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Smoky Mountains · Townsend, TN
Camp Wesley Woods
Camp Wesley Woods is a Christian camp and retreat center in Townsend, Tennessee, near the Great Smoky Mountains, run by the Holston Conference of the United Methodist Church on 700 acres. It offers summer camp, outdoor education for schools, and year-round retreats for churches and other groups.
Facts verified from the camp’s own website · Last verified 2026-09-11
200
Largest room seats
Getting there
- 55 min from Knoxville
- 2 h 30 min from Johnson City
- 2 h 35 min from Chattanooga
329 Wesley Woods Road, Townsend, TN 37882 · drive times are typical, not rush hour
On the property
Hiking trailsArcheryPondPoolCampfire areas
The facts
| Lodging | Lodge rooms (60 beds) |
| Meals | Full food service |
| Season | Year-round |
| Hosts | Youth groups · School groups |
| Affiliation | United Methodist (Holston Conference Camping & Retreat Ministries) |
| Property | 700 acres |
| Established | 1959 |
| Phone | (865) 448-2246 |
Camp Wesley Woods sits on 700 acres in Capshaw Valley near the Great Smoky Mountains; the land was donated to the church by Doc Tipton after a planned resort there never got off the ground, and the camp held its first season in 1961.