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Tanglewood Camp & Retreat Center
Tanglewood Camp & Retreat Center is a Christian camp and retreat center in Lawrence, Mississippi, between Jackson and Meridian. It has sleeping quarters for over 200 guests across a lodge, cabins, and a bunkhouse, a 220-seat dining room, and a 500-plus capacity worship center, and it hosts church, marriage, family, and youth groups year-round.
Facts verified from the camp’s own website · Last verified 2026-09-11
Getting there
- 1 h 5 min from Meridian
- 1 h 25 min from Jackson
- 2 h 15 min from Hattiesburg
1403 Tanglewood Road, Lawrence, MS 39336 · drive times are typical, not rush hour
On the property
The facts
| Lodging | Lodge rooms (94 beds) · Cabins (52 beds) · Dorm rooms (30 beds) |
| Season | Year-round |
| Hosts | Church leadership · Marriage retreats · Families · Youth groups |
| Established | 2005 |
| Phone | (601) 541-1845 |
The Tanglewood property has operated as a plantation and timber farm since the 1840s, with its own cotton gin, grist mill, and saw mill; the Shoemaker family held Tanglewood's first weekend youth retreat in 2005.