History
Wanakee was founded when Meadowbrook Camp, once a horse camp for girls, was purchased by the New Hampshire Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church for $50,000 in 1961. Leaders at the time were so convinced New Hampshire Methodists needed their own camp site that they rounded up enough supporters to secretly pledge to purchase the site if the Annual Conference did not. The farmhouse was built in 1803. The original tents and hogans on the hill were replaced with summer cabins and yurts beginning in the late 1980s and completed in the 1990s. The Homestead Retreat, an adjacent parcel of land with a log home, was purchased in 1994. This house, now a winterized log cabin, began Wanakee's growth into year-round retreats.
Specialties
Wanakee is a summer camp and retreat center serving New Hampshire and beyond. We provide seven weeks of summer camp programming for children, youth, and adults, as well as events year-round. Wanakee's focus is on building and nurturing strong communities of radical acceptance, where campers of all ages can grow personally, socially, and spiritually. We are owned by the United Methodist Church.