Rock Creek Sanctuary

a beautiful space for you to grow more deeply rooted in God’s love and more fully into who God has made you to be.

Rock Creek Sanctuary is a Washington, DC micro urban retreat space and lodging, for day or overnight use. Retreat use is by donation. Learn more at our FAQs, and reserve a retreat stay by contacting rockcreeksanctuary@gmail.com. (Standard lodging can be reserved on Airbnb.)

Discover an urban haven less than three miles from the White House, and blocks from the nation’s third designated national park.

Whether you’re visiting from out of town and want a restorative pause from your Washington, DC adventure or need a calm space to take a day off your demanding job, Rock Creek Sanctuary could be just the space you need to exhale, rest, notice, play, and maybe even do some business with yourself and with God.

Rock Creek Sanctuary has plenty of lovely touches to delight you. You may find some garden flowers on the windowsill, the perfect book to while away an afternoon, or freshly baked bread. You might even roller skate! Learn more about the artists behind some of the sweet details you’ll find inside.

Located in the English basement (garden level) of a row house in leafy Mount Pleasant, DC, Rock Creek Sanctuary is ideal for a solo retreat, but can comfortably fit 6-10 people for day use, with up to 4 overnight guests. It offers numerous amenities:

• Two twin beds which can used separately or combined into a European-style king and a fold-out couch with extra supportive padding. Air mattress available upon request.
• Private bathroom
• Full kitchen
• Small private deck, in addition to shared patio and hard access
• Shared washer/dryer
• WiFi . . . but we’re happy to withhold the password if you want to unplug
• And much more, waiting for you to discover!

How to use Rock Creek Sanctuary?

You can reserve the space overnight or full/half day use only, offering you ample time to fully enjoy what Rock Creek Sanctuary has to offer:

• Lounge in the large main reading/sleeping space.
• Meander the trails in nearby Rock Creek Park.
• Stop for coffee at one the neighborhood’s lovely cafes.
• Fix up a nourishing meal in the eat-in kitchen.
• Eat outside on the patio overlooking the garden
• Relax in a hammock before setting up a firepit as the sun goes down.

Maybe you’re carving out time for yourself while kids are in school. Maybe you need to schedule deep work thinking or take a writing retreat. We also welcome small events, like a cozy arts night or small group retreat.

Or maybe you just need to make space to be still with yourself and God.
What might happen if you did?

Drawing on ancient Christian monastic traditions of intentional hospitality, we welcome all in Jesus’s name.

We hope your time here will nourish you, so you may cultivate deep roots, grow wide branches, and in turn nourish others. We provide the space on a donation basis for guests using it for this purpose. (Donations are not currently tax deductible but go to maintaining the space for others’ enjoyment.) Standard lodging can also be reserved on Airbnb.

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