The History of Hidden Paradise

Idaho’s medical camp at Hidden Paradise is a refuge for people living with medical, emotional, physical, or behavioral challenges. Here, visitors can immerse themselves in the healing power of nature while enjoying a safe, adaptive space designed to meet their physical and medical needs.

Idaho’s medical camp began as a dream for Camp Rainbow Gold, which has served children living with cancer and their families for more than 40 years. For decades, Camp Rainbow Gold operated without a permanent home. With no long-term lease, the organization wasn’t able to offer enough housing to accommodate the high demand for camp — and every year, families were turned away.

Camp Rainbow Gold supporters invested so much effort into creating a temporary-but-magical space every year. The camp’s attendees, and its hard working community, deserved a forever home.

With the purchase of Hidden Paradise, Camp Rainbow Gold created its permanent home — and also discovered how many more people it could help by opening the doors to organizations with similar missions.

Through the Hidden Paradise rental program, other organizations have gained access to a stable, long-term medical camp they can retreat to again and again. Hidden Paradise is a place they can call their own, too.

In 2021, Hidden Paradise welcomed its first guests. Since then, Camp Rainbow Gold has continued to leverage its reputation and resources to raise money for Idaho’s medical camp. The venue has continued renovations and accessibility upgrades, hired its own dedicated staff, and welcomed hundreds of adults and children from organizations other than Camp Rainbow Gold.