Maine is the northern part of the Appalachian Mountain Chain where the Wabanaki peoples roamed the Land of the Dawn. Receiving the first light of the new day, the land reaches northeast towards the sunrise over the Atlantic.

Our home base is in Denmark, Maine, a sleepy northern New England hamlet and four-season destination nestled in the heart of western Maine’s lakes and mountains. If you are looking for a relaxing and quiet nature retreat, this is the place to come, easily accessible, yet off the beaten path enough to find deep quiet surrounded by a beautiful, natural setting. Our green retreat facilities are located on 33 wooded and mountainside acres at the base of Pleasant Mountain, a treasured hiking destination by locals.

The private hiking trails on the retreat land offers long and expansive views west to the nearby White Mountains, where the Appalachian Trail traverses over nearby hiking along the Maine/New Hampshire border.  Much of the land on and around Pleasant Mountain is protected from future development through conservation easements gratefully overseen by local environmental organizations including the Loon Echo Land Trust, the Upper Saco Valley Land Trust and the Nature Conservancy.

The state of Maine has identified Denmark as a focus area for conservation as it holds the largest tract of contiguous, undeveloped forest land in southwestern Maine.

Denmark and its surrounding towns are part of the Saco River floodplain, the largest intact floodplain in New England. Spring rains bring the river water over its banks, where it scours the landscape, making room for rare plants and animals.The water then percolates slowly through the fine glacial soils of the floodplain and returns to streams and springs naturally filtered and purified — giving the Saco some of the cleanest water in Maine.

The Saco River floodplain includes some of the world's only remaining river-wash barren ecosystems — open sandy or rocky habitats that are home to rare plants, dragonflies and turtles. The upland forests of the watershed contain wide-ranging mammals such as fisher and bobcat. This region is also host to larger wildlife including Eastern coyote, black bear, and moose.

We invite you to this eco-tourism mecca for outdoor exploration, paddling, hiking, biking, skiing and snowshoeing. Our location feels remote, being surrounded by forest land, waterways and quietude, yet we are a within driving distance from major metropolitan areas, with available shuttles to bus lines, Amtrak and airports.

We are part of Maine’s Greater Bridgton Lakes Region and the Mount Washington Valley in nearby Conway, New Hampshire, offering a high quality of life, with endless possibilities as a recreational haven. The air is clean, the water pure, the woods inspiring, the sights breathtaking and the night sky bright with millions of stars.