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1When is your retreat?

Season
Check-in day
Length
nights

2Number of guests and meals

Please tell us the number of guests under 18 and adults.
Not sure yet? Roughly:
Bringing youth? 1 adult attends free for every 10 youth when an adult stays in each cabin or lodge bunkroom of youth.
Meals
Tap the first or last meal to drop it, or a meal beyond either end to add it.
0 meals per person

3Primary guest accommodation style

The price below assumes most guests are staying in our lodges. Choose the cabins here to save $12.50 per person per night. Your accommodations and your primary meeting space are for your group's exclusive use; shared spaces such as the dining hall, sports fields, gym, amphitheater and campfire, pool, waterfront, challenge course and archery range are scheduled among the groups on site.

Heated and air-conditioned bunkrooms, each sleeping up to 14 guests, with bathrooms in the building. Bedding is not included: guests bring their own sleeping bag or bedding, pillow and towels. See the lodges.
Rustic, unheated cabins sleeping 12 to 16 guests each, with nearby bathhouses; available mid-April through mid-October. Bedding is not included: guests bring their own sleeping bag or bedding, pillow and towels. See the cabins.

4Special activities and add-ons (optional)

A primary meeting room sized for your group and most recreational activities are included. These are the extras that carry a charge.

Swimming pool seasonal

$165 per hour with two lifeguards, good for up to 100 swimmers at a time (Maryland requires one lifeguard per 50 swimmers). Larger groups add a lifeguard for each additional 50 swimmers at $30 per hour. Open late May through mid-September.

Canoeing and kayaking seasonal

$115 per hour for canoes and kayaks with our waterfront staff. The waterfront is open April through October.

Banana boat summer

$165 per hour, about 30 riders per hour, 2-hour minimum. Limited availability: August only, and dependent on staffing.

Archery

$225 range setup and usage fee plus $7.50 per person for a 45 to 60 minute session with our instructors (about 12 shooters per session). Availability depends on staffing, especially very early and very late in the retreat season.

Campfires

$55 per fire pit if Sandy Hill builds and tends it; $35 if your group builds it with our materials

Challenge course (learn more)

$9 per person per hour plus a $225 setup fee; minimum of 12 participants
Harness helpers. Adults from your group serve as harness helpers: they put harnesses on participants, and our facilitators check each one. Plan on one harness helper for every 12 to 16 participants on the course each hour; each harness helper comes about an hour early for harness training. If you would rather not provide harness helpers, Sandy Hill harness helpers are $55 per harness helper per hour.
More options: extra meeting spaces, coffee service, salad bar, game tokens and check-in times

Most groups don't need any of these. Add what you know you want; the retreat office can add the rest later.

Additional large meeting rooms

Exclusive use of your primary meeting room is included and will be large enough to seat your entire group, with basic AV (projector, microphone and music) included in every indoor meeting space that seats more than 75. Additional large meeting rooms may be available for $185 per room per night (up to 2 more); smaller breakout rooms are not charged. The estimator assumes use of additional meeting spaces for your whole stay; if you only need additional spaces for part of a day, our retreat coordinator can make appropriate adjustments. See our meeting spaces.
Large meeting rooms:

Extended coffee service

Coffee at breakfast is included for all adults. Extended coffee service adds coffee at all lunches and dinners for adults, $2.45 per adult per day.

Salad bar upgrade

$2.75 per person per lunch or dinner, on every lunch and dinner of your stay. Check with the office for availability.

Game room tokens

$0.25 per token for the Lighthouse game room (skee-ball, air hockey and more). Groups typically buy about 10 per guest.

Check-in and check-out times

Standard check-in is 4:00 pm and check-out is 9:30 am. If your first meal is before check-in or your last meal is after check-out, we extend the times so you can arrive an hour before your first meal and stay an hour after your last meal. Need to arrive earlier or stay later than that? Ask our retreat coordinator; early arrival and late departure can often be arranged pending availability.

5Special guest housing (optional)

Private rooms sleep 1–4 guests per room. These rooms are for speakers, pastors, group leaders, families and others who support the event while the majority of the group is housed in the cabins or lodge bunkrooms. There are a limited number of special guest rooms.

Private room, en suite bath

$65 per room per night. Officer's Quarters rooms with their own bathroom; 9 available.

Private room, hall bath

$40 per room per night. Private rooms in our newest lodges that share a hall bathroom. Coming soon: these rooms open with our two newest lodges in summer 2027, so they are available for stays from then on.

Linen sets

$25 per person per event: bedding, towels and washcloths, for guests in private rooms.
Linens are available for private-room guests only. Add a room above.

6Your price

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Your estimate

Minimum group size not met. The minimum for an event at Sandy Hill is 75 guests. Smaller groups pay for 75, which raises the per-person price below.
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*This estimating program is designed to give you a rough idea of the overall price and per person price for a retreat at Sandy Hill. For exact pricing, please contact the Sandy Hill office. These prices are subject to change at Sandy Hill's sole discretion at any time without notification. Nearly all of our retreat groups are "not-for-profit" groups (schools, churches, etc.), so there is only one set of prices for our retreats regardless of a group's tax-exempt status.
** These prices do not include any applicable sales tax for our "for-profit" groups.