Pine Glenn Cove

Pine Glenn Cove is a private vacation compound in Logan Canyon, Cache County, Utah. The property is also associated with the names Hatch's Camp, Forest Hills, The Nunnery, St. Anne's Retreat, and St. Ann's Retreat. It sits approximately 8.3 miles up Logan Canyon, around 10 miles from Logan, on land administered by the U.S. Forest Service. Although the site is sometimes described using brand-like language, it is principally a historic retreat and collection of buildings rather than a conventional consumer brand or operating hospitality chain. The property began taking shape in the early twentieth century under Hezekiah Eastman Hatch, a prominent Logan businessman. Hatch developed the first cabin between 1915 and 1918 for his wife, Georgia Thatcher Hatch. After her death in 1919, their son Lorenzo Boyd Hatch assumed responsibility for the camp. Lorenzo Hatch and his brother-in-law Floyd B. Odlum subsequently expanded it into a substantial summer retreat. The compound became a gathering place for the Hatch and Odlum families, their friends, business associates, social contacts, and other invited guests. Accounts of the property describe visits by prominent figures connected with business, government, entertainment, New York society, and Hollywood, although the available reference material does not provide a complete guest list. During the 1950s, the Hatch family donated the retreat to the Roman Catholic Diocese after offers to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Utah State University did not result in those organizations taking the property. The Catholic Church renamed it St. Ann's Retreat and used it as a vacation and spiritual retreat for nuns, including members of the Sisters of the Holy Cross and Benedictine communities in Salt Lake City. In the 1980s, the site was used as a youth summer camp by the Boys' Club of Weber and the Salt Lake Central City Community Center. The property entered private ownership in 1993. The compound contains roughly 21 buildings and structures, including two principal lodges, six smaller cabins, a playhouse, a pool house, a generator house, a swimming pool, a fireplace, fire pit, fountain, and bridge. It once included a small theater with a ticket booth and a horse stable, although the stable was later demolished. The property is notable within Logan Canyon as one of the largest private retreats and, according to the cited reference material, the only one in the canyon with a swimming pool. Pine Glenn Cove has also become known for supernatural folklore connected with its period as a Catholic retreat. Stories allege that pregnant nuns were sent there, that infants were killed in the swimming pool, and that the site was associated with satanic activity, apparitions, or hell-hounds. The reference material emphasizes that these claims lack documentary support. The legends nevertheless encouraged nighttime trespassing and so-called legend-tripping. The site drew national attention on October 10, 1997, when armed watchmen detained two groups of teenagers who had entered the property. One group of eight was restrained in or near a lodge, while a later group of approximately 30 was forced into the empty swimming pool and restrained. Police responded on both occasions, and the watchmen were later charged with six counts of aggravated assault. The episode generated debate about trespassing, private security, law enforcement responses, and the treatment of minors. Hatch's Camp was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 27, 2006, with 11 contributing buildings and six contributing structures. The property remains closed to the general public. Matt Nielsen has been restoring it under a private lease arrangement and has installed security cameras because of vandalism and trespassing. A future public opening has been discussed, but no opening date has been established. The former St. Ann's Retreat was also featured on the television program Ghost Adventures.

The Pine Glenn Cove property was developed in the Logan Canyon area of Utah by Hezekiah Eastman Hatch, a successful Logan businessman. The site was begun around 1910, and Hatch constructed the first cabin between 1915 and 1918 for his wife, Georgia Thatcher Hatch. After Georgia's death in 1919, their son Lorenzo Boyd Hatch took over the camp. Lorenzo Hatch and his brother-in-law Floyd B. Odlum expanded the original cabin into a larger seasonal compound. The expanded retreat served the Hatch and Odlum families and their extended circle of friends, associates, and invited guests. Its position in a remote mountain setting, combined with the owners' business and social connections, made it a private destination for affluent visitors. Historical descriptions characterize the camp as a place used by socialites, business leaders, government figures, and entertainment personalities, but do not establish a complete or authoritative list of visitors. In the 1950s, the Hatch family donated the property to the Roman Catholic Diocese. The property had previously been offered to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Utah State University, neither of which accepted it. Under Catholic ownership it was renamed St. Ann's Retreat and became a vacation and spiritual retreat for nuns, including members of the Sisters of the Holy Cross and Benedictine communities based in Salt Lake City. The retreat's religious use helped create the later nickname The Nunnery. During the 1980s, the site was used for youth summer-camp activities by the Boys' Club of Weber and the Salt Lake Central City Community Center. It was sold into private ownership in 1993. The land itself remains associated with the Forest Service, while the camp facilities are operated under a private lease arrangement. Matt Nielsen has undertaken restoration work with the stated aim of eventually making the property accessible to the public, although it remains closed and no opening date has been announced. The compound includes two main lodges, six smaller cabins, a playhouse, a pool house, a generator house, and several landscape and recreational structures. These include a swimming pool, fireplace, fire pit, fountain, and bridge. A theater and ticket booth once formed part of the complex, and a horse stable was also present historically before being demolished. The site is described as one of the largest private retreats in Logan Canyon and the only one there with a swimming pool. From the late twentieth century onward, Pine Glenn Cove became surrounded by stories of ghosts and alleged occult activity. Folklore claims that nuns who became pregnant were sent to the retreat, that babies were drowned in the pool, and that apparitions, satanic rituals, or hell-hounds could be encountered there. The available historical account states that no records substantiate these stories. Folklore collections and first-person accounts are held by archival institutions including the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Library at Brigham Young University and the Fife Folklore Archives at Utah State University. The legends attracted nighttime visitors engaged in legend-tripping. On October 10, 1997, eight teenagers who entered the property were confronted by three armed watchmen, restrained, and held until police arrived. Later the same night, a second group of approximately 30 teenagers encountered the same guards and was forced into the empty pool, with the youths' hands and necks restrained. The guards reportedly contacted sheriffs themselves on both occasions. The incident became a regional and national news story, and the watchmen were eventually charged with six counts of aggravated assault. The trespassing cases against the teenagers were dropped because the legal status of the land meant the youths were not considered trespassers under the applicable circumstances. Hatch's Camp was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 27, 2006. The listing recognized 11 contributing buildings and six contributing structures. Continued trespassing and vandalism have complicated restoration, leading the private operator to install surveillance cameras. The former St. Ann's Retreat later appeared on Ghost Adventures, extending the property's visibility as a subject of paranormal folklore. Its current identity is therefore a combination of historic private retreat, former religious camp, cultural landscape, and folklore site rather than an operating mass-market hospitality business.

• 2006

  National Register listing

  [1]Pine Glenn Coveen.wikipedia.org

  Hatch's Camp was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 27.

• 1997

  Armed-watchmen incident

  [1]Pine Glenn Coveen.wikipedia.org

  Two groups of teenagers were detained and restrained after entering the property, leading to aggravated-assault charges against the watchmen.

• 1993

  Return to private ownership

  [1]Pine Glenn Coveen.wikipedia.org

  The retreat was sold into private ownership after its institutional uses.

• 1980

  Youth camp use

  [1]Pine Glenn Coveen.wikipedia.org

  The property became a youth summer camp associated with the Boys' Club of Weber and the Salt Lake Central City Community Center.

• 1950

  Property donated to the Catholic Diocese

  [1]Pine Glenn Coveen.wikipedia.org

  The Hatch family donated the retreat to the Roman Catholic Diocese, which renamed it St. Ann's Retreat.

• 1919

  Lorenzo Boyd Hatch assumes control

  [1]Pine Glenn Coveen.wikipedia.org

  Following Georgia Hatch's death, her son Lorenzo Boyd Hatch took over the camp and later expanded it with Floyd B. Odlum.

• 1915

  First cabin constructed

  [1]Pine Glenn Coveen.wikipedia.org

  The first cabin was built during the period from 1915 to 1918 for Georgia Thatcher Hatch.

• 1910

  Site development begins

  [1]Pine Glenn Coveen.wikipedia.org

  Hezekiah Eastman Hatch began developing the Logan Canyon retreat site.

A secluded, historically significant mountain retreat and privately maintained heritage property rather than a conventional commercial brand.

• Private retreat · 1910

  Historic retreat compound

  The principal offering is the property itself: a secluded Logan Canyon compound comprising lodges, cabins, recreational facilities, and landscape structures. It is privately controlled and is not currently open as a conventional public resort.

• Religious retreat · 1950

  St. Ann's Retreat

  St. Ann's Retreat was the Catholic-era name for the property. During the latter half of the twentieth century, it served as a vacation and spiritual retreat for nuns associated with religious communities in Utah.

• Historic camp · 1910

  Hatch's Camp

  Hatch's Camp is the property's historic family and preservation name. It refers to the retreat developed by the Hatch family and is the name used in its National Register of Historic Places designation.

• 1997

  Teenagers detained by armed watchmen

  Three watchmen detained two groups of teenagers who had entered the property during a night of legend-tripping. The youths were restrained, and the later group was forced into the empty swimming pool. The watchmen were charged with six counts of aggravated assault, prompting public controversy over private security, trespassing, and police conduct.

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• 2006

  Preserve the property as a historic siteStrategy

  Background

  The retreat retained a substantial collection of historic buildings and structures despite years of changing use and later vandalism concerns.

  Action taken

  Hatch's Camp was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

  Aftermath

  The listing formally recognized the property's historic resources while restoration and plans for possible future public access continued.

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• 1993

  Sell the retreat into private ownershipOther

  Background

  The property had been used for religious and youth-camp purposes during the preceding decades.

  Action taken

  The retreat was sold to private ownership.

  Aftermath

  The property returned to private control and later entered a restoration process under Matt Nielsen's operation.

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• 1950

  Convert the family retreat into a Catholic spiritual retreatStrategy

  Background

  After the Hatch family donated the property to the Roman Catholic Diocese, the site moved from private family use into institutional religious use.

  Action taken

  The Diocese renamed the property St. Ann's Retreat and used it for vacations and spiritual retreats for nuns.

  Aftermath

  The Catholic period became central to the property's later identity and folklore as The Nunnery.

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1. 1Pine Glenn Coveen.wikipedia.org