Situated on the banks of the Congaree River, the PEAK Center anchors Heathwood Hall’s outdoor education and leadership program. The site, a vast lawn surrounded by evergreens and hardwoods, includes high ropes courses, climbing walls, and team-building areas, and the center now provides the building support needed to advance the program’s educational mission and connect it to the broader community.

The center provides classroom and community meeting space with a conference room available for public rental, direct exterior access, a kitchen, and restrooms, allowing community use without disrupting daily student activities. Generous windows around the full perimeter deliver abundant daylighting into every occupied space, and a wraparound porch creates a platform for observing all outdoor activity on site.