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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
| Lodging | Lodge rooms · Cabins |
| Meals | Full food service |
| Season | Year-round |
| Hosts | Youth groups · School groups |
| Property | 200 acres |
| Established | 1952 |
| Phone | 570-629-0920 |
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.