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Puget Sound · Carnation, WA
Camp Gilead
Camp Gilead is a Baptist camp and retreat center on the Snoqualmie River in Carnation, Washington, founded in 1948 by a coalition of Baptist churches. It hosts groups of 10 to 180 for retreats, camps, and conferences, with a dining hall and chapel that each seat about 180.
Facts verified from the camp’s own website · Last verified 2026-09-11
180
Sleeps
180
Dines
180
Largest room seats
Getting there
- 45 min from Seattle
- 1 h 20 min from Tacoma
- 1 h 50 min from Olympia
30919 NE Carnation Farm Road, Carnation, WA 98014 · drive times are typical, not rush hour
On the property
Water sportsArcheryChapel
The facts
| Lodging | Lodge rooms · Dorm rooms · RV sites |
| Meals | Full food service |
| Hosts | Youth groups · Families |
| Affiliation | Baptist (independent member-church association) |
| Established | 1948 |
| Phone | (425) 333-4311 |
Camp Gilead began with a 26-acre gift of riverfront farmland from Elma Jenkins Faul along the Snoqualmie River, given to a group of founders led by Forrest Johnson who formed the Gilead Baptist Camp Association in 1948.