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Central Idaho · Ketchum, ID

Cathedral Pines Camp & Retreat Center

Cathedral Pines is a Baptist camp and retreat center in Idaho's Sawtooth Mountains near Ketchum, founded in 1919. It hosts groups of up to 150 people year-round, with a dining hall and chapel each seating up to 200.

Facts verified from the camp’s own website · Last verified 2026-09-11

150
Sleeps
200
Dines
200
Largest room seats

Getting there

  • 1 h 40 min from Twin Falls
  • 2 h 55 min from Boise
  • 3 h 5 min from Idaho Falls

200 Cathedral Pines Road, HC 64 Box 8296, Ketchum, ID 83340 · drive times are typical, not rush hour

On the property

ChapelPoolCampfire areas

The facts

LodgingCabins (148 beds)
MealsFull food service
SeasonYear-round
HostsYouth groups · Families · Men's retreats · Women's retreats
AffiliationBaptist
Established1919
Phone(208) 726-5007

The camp traces its founding to 1919, when Rev. Will Shanks, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Buhl, explored the area north of Ketchum for a permanent youth-camp site; electricity and a well weren't added until the 1960s.

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