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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

LodgingCabins (96 beds) · Hotel-style rooms · Hotel-style rooms · Lodge rooms · Lodge rooms · RV sites
MealsFull food service
HostsYouth groups · Families · School groups
AffiliationMennonite (founded by the Southern Mennonite Camp Association); welcomes church ministries from all Christian denominations
Property135 acres
Established1966
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.

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