Looking for the perfect place to hold your group’s retreat? We invite you to consider the historic Beecher House. The Beecher House is a Zen Studies Society facility that sits on the shores of Beecher Lake, surrounded by 1,400 acres of wilderness in the Catskill Mountains. Surrounded by pristine forest, pure water, deep silence, and a night sky filled with glittering stars, the Beecher House is an unparalleled venue for retreats.
Accommodating groups ranging from 10 to 18 participants, the Beecher House offers spiritual practitioners undistracted intimacy and seclusion. The only sounds other than the calls of birds and animals, wind, raindrops, and the rushing creek are the Daisho (great gong) and Han, ritual instruments used in daily practice at Dai Bosatsu Zendo, the Zen Studies Society’s traditional Rinzai Zen monastery just up the tree-lined road.
In 2021, the building was completely renovated, with the addition of a solarium and a large deck opening out onto Beecher Lake and a wide view of the mountains beyond.
More information on the Beecher House is available at thebeecherhouse.org.