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Tampa Bay & Gulf Coast · Brooksville, FL
Lakewood Retreat
Lakewood Retreat is a Christian camp and retreat center on 135 acres in Brooksville, Florida. It has cabins, motels, and lodges plus a 185-seat dining hall, and it hosts church groups, families, schools, and its own youth camp for retreats and summer programs.
Facts verified from the camp’s own website · Last verified 2026-09-11
185
Dines
150
Largest room seats
Getting there
- 45 min from Tampa
- 1 h 35 min from Orlando
- 1 h 50 min from Gainesville
25458 Dan Brown Hill Rd., Brooksville, FL 34602 · drive times are typical, not rush hour
On the property
PoolZip lineFishingWater sportsMini golfPlaygroundCampfire areasHayridesGame roomSports fields
The facts
| Lodging | Cabins (96 beds) · Hotel-style rooms · Hotel-style rooms · Lodge rooms · Lodge rooms · RV sites |
| Meals | Full food service |
| Hosts | Youth groups · Families · School groups |
| Affiliation | Mennonite (founded by the Southern Mennonite Camp Association); welcomes church ministries from all Christian denominations |
| Property | 135 acres |
| Established | 1966 |
| Phone | (352) 301-4313 |
Lakewood traces its founding to the Southern Mennonite Camp Association (incorporated 1965) forming a dedicated Mennonite camp facility in Florida after 1960s racial-integration changes ended Mennonite youth groups' use of the camps they had previously rented.