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 takes place at the W. E. Skelton 4-H Educational Conference Center and includes team building programs, hiking, canoeing, archery, and shooting. The center offers many recreational facilities that support these activities, along with multiple lodges, meeting spaces, learning centers, performance areas, an outdoor amphitheater, and an indoor stage. The property also includes a residential Summer Camp with 440 beds and a wide selection of recreation.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
• Schedule: Open Monday–Friday, 8:30am–5:00pm
The W. E. Skelton 4-H Educational Conference Center states that it is committed to providing dynamic, research-based, and hands-on learning experiences, with programs created with the goal that they will help guide each participant to become self-directing, contributing, and productive members of society. Virginia Cooperative Extension, which is connected to the center, is a partnership of Virginia Tech, Virginia State University, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and local governments. The center is described as a 120 acre lakefront property with spacious meeting facilities, on-site catering, over fifteen indoor conference rooms with a combined 23,000 square feet of space, main conference rooms with kitchen and restroom accommodations, outdoor shelters with restroom access and ample seating, and multiple lodging options including two hotel style and three dormitory style facilities. Testimonials mention 24-hour service for facility issues, large rooms for accommodations, filling food at every meal, and breakout areas set up according to requests, as well as groups being able to use the entire space of the property. Other testimonials describe hiking, laughing, playing, and ending the day around a campfire, and note that the facility matters to professionals and that the staff has always been described as amazing, with no reason not to return year after year.
Last updated July 19, 2026.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
• Schedule: Open Monday–Friday, 8:30am–5:00pm
The W. E. Skelton 4-H Educational Conference Center states that it is committed to providing dynamic, research-based, and hands-on learning experiences, with programs created with the goal that they will help guide each participant to become self-directing, contributing, and productive members of society. Virginia Cooperative Extension, which is connected to the center, is a partnership of Virginia Tech, Virginia State University, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and local governments. The center is described as a 120 acre lakefront property with spacious meeting facilities, on-site catering, over fifteen indoor conference rooms with a combined 23,000 square feet of space, main conference rooms with kitchen and restroom accommodations, outdoor shelters with restroom access and ample seating, and multiple lodging options including two hotel style and three dormitory style facilities. Testimonials mention 24-hour service for facility issues, large rooms for accommodations, filling food at every meal, and breakout areas set up according to requests, as well as groups being able to use the entire space of the property. Other testimonials describe hiking, laughing, playing, and ending the day around a campfire, and note that the facility matters to professionals and that the staff has always been described as amazing, with no reason not to return year after year.
Last updated July 19, 2026.
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