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The Poconos · Stroudsburg, PA

Mt. Gilead Camp

Mt. Gilead Camp is an all-girls Christian summer camp and year-round retreat center on 200 wooded acres near Stroudsburg in the Pocono Mountains, bordering Big Pocono State Park. Retreat lodging sleeps 130, with five-meal weekend packages, ropes courses, horseback riding, a pool, and a fishing pond, hosting church, school, and non-profit groups from August 15 to June 15.

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

130
Sleeps

Getting there

  • 55 min from Scranton
  • 1 h 5 min from Allentown
  • 1 h 55 min from Reading

440 Rinker Rd., Stroudsburg, PA 18360 · drive times are typical, not rush hour

On the property

Ropes coursePoolArcheryRifleryHorsesHiking trailsPondFishingSports fields

The facts

LodgingLodge rooms · Cabins
MealsFull food service
SeasonYear-round
HostsYouth groups · School groups
Property200 acres
Established1952
Phone570-629-0920

Founded in 1952 as Camp Cherith under the Pioneer Girls ministry, it took the name Mt. Gilead in 1982 and remains an all-girls Christian summer camp.

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