group to the Capital Retreat Center.

Accommodations

Our campus accommodates a wide range of groups and houses over 700 guests in a combination of shared and single lodge rooms and cabins.  From hotel-style lodge rooms with queen beds to cabins with bunk-beds to platform tents, you have a variety of housing options from which to choose.

See all of our housing options.

Amenities

We offer a wide variety of facilities and amenities to make your group feel at home.  Sports fields, ropes/challenge courses, lakefront, aquatic center, meeting spaces and so much more are all available onsite!

See all of our key program amenities.

Retreat Your Way

We believe that retreating can achieve maximum impact if itineraries are meticulously planned and seemingly effortless in execution. Itinerary options should refresh, renew and enhance both the participating group and individuals.  While buildings are vitally important to success – we will always be an environment that challenges, nurtures and cares for retreat participants of all ages, whatever time of year they join us to experience a retreat program.

Come visit us and you will see that our facility is second to none in the Mid-Atlantic!

To schedule a tour, please contact Steve Simmons, Director of Customer Servicesteve@capitalretreat.org or call direct 717-794-1402 during weekday business hours, Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm.

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