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Timber Bay Camp & Retreat Center
Timber Bay Camp & Retreat Center is a Christian camp and retreat property in Onamia, Minnesota, run by the youth-mentoring ministry Timber Bay, founded in 1970. It sleeps up to 100 people overnight and is available year-round for youth groups, churches, and ministry teams to rent for weekend retreats and one-day events.
Facts verified from the camp’s own website · Last verified 2026-09-11
Getting there
- 45 min from Brainerd
- 1 h 20 min from St. Cloud
- 2 h from Minneapolis
18955 Woodland Road, Onamia, MN 56359 · drive times are typical, not rush hour
On the property
The facts
| Meals | Full food service |
| Season | Year-round |
| Hosts | Youth groups · Church leadership |
| Affiliation | non-denominational Christian; a ministry of Youth Investment Foundation |
| Established | 1970 |
| Phone | (320) 532-3200 |
Timber Bay calls itself 'the camp that comes home with the kids' — staff and volunteers from its community mentoring groups across the upper Midwest bring students to the Onamia camp and then continue the relationship back in their hometowns year-round.