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River Valley Ranch
River Valley Ranch is a non-denominational Christian camp and retreat facility in Manchester, Maryland, near Baltimore, Washington DC, and Philadelphia. Its Frontier Town campus hosts retreat groups of 40 to 200+ guests, and a second campus, Fort Roller, hosts smaller groups of 40 to 89 in the spring and fall. It serves youth, families, schools, homeschool groups, churches, and corporate clients with horseback riding, a 1,500-foot triple zip line, and a high ropes course.
Facts verified from the camp’s own website · Last verified 2026-09-11
Getting there
- 45 min from York, PA
- 1 h from Baltimore
- 1 h 20 min from Lancaster, PA
4443 Grave Run Road, Manchester, MD 21102 · drive times are typical, not rush hour
On the property
The facts
| Lodging | Lodge rooms (70 beds) · Dorm rooms (42 beds) · Dorm rooms (82 beds) · Cabins (42 beds) · Dorm rooms (28 beds) · Dorm rooms (56 beds) · Dorm rooms (56 beds) · Dorm rooms (28 beds) |
| Meals | Full food service |
| Season | Year-round |
| Hosts | Youth groups · Families · Homeschool groups · School groups · Corporate groups |
| Affiliation | non-denominational Christian |
| Established | 1952 |
| Phone | (443) 712-1010 |
River Valley Ranch started in 1952 as a cowboy summer camp for youth and today runs two separate retreat campuses, Frontier Town and Fort Roller, the latter offered only in fall (October-November) and spring (March-April).