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Central Lakes · Alexandria, MN
Mount Carmel Ministries
Mount Carmel Ministries is a Christian camp and retreat center on Lake Carlos in Alexandria, Minnesota, founded in 1938. It rents cabins and lodge rooms for personal and ministry retreats and runs a summer Family Camp, with meeting spaces up to 300 seats and a dining room seating 80-100.
Facts verified from the camp’s own website · Last verified 2026-09-11
100
Dines
300
Largest room seats
Getting there
- 1 h 45 min from St. Cloud
- 2 h 5 min from Brainerd
- 2 h 15 min from Fargo, ND
800 Mount Carmel Drive NE, Alexandria, MN 56308 · drive times are typical, not rush hour
On the property
LakeHiking trails
The facts
| Lodging | Cabins · Cabins · Lodge rooms · RV sites · Tent sites |
| Meals | Full food service or self-catering |
| Season | Year-round |
| Hosts | Families · Youth groups · Seniors |
| Established | 1938 |
| Phone | (320) 846-4744 |
Mount Carmel Ministries was founded in 1938 by the Canadian Lutheran Bible Institute to train young adults in Bible education, and its Main Level Sanctuary meeting room on Lake Carlos seats 300 with 50 more in overflow.