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Bethel Mennonite Camp

Bethel Mennonite Camp is a Mennonite Christian camp on 300 acres in Clayhole, Kentucky, founded in 1957. It has 10 rental cabins sleeping 10 each plus additional guest rooms, and hosts youth, family, and church groups for camps and retreats.

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

100
Sleeps

Getting there

  • 1 h 25 min from Pikeville
  • 2 h 15 min from Lexington
  • 2 h 40 min from Huntington, WV

2773 Bethel Church Road, Clayhole, KY 41317 · drive times are typical, not rush hour

On the property

CreekChapel

The facts

LodgingCabins (100 beds)
MealsFull food service or self-catering
SeasonYear-round
HostsYouth groups · Families
AffiliationMennonite
Property300 acres
Established1957
Phone(606) 666-4911

The camp's 300-acre property was purchased for $30,000 in January 1957 after the Buckhorn Lake dam construction displaced a Mennonite church from nearby Gays Creek.

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