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The Center at Orchard Hill

Retreat Center

For the past several years, we have been developing a permanent home on a mountaintop near Millerstown, PA. Thanks to the vision of Gary and Jean Miller of New Cumberland, PA.  Our site looks-out upon a broad vista that includes the approaches to Selinsgrove, PA, some forty miles away.  Surrounded by more than two hundred acres of woodland, it is hard to imagine that PA Route 22-322, is scarcely two miles away.  Road noise disappears and one can see the hawks riding on the thermals.  It is a truly beautiful place—a space for grace.

When completed, Orchard Hill will include—in addition to the picnic pavilion, labyrinth and hiking trails already completed—an all-weather adult retreat facility, already under construction.  It will include four double-occupancy bedrooms,  two with private bath and two with a semi-private bath; two single bedrooms with a semi-private bath; a kitchen-dining room; a great room; and a handicapped-accessible bathroom.  A propane-fired generator will run the utilities.

 
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How to get to the site: Millerstown is between Newport and Thompsontown PA on Rtes. 22/322. Take the Millerstown Exit and process to the town square. At the square, go East on Rte. 17 (Sunbury Trail) for approximately 1.2 miles. At the Orchard Drive sign, turn Right and proceed up the mountain to the Center.

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Contact Information:     The Center (Russell Hart)               Webmaster: Tom Osif