Retreats & Conferences Near Little Rock, Arkansas
Bring your group together on 1,200 wooded acres just 10 miles from Little Rock. Ferncliff offers lodging, flexible meeting spaces, meals and activities for youth and adult groups.
Lodging
Choose from hotel-style rooms, lodge accommodations, a private group house, duplex cabins, and yurts.
Meals and Catering
Add Ferncliff meal service, bring an outside caterer or use the commercial guest kitchen when Ferncliff Commons is rented.
Meeting Rooms & Outdoor Spaces
Compare indoor meeting rooms, large gathering spaces and outdoor pavilions for meetings, worship, workshops and events.
Swimming & Aquatics
Plan seasonal swimming and aquatics. All watercraft activities, including boating and canoeing, take place on Belden Pond.
Activities
Enjoy unguided recreation included with your stay, or add guided recreation, team-building activities, and optional service projects.
Virtual Property Map
See how lodging, gathering spaces, trails, Ferndale Creek and youth-side destinations around Belden Pond fit together.
Youth Retreats
Create a retreat where young people can learn, play, and grow together. Youth-side lodging, gathering spaces, outdoor activities and Belden Pond keep your group close to the experience.
Adult Retreats & Conferences
Step away from the usual routine and give your group room to focus, reconnect and rest in a peaceful natural setting close to Little Rock.
Find the Right Fit for Your Group
Ferncliff welcomes individuals and groups of many sizes. Compare facility-specific capacities and features to find the combination that works for your retreat.
Lodging-first stays
For guests who primarily need overnight accommodations, with optional meals and activities.
Meetings & gatherings
For groups comparing indoor meeting rooms, large gathering spaces and outdoor venues.
Full retreat planning
For groups combining lodging, meeting space, meals and activities into one experience.
Take a Tour of Ferncliff
Explore lodging, meeting spaces, and key areas of campus through a collection of short tour videos. Use the property map to see how the campus fits together or request an in-person tour. We would love to show you around.
Inside the Ferncliff Experience
“Ferncliff not only has a great facility to hold conferences but the environment allows us to enjoy each other better. There’s a lot of places where you can have a conference retreat, but not many where you can walk out of the conference room and sit and have a cup of coffee on the porch and take intentional time to unplug. This is a beautiful, relaxing, calm, and very accommodating place to come to.”
Amy Johnson
Academic Administrator, Arkansas Virtual Academy
Common Questions
Yes. Ferncliff welcomes youth retreats, church groups, schools, nonprofits, staff teams, conferences and other adult gatherings. Use the Youth Retreats or Adult Retreats & Conferences pathway for information tailored to your group.
Every retreat is quoted individually based on dates, lodging, meeting spaces, meals, activities and other needs. Submit the Availability form for a customized quote.
No. Ferncliff does not require a minimum group size or minimum lodging stay. Ferncliff opens meal service when at least 15 total guests on site are receiving meals. Smaller groups may be accommodated when other guests bring the total meal count to 15 or more.
Yes. Every indoor meeting space includes high-speed wireless internet, AV equipment and presentation materials at no additional charge.
All watercraft activities take place on Belden Pond on the youth side of camp near the Belden Cabins, Ferncliff Commons, J-Mo and Yurt Village.
Use the Lodging and Meeting Rooms & Outdoor Spaces hub pages to compare options, then visit individual detail pages for photographs, maximum capacity, dimensions, configurations and features.
Yes. Start with the video tour and property map, or submit the Availability form to request an in-person tour.
No. Ferncliff is a camp with limited accessible options. Some lodging and meeting spaces are accessible, but not every building or area is equipped. Please share your group’s needs through the Availability form before booking so Ferncliff can recommend appropriate options.
Plan Your Retreat
Tell us what you are planning, even if you do not have every detail yet. We will help you identify the next step.