ABOUT US
Camp Lutherwood Oregon is open to all people for year-round camps, retreats, outdoor school, and events. We are located on 85 beautifully forested acres in the foothills of the Coast Range. As a not-for-profit organization, we are committed to serving people of all ages through our programs, facilities, and staff. Camp Lutherwood is an association of Lutheran congregations in Oregon and Southwest Washington. Click or tap the tabs below to learn more:
In 1959, a group of pastors in Eugene had a vision for a Bible camp for their kids. Lutheran Layman’s League of Lane County purchased 28 acres west of Junction City (off Hwy 36) to create the camp for Eugene area children and teens. Campers, along with their Pastor and other adult leaders, came to camp for a week and stayed in the only facility at the time–the barn. They wanted their youth to have an experience that deepened their faith in Jesus Christ, strengthened relationships with the other friends in the church, connected them to nature, and helped them discover their gifts to offer to the world–all while having fun and adventure.
Camp Lutherwood Oregon is located within the traditional homelands of the Kalapuya and Chelamela tribes. We acknowledge that in 1855, the United States ratified the Treaty with the Confederated Tribes of the Willamette Valley and initiated the forced removal of tribal members from their ancestral homelands. Descendants of the Kalapuya and Chelamela tribes who stewarded this land are members of the Confederated Tribes of the Grande Ronde Community of Oregon.
Camp Lutherwood Oregon is happy to announce a new stewardship plan aimed at caring for our trees, stream, and wildlife for current campers and future generations to enjoy. As a complex, coast range forest, Camp Lutherwood hosts vast biodiversity with a deep ecological history worth protecting and celebrating.
Over the course of the next five years, our team hopes to improve the health of the forest by thinning trees too densely planted, improve the fish habitat in Luther Creek, increase access to our forest for educational use, plant new trees and shrubs encouraging new growth and stopping the spread of invasive species.
This is a long-term project, but we are well on our way thanks to our friends at the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) who have provided a grant to get this project off the ground. Keep an eye out for future updates in our newsletter and social media!
Our staff are walking the larger property at camp and tagging trees that may need removal. Don’t fret: doing so will encourage the growth of the forest understory essential to the wildlife and ecosystem.
Camp Lutherwood Oregon is happy to announce a new stewardship plan aimed at caring for our trees, stream, and wildlife for current campers and future generations to enjoy. As a complex, coast range forest, Camp Lutherwood hosts vast biodiversity with a deep ecological history worth protecting and celebrating.
Over the course of the next five years, our team hopes to improve the health of the forest by thinning trees too densely planted, improve the fish habitat in Luther Creek, increase access to our forest for educational use, plant new trees and shrubs encouraging new growth and stopping the spread of invasive species.
This is a long-term project, but we are well on our way thanks to our friends at the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) who have provided a grant to get this project off the ground. Keep an eye out for future updates in our newsletter and social media!
Our staff are walking the larger property at camp and tagging trees that may need removal. Don’t fret: doing so will encourage the growth of the forest understory essential to the wildlife and ecosystem.