Home / Pennsylvania / Woodcrest Retreat
Pennsylvania Dutch Country · Ephrata, PA
Woodcrest Retreat
Woodcrest Retreat is a Christian retreat center on 110 acres in Ephrata, Pennsylvania, with roots in the Mennonite church. It provides self-catered cabin and bunkhouse lodging and rents meeting and dining space to churches, families, and businesses year-round.
Facts verified from the camp’s own website · Last verified 2026-09-11
300
Dines
50
Largest room seats
Getting there
- 30 min from Lancaster
- 35 min from Reading
- 1 h from York
225 Woodcrest Drive, Ephrata, PA 17522 · drive times are typical, not rush hour
On the property
PoolHiking trailsRopes courseCampfire areas
The facts
| Lodging | Cabins (15 beds) · Cabins (10 beds) · Cabins (10 beds) · Cabins (10 beds) · Cabins (6 beds) · Cabins (80 beds) |
| Meals | Self-catering kitchens |
| Season | Year-round |
| Hosts | Families · Corporate groups · Church leadership |
| Affiliation | non-denominational Christian (historical roots in the Mennonite church) |
| Property | 110 acres |
| Established | 1959 |
| Phone | (717) 738-2233 |
Woodcrest Retreat's pool has a 225-foot water slide, and the property traces to a 1957 prayer meeting of businessmen from Ephrata Mennonite Church Sunday School classes before formally organizing in 1959.