Sleeping Bear Retreat will be alerted immediately and will approve your reservation after checking availability.
Sleeping Bear Retreat is located on over 50 beautifully wooded acres in scenic French Lick, Indiana. We offer unique stays with our Tipi and Covered Wagon sites, or you can spend the night under the stars in one of our Tent sites. There is fun for all ages - from giant chess and checkers, a 9 hole disc golf course, fishing and more. You can also plan a visit to our paintball and survival games locations.
Whether you are looking for a quiet weekend getaway, a low cost family vacation, or a group stay, we are the place for you!
Open Dates: March 2 to November 14
Our tipis include 4 cots, a picnic table, and charcoal grill. Easy access to the shelter house, as well as community restrooms and showers!
Options | Starting Daily | Starting Weekly | Starting Monthly | |
Tepees | $55.00 | $330.00 | Choose Your Site |
Our unique Covered Wagon site has 4 cots, as well as electricity, A/C and heat.
Options | Starting Daily | Starting Weekly | Starting Monthly | |
Covered Wagon | $75.00 | $450.00 | Choose Your Site |
Spend the night under the stars in one of our primitive tent camping sites!
Options | Starting Daily | Starting Weekly | Starting Monthly | |
Tent Sites - Primitive | $20.00 | $120.00 | Choose Your Site |
This site is ideal for a smaller camper or pop-up. W/E hookups available! this site has access to a water nozzle, 30 amp and a 110 outlet
Options | Starting Daily | Starting Weekly | Starting Monthly | |
Camper Site - Water & Electric | $35.00 | $210.00 | Choose Your Site |
two weeks is the maximum length of stay.
check in is anytime after 2pm and check out is by noon.
per insurance there is no swimming in the pond. there is a small creek on property that is a great place for kids to play in.
catch and release only fishing.
Quite time is from 10pm to 9am so at this time please keep your loud noises down to a minimum.
First and foremost, you must be prepared for the weather. Watch your weather app and prepare for it. If it's going to rain, prepare to get wet. If it is going to be hot or cold, dress and prepare for it. Sleeping bag, appropriate for weather conditions, as there is no heat or A/C in the Tipis. There are 4 cots in each Tipi, and electricity in two of the Tipis if you want to bring an air mattress. Basically anything that makes you comfortable. Camping is supposed to be a happy time!
Please leave your campsite as you found it and leave no trace. We ask that you are respectful to your surroundings, wildlife, and neighboring campers.
We are pet friendly, as long as the pet is friendly! Please keep pets on a leash at all times while on the campground.
Toilet
Shower
Picnic Table
Picnic Area
Pets Allowed
Gravel Roads
Fire Pit
Community BBQ/Grill
30 Amps
Community Restrooms
Community Showers
Fire Ring / Grill
Pet Friendly
Water Hookups
Volleyball
Backpacking
Biking
Fishing
Hiking
Stargazing
Wildlife Viewing
Family Friendly
Pet Friendly
Tent Camping
Military Discount
Military
Crystal Gallagher
Melissa Davis
Dylan Esch
Amanda Ludwig
Steve Weinzapfel
Ronald Johnson
Henry Watson
Henry Watson
Lisa Demske
Campground Response
you not having a great experience with us is unfortunate but could I ask what you mean by run down?? I work very hard on the up keep of this place. what photos are you speaking of as I have many photos of different times of the year and yes different years, am I supposed to delete all my old photos of past good times?? by that standard I would have to do a new photo shoot every month. I searched many places to get that sink as I thought it was unique to the setting we have. as for the pad locked restrooms, one was being serviced and the other is the utility room, as for the obnoxious people I have no idea as I was not informed of any such activity but sadly those kind of people are everywhere.
Reese Tannhauser