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Central Mississippi · Clinton, MS
GARAYWA Camp and Conference Center
GARAYWA Camp and Conference Center is a Southern Baptist camp and retreat center in Clinton, Mississippi, near Jackson, owned by the Mississippi Woman's Missionary Union since 1947. It offers lodging across several lodges and cabins, a 500-seat dining hall, and meeting space for up to 325, and operates year-round.
Facts verified from the camp’s own website · Last verified 2026-09-11
500
Dines
325
Largest room seats
Getting there
- 20 min from Jackson
- 1 h 55 min from Meridian
- 2 h 5 min from Hattiesburg
312 Camp GARAYWA Rd., Clinton, MS 39056 · drive times are typical, not rush hour
On the property
PoolZip lineRopes course
The facts
| Lodging | Lodge rooms · Dorm rooms (28 beds) · Cabins · Cabins (10 beds) · Cabins · Dorm rooms (12 beds) |
| Season | Year-round |
| Affiliation | Southern Baptist |
| Established | 1947 |
| Phone | (601) 924-7034 |
Garaywa's name is an acrostic for GAs, RAs, and YWAs (Girls in Action, Royal Ambassadors, and Young Woman's Auxiliary), the youth organizations of the Mississippi Woman's Missionary Union, which founded the camp in 1947.