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Sandy Cove Ministries
Sandy Cove Ministries is a non-denominational Christian retreat center in North East, Maryland, on the headwaters of the Chesapeake Bay. Its Chesapeake Lodge offers 150 hotel-style rooms for up to 600 overnight guests, plus rustic cabins, and it hosts hundreds of church and other groups each year alongside its own retreat programs for individuals, couples, families, men, women, seniors and youth.
Facts verified from the camp’s own website · Last verified 2026-09-11
Getting there
- 50 min from Wilmington, DE
- 1 h 15 min from Baltimore
- 1 h 15 min from Lancaster, PA
60 Sandy Cove Road, North East, MD 21901 · drive times are typical, not rush hour
On the property
The facts
| Lodging | Hotel-style rooms (600 beds) · Cabins |
| Meals | Full food service |
| Season | Year-round |
| Hosts | Youth groups · Families · Men's retreats · Women's retreats · Marriage retreats · Church leadership · Seniors |
| Affiliation | non-denominational Christian |
| Established | 1946 |
| Phone | (800) 234-2683 |
Sandy Cove's Palmer meeting room seats up to 1,000 guests theater-style and, when not booked for large groups, doubles year-round as an indoor recreation center with a 30-foot rock climbing wall.