Brazos Valley · Navasota, TX
Camp Allen
Camp Allen is an Episcopal camp and retreat center of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas on 1,100 acres near Navasota, about an hour northwest of Houston. It offers a 145-room hotel and conference center plus dormitory campsites, lodges and lakeside cabins, and hosts church, school, nonprofit and corporate retreats year-round.
Facts verified from the camp’s own website · Last verified 2026-10-19
450
Dines
350
Largest room seats
Getting there
- 50 min from College Station
- 1 h 20 min from Houston
- 2 h 30 min from Austin
18800 FM 362, Navasota, TX 77868 · drive times are typical, not rush hour
On the property
LakePoolRopes courseZip lineArcheryHorsesHiking trailsDisc golfFishingCampfire areasChapelSports fieldsPlaygroundWater sports
The facts
| Lodging | Hotel-style rooms · Cabins (205 beds) · Dorm rooms (128 beds) · Dorm rooms (112 beds) · Lodge rooms (32 beds) · Cabins (82 beds) · Retreat houses (4 beds) |
| Meals | Full food service or self-catering |
| Season | Year-round |
| Hosts | Youth groups · Families · Corporate groups · School groups · Church leadership |
| Affiliation | Episcopal (Episcopal Diocese of Texas) |
| Property | 1100 acres |
| Established | 1921 |
| Phone | (936) 825-7175 |
Camp Allen began in 1921 in a backyard near Sylvan Beach on Galveston Bay as the first summer camp of the Episcopal Church, on land offered by Rosa Lum Allen.