Looking for a memorable setting for your next college retreat, faculty getaway, student organization trip, leadership weekend, or department planning session?

Mulberry Gap Adventure Basecamp near Ellijay, Georgia offers cabins, group gathering spaces, meals, Wi-Fi, outdoor recreation, and plenty of room to connect, focus, celebrate, or recharge.

We welcome college and university groups from across North Georgia, metro Atlanta, Chattanooga, and beyond — from academic departments and faculty teams to student clubs, competitive programs, athletics, leadership groups, graduate cohorts, and more.

Why Choose Mulberry Gap?

A true change of scenery … easy to reach, worlds away
Step away from campus and into the North Georgia mountains — About 90 minutes north of Atlanta and 90 minutes south of Chattanooga, Mulberry Gap sits in the heart of the North Georgia mountains just outside Ellijay. Close enough for an easy getaway, but far enough to feel like you’ve truly left campus behind.

Built for groups from 3 to 50 folks
Cabins, campsites, gathering spaces, meals, Wi-Fi, and room to spend meaningful time together without coordinating a dozen separate pieces.

Adventure optional
Mountain biking, hiking, gravel riding, and outdoor exploration are right outside the door — but your group can also come simply to plan, write, connect, celebrate, or recharge.

Space to focus
Fewer interruptions, a relaxed setting, and plenty of room for conversations, brainstorming, workshops, and big-picture thinking.

Time together beyond the agenda
Shared meals, porch conversations, hot tubs, games, campfires, and downtime can be just as valuable as the scheduled retreat sessions.

Flexible for all kinds of groups
From faculty teams and academic departments to student clubs, robotics teams, leadership programs, athletics, and graduate cohorts.

More than a venue — a basecamp
Come with a purpose, then make the experience your own. Work hard, slow down, explore, celebrate, or do a little of everything.

PLAN

Sometimes changing the setting changes the conversation. Bring your faculty, staff, students, or leadership team to Mulberry Gap for focused time away from everyday interruptions.

We’re great for:

  • Strategic planning retreats

  • Faculty and staff retreats

  • Beginning-of-year kickoffs

  • End-of-year department reviews

  • Curriculum or program planning

  • Writing and research retreats

Spend part of the day working together, then close the laptops and head outside, share a meal, gather around a fire, or simply enjoy some downtime.

CELEBRATE

Your group worked hard. Give them something to look forward to.

Come to Mulberry Gap for:

  • Student reward trips

  • Staff appreciation getaways

  • Senior send-offs

  • Post-competition celebrations

  • Program milestones

  • End-of-year celebrations

Celebrate a championship, a successful project, graduating students, a major grant, accreditation, a program anniversary — or simply a year well done.

CONNECT

Teams become stronger when people have space to know one another beyond their normal roles.

Mulberry Gap works beautifully for:

  • Leadership retreats

  • Student organization weekends

  • Cohort-building trips

  • Team getaways

  • New faculty and employee retreats

  • Project and competition teams

Whether you're bringing a robotics team, graduate cohort, student club, faculty group, or administrative department, an overnight trip can create connections that are difficult to build during a normal week on campus.

RECHARGE

Not every retreat needs an agenda. Sometimes the most valuable thing you can give a team is permission to slow down.

Consider a:

  • Wellness retreat

  • Creative retreat

  • Post-semester decompression trip

  • Faculty or staff recharge weekend

  • Midyear reset

  • Mountain morale getaway

Sleep somewhere quiet. Eat together. Take a walk. Sit on the porch. Play games. Explore the mountains. Talk without rushing to the next meeting.