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Cumberland Valley · Newville, PA

Doubling Gap Center, home of Camp YoliJwa

Doubling Gap Center, home of Camp YoliJwa, is a year-round camp and retreat center on 150 acres nine miles north of Newville in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Operating since 1946 under the Eastern Regional Conference Churches of God, it runs fifteen weeks of summer camps and hosts church and youth groups, with a 350-person dining hall and 900-seat Gymnatorium.

Facts verified from the camp’s own website · Last verified 2026-07-24

350
Dines
900
Largest room seats

Getting there

  • 1 h 5 min from Harrisburg
  • 1 h 25 min from York
  • 1 h 55 min from State College

1550 Doubling Gap Road, Newville, PA 17241 · drive times are typical, not rush hour

On the property

PoolLakeHiking trailsGymAuditoriumRopes courseZip lineClimbing wallChapelSports fieldsCampfire areas

The facts

LodgingLodge rooms · Hotel-style rooms (50 beds) · Cabins
SeasonYear-round
HostsYouth groups
AffiliationEastern Regional Conference Churches of God
Property150 acres
Established1946
Phone717-776-5281

The Gymnatorium's 120-by-100-foot floor can hold 900 chairs or 500 people seated at tables, alongside a 40-foot-wide stage.

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