Rowe Camp and Conference Center

Retreat, Relax, Reflect, Relate, Revitalize

For more information, pictures, and directions, please visit our website at http://www.rowecenter.org or call us at 413-339-4954.

Founded in 1924, Rowe Camp is an unusual and magical place cherished by the thousands of people who have come here for relaxation, education, community, and spiritual nurturance and love. There is a special spirit here of honesty, creativity, and respect that people rarely find in other parts of their lives.

Community is one source of Rowe's magic: being an honored member of a real community is a profound and lasting experience. Multiple traditions built up over the years help us maintain our vibrant culture, but we're not bound by the past. Our openness to new ideas keeps us alive and vital and has kept Rowe growing and evolving for 77 years.

One cornerstone of Rowe's special magic is the pervasive love of wisdom you find here. This is a place to learn and grow. We offer an exceptional array of outstanding teachers and workshop leaders in a small, intimate forum. Many of them return again and again, drawn back by Rowe's magic. Our summer camps, for both youth and adults, are full of wonder, play, growth, old friends, and new friends.

Rowe's philosophy arises from a deep faith in the fundamental goodness of human beings, the abiding miracle of life on earth, and the soul-sustaining beauty of creation. At Rowe, this beauty is everywhere. Our Center is folded into the slope of gentle mountains at the edge of of an old New England village. Our guests walk in the forest, marvel at our waterfall, and sit by quiet reflecting ponds.

The magic is never far away. It's just around the corner, just down the wooded path, in the radiant eyes of the person across from us at lunch, in the Aha! of a sudden insight. This is the wonder of the ordinary miraculous, and it's everywhere. We take it in every time we breathe in and send it back into the universe with each exhalation.