Spend the Night

Our season runs from mid-June to mid-September. Check our conference listings for details on the 2012 season.

Let this be the year you experience Star Island!

As a conferee, you will enjoy the full Star Island experience by attending a “conference”. You will meet new friends, engage in exciting workshops and activities, and learn something new. There is something for every age and every interest, and most of our first-time conferees enjoy themselves so much they return to Star Island year after year. Conferences range in length from a weekend to a full week. For a full list of our conferences, please see the conference listings page.

As a conference overnight guest, you can try out a conference for a few days with full access to all conference activities (i.e. workshops, children’s programming). If you are interested in trying out a conference for a night or two, contact that conference’s registrar (see conference listings for details).

Personal Retreats are less-structured vacations of one night to a week or more where guests set their own schedule of activities and generally do not attend conference sponsored events. If you are new to Star Island, these options offer you a way to spend a few nights on the island. Learn more about personal retreats.

Come as an individual, with a friend, or with your whole family, and get ready to have a wonderful time on our beautiful, historic island!


Star Island is one of the rocky, wind-swept Isles of Shoals, located off the coast of Rye, New Hampshire. For over 100 years, summers here have provided individuals and families with a welcome respite from their busy mainland lives.

Star Island Corporation is a nonprofit organization which maintains the island and its facilities and provides hospitality services for visitors.

Contact Star Island

Phone: (603) 430-6272
Fax: (603) 430-6270
Island Phone: (603) 601-0832
Staff Email Address List

Star Island Corporation
Morton-Benedict House
30 Middle Street
Portsmouth, NH 03801

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Content © 1999–2012 Star Island Corporation. Clouds photo © Axel Rouvin.
Other photos © their respective owners.