Skelton 4-H Youth & Community Programs
W.E. Skelton 4-H Educational Conference Center, 775 Hermitage Rd, Wirtz, VA 24184
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Skelton 4-H Youth & Community Programs offers team building programs along with outdoor activities such as hiking, canoeing, archery, and shooting. The programs take place at the W. E. Skelton 4-H Educational Conference Center, which includes many recreational facilities that support these activities.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
• Schedule: The W.E. Skelton 4-H Educational Conference Center is open Monday–Friday, 8:30am–5:00pm.
The W. E. Skelton 4-H Educational Conference Center includes 440 beds, over fifteen indoor conference rooms with a combined 23,000 square feet of meeting space, outdoor shelters with restroom access and ample seating, two hotel-style and three dormitory-style facilities, an outdoor amphitheater, an indoor stage, on-site catering, a residential summer camp, and 24-hour service. The center was originally named the West Central 4-H Educational Center. Its stated mission is to provide dynamic, research-based, hands-on learning experiences with the goal of guiding each participant to become self-directing, contributing, and productive members of society. Virginia Cooperative Extension, which is described as an equal opportunity employer, is a partnership of Virginia Tech, Virginia State University, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and local governments.
One group from Mt. Pisgah UMC in Greensboro, NC reported that their accommodations were large, the food was filling at every meal, items reported to 24-hour service were fixed promptly, breakout areas were set up according to their requests, and that even with other groups present, activities were kept separate enough that it often felt like they had the entire camp to themselves. Dale Parris, Director of Development for the YMCA of the Roanoke Valley, described a visit where the group hiked, laughed, played, and ended the day around a campfire sharing stories about their work and their experiences coming together in that space. Byron Hughes, Virginia Tech Director of Sorority and Fraternity Life, noted that their group had expected cabins, bunk beds, and food that was not going to be the absolute best, and also stated that for professionals their age who have been working in higher education as long as they have, the facility matters, that the staff has always been amazing, and that the setting allows them to be in a comfortable space with no reason not to return year after year.
Last updated January 21, 2026.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
• Schedule: The W.E. Skelton 4-H Educational Conference Center is open Monday–Friday, 8:30am–5:00pm.
The W. E. Skelton 4-H Educational Conference Center includes 440 beds, over fifteen indoor conference rooms with a combined 23,000 square feet of meeting space, outdoor shelters with restroom access and ample seating, two hotel-style and three dormitory-style facilities, an outdoor amphitheater, an indoor stage, on-site catering, a residential summer camp, and 24-hour service. The center was originally named the West Central 4-H Educational Center. Its stated mission is to provide dynamic, research-based, hands-on learning experiences with the goal of guiding each participant to become self-directing, contributing, and productive members of society. Virginia Cooperative Extension, which is described as an equal opportunity employer, is a partnership of Virginia Tech, Virginia State University, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and local governments.
One group from Mt. Pisgah UMC in Greensboro, NC reported that their accommodations were large, the food was filling at every meal, items reported to 24-hour service were fixed promptly, breakout areas were set up according to their requests, and that even with other groups present, activities were kept separate enough that it often felt like they had the entire camp to themselves. Dale Parris, Director of Development for the YMCA of the Roanoke Valley, described a visit where the group hiked, laughed, played, and ended the day around a campfire sharing stories about their work and their experiences coming together in that space. Byron Hughes, Virginia Tech Director of Sorority and Fraternity Life, noted that their group had expected cabins, bunk beds, and food that was not going to be the absolute best, and also stated that for professionals their age who have been working in higher education as long as they have, the facility matters, that the staff has always been amazing, and that the setting allows them to be in a comfortable space with no reason not to return year after year.
Last updated January 21, 2026.
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