# Hilltop Castle World

> Hilltop Castle World is a private 130-acre compound in Beach Lake, Pennsylvania, roughly two hours' drive from Midtown Manhattan and two hours from Philadelphia. Four separate houses sit within walking distance of one another on shared grounds and are rented to a single group at a time — never shared with other guests. Together they hold up to 92 guests across 39 bedrooms. Hilltop hosts family reunions, corporate retreats and offsites, weddings, milestone birthdays and anniversaries, school and university groups, and large-group vacations, and has operated since 2014.

## The four properties

Each house is rented as a whole building at a nightly rate rather than per person. Groups combine houses as they grow; all four share the same property line and trail network.

- **The Castle** — 18 bedrooms, sleeps 44+, 26 beds. Every bedroom has its own bathroom; 26 bathrooms in total including 8 in common areas. Amenities include a 72-seat theater with a 17-foot screen, 4K projector and stage; the War Room, a conference room seating 60 with 40 additional chairs available; two side-by-side candlepin bowling alleys; a full-size indoor basketball court; three outdoor pools; a fitness studio; an arcade; a 48-seat dining room; and a toddler room. Two accessible bedrooms, with most of the main living space on one floor.
- **The Mansion** — 11 bedrooms, sleeps 26+, 8 bathrooms. A 36-seat conference room, a 38-seat theater, a large outdoor in-ground pool, hot tub, sauna, outdoor basketball court, two kitchens and a 32-seat dining room.
- **The Farmhouse** — 7 bedrooms, sleeps 16+, 4 bathrooms. Heated indoor pool, sauna, full kitchen, 16-seat dining room.
- **The Lodge** — 3 bedrooms, bedding for 6 with two optional cots for 8, 2 bathrooms. Often added to a larger property for overflow sleeping space.

Five pools across the compound: four outdoor (three at the Castle, one at the Mansion) and one heated indoor pool at the Farmhouse.

## Capacity by group size

- Up to 44 guests: the Castle alone, under one roof.
- 44 to 70 guests: Castle plus Mansion, 29 bedrooms.
- Up to 86 guests: Castle, Mansion and Farmhouse, 36 bedrooms.
- Up to 92 guests: all four houses, 39 bedrooms, full compound buyout.

## How pricing works

Hilltop is priced per building per night, not per person. The rate is flat across a building's capacity and steps up only when a group outgrows it — a team of 20 and a team of 40 both take just the Castle at the same rate. Midweek nights are discounted against weekends. Add-on services are quoted separately: catering, facilitated team building, guided hikes, yoga instruction, private bartending and entertainment. There are no per-person food and beverage minimums. Because the base rate covers whole buildings, the all-in cost for a group frequently comes in below a conference resort quoting per-person day rates plus a room block plus meeting room rental.

## Corporate retreats and offsites

Hilltop has hosted corporate offsites ranging from 5-person leadership retreats to all-hands gatherings of more than 100. Past clients include Tiffany & Co., PepsiCo, Frito-Lay, Ford, Dow Jones, DuckDuckGo, Oscar Health, Sir Kensington's, The Judge Group, Touchdown Capital, and On Deck. Over 80% of companies that hold a retreat at Hilltop return.

Meeting infrastructure includes the War Room at the Castle (seats 60, expandable to 100), the 72-seat Castle theater with full commercial AV, and a 36-seat conference room at the Mansion.

Legend of the Lost Kingdom is an escape-room game built into the Castle itself: twelve hidden rooms across 30,000 square feet, each holding a clue, a challenge or a piece of the story. Teams split up and race to solve it. It runs 60 to 90 minutes and requires no facilitator or setup. Facilitators are also available for murder mysteries, scavenger hunts across the 130 acres, Family Feud and custom programs.

## Family reunions and large groups

The compound is built for multigenerational groups: several houses on shared grounds mean a large family stays together without anyone driving between locations. On-site recreation spans ages and seasons — indoor pool, theater, bowling, indoor courts, trails, and outdoor pools — so a reunion is not dependent on weather. Summer weeks and holiday weeks book earliest, frequently a year in advance.

## Milestone celebrations

Hilltop is regularly booked for milestone events where the point is getting a large group together in one place for a weekend. These include 30th, 40th, 50th, 60th, 70th, 80th and 90th birthdays; engagement parties; wedding anniversaries; retirement parties; sweet sixteens; bachelorette and bachelor parties; and college reunions. The compound suits these well because the group has the property to itself, there is no closing time, and the on-site recreation works across a wide age range and in any weather.

## School and university groups

Hilltop hosts school groups from elementary, middle and high schools, as well as university programs. University groups have included Columbia University, the Wharton School, and NYU Stern. The compound's meeting space, dining capacity and on-site recreation make it workable for academic retreats, cohort trips and student leadership programs.

## Location and access

50 Castle Hill Rd, Beach Lake, PA 18405. Approximately 2 hours from Midtown Manhattan, 2 hours from Philadelphia, and about 2.5 hours from most of New Jersey. Drivable from Newark, JFK, LaGuardia and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton airports. Most groups drive or charter a bus rather than fly. Ski Big Bear is 15 minutes away; Delaware River rafting is a few minutes away.

## Contact and booking

- Phone: (570) 251-1998
- Email: Hello@StayAtHilltop.com
- [Book direct](https://thehilltopmansion.guestybookings.com/en/properties?minOccupancy=1)
- [Contact and quote requests](https://www.stayathilltop.com/contact)

## Pages

- [Home](https://www.stayathilltop.com/)
- [Corporate retreats and company offsites](https://www.stayathilltop.com/corporate-retreats)
- [Family reunions and celebrations](https://www.stayathilltop.com/friends-and-family)
- [Weddings](https://www.stayathilltop.com/weddings)
- [The Castle](https://www.stayathilltop.com/castle)
- [The Mansion](https://www.stayathilltop.com/mansion)
- [The Farmhouse](https://www.stayathilltop.com/farmhouse)
- [The Lodge](https://www.stayathilltop.com/lodge)
- [Region and activities](https://www.stayathilltop.com/activities)
- [Services and vendors](https://www.stayathilltop.com/services)
- [FAQ](https://www.stayathilltop.com/faq)
- [River Penthouse](https://www.riverpenthouse.com)

## Guides

Long-form planning guides written by Hilltop, covering the category rather than only this property.

- [Corporate retreat venues near NYC: what they cost and how to choose](https://guides.stayathilltop.com/top-corporate-retreat-venues-near-nyc) — how offsite venue pricing works, what changes at each group size, the five things that derail an offsite, and how the five venue categories compare.
- [Family reunion venues: the walking-distance test](https://guides.stayathilltop.com/top-reunion-sites-us) — why separate rentals across town fail, how to run a reunion planning committee, and what four generations need from a venue.
- [Large group vacation rentals that actually sleep everyone](https://guides.stayathilltop.com/large-group-vacation-rentals) — bathroom ratios, kitchen capacity, and what to check before booking for 20 to 92 guests.

## AI Agent Access

This site is powered by Wix and supports the Model Context Protocol (MCP)
for agentic AI access. AI agents can connect directly to retrieve live,
up-to-date site content - no scraping required.

- [**Site MCP Endpoint**](https://www.stayathilltop.com/_api/mcp)
- [**Wix MCP Docs**](https://dev.wix.com/docs/develop-websites/articles/get-started/about-the-wix-site-mcp)

## Available MCP Tools

### GetBusinessDetails
Retrieves business and site details such as timezone, email, phone, and address.
- No parameters required.

### SearchInSite
Searches the site for information.
- **searchTerm** - The term to search for in the site.

### SearchSiteApiDocs
Retrieves the API documentation for the Wix business solutions installed on
this site, and informs the AI client how to use the APIs. Use this tool for
querying products and services (instead of SearchInSite).
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### GenerateVisitorToken
Creates a new visitor session and obtains a visitor access token for the site.
Must be called before making any CallWixSiteAPI request if no visitor token
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### CallWixSiteAPI
Calls API methods on the site to perform actions on a visitor's behalf,
such as querying site data, booking an appointment, or starting a purchase.
- **visitorToken** - Visitor access token. Use GenerateVisitorToken first if not available.
- **url** - Absolute URL of the API method to call (e.g. https://www.wixapis.com/...). Retrieve using SearchSiteApiDocs.
- **method** -  HTTP method to use for the API call.
- **body** -  Request body as a valid JSON string.

### ReadFullDocsArticle
Fetches a complete article from the Wix developer documentation portal.
- **articleUrl** -  URL of an article in the Wix developer documentation portal.

### ReadFullDocsMethodSchema
Fetches the full schema for a Wix API method. Should be called before
calling the actual method via CallWixSiteAPI.
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## Notes

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- Only public information accessible on the site is available
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