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Long Lake Camp Adventures
Coed Residential Camp
Your summer adventure begins at Long Lake Camp in New York's Great Adirondack Park. Every day is thrilling as you embark on your unique journey. At Long Lake Adventure Camp our campers have the unique opportunity to create their own schedule from a wide variety of options for each of our seven periods. We go on many exciting trips exploring the Adirondack high peaks, white water rafting down unspoiled rivers, plus sea plane rides and theme parks with roller coasters and giant water slides!
Everyday you can go horseback riding, tubing, ATVing, play paintball, do our high ropes course and all land and water sports, you can start a rock band or get creative in our fine arts building. Since 1969 our family has provided the most wonderful experiences in summer fun. Campers immediately feel at home enabling them to thrive and grow. Campers enjoy all the positive aspects of camp life while living in modern cabins, having great fun and learning skills that will last a lifetime.
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Camps Pequot, Sherwood, and Pioneer Village
Coed Camp with Residential & Day Camp Sessions
We believe that children should have the time to enjoy being kids. We believe in imagination, sleeping under the stars, getting dirt under your nails, friendship, cooking over a campfire, having an Alice in Wonderland or Jurassic Park day, playing ball, community, molding clay, fishing, sliding down a water slide, canoeing, caring for our camp farm animals and all the fun little details that make up an awesome childhood summertime!
Established as Incarnation Camp in 1886, our historic roots and strong alumni support enable us to offer the best in summer camping at half the cost of comparable sleep away programs. Pequot & Sherwood campers choose the layout of thier day from a roster of activities which include field and court sports, fine arts and crafting, performance arts, waterfront (canoe, sail, waterslide, etc.), outdoor adventure, and more! All campers recieve swim and boating instruction every day in our mile-long, crystal clear private lake which is the heart of our 740 acre forested site. Pioneer Village for Teens, located across our lake, is a 4, 6, or 8 week program where campers have the oppurtunity to explore beautiful New England on hike, bike, and canoe trips.
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Adventure Treks
Wilderness adventure program for Teens
Ever climbed a snow covered volcano? Slept under a starry sky on a wilderness beach or rafted a crazy fun whitewater river? Here is your chance! At Adventure Treks this is just a snapshot of your best summer ever. You will see incredible scenery, make great friends from across the country, laugh more than you ever thought possible, and become a better leader. A recent study shows Adventure Treks will improve the 21st century life skills your parents think you will need be successful.
Temporarily escape the digital age. 12 - 18 year olds can visit exciting destinations on the West Coast, British Columbia, Colorado, Utah, Alaska, New England and the Southeast. Give us just two or three weeks and you will see benefits and make friendships that will last the rest of your life.
Hosmer Point Camp
Coed residential camp
Come Row, Sail, Run, Bike, Garden, Build and Play with us in Vermont!
Hosmer Point is a non-profit summer camp on Hosmer Pond in the mountains of Vermont. We offer 2-week long sessions for girls and boys between the ages of 9 and 15. Campers can choose from one of three FOCUS areas each week: waterfront/sculling, farm build, or A.C.E. (Adventure Challenge Excellence). Campers will round out their day with various elective offerings.
Hosmer Point's philosophy places the campers at the center of what we do, fostering a love of lifetime sports, teaching skills they'll use forever, and instilling an appreciation for our surrounding environment so children may become caring stewards of the future.
Camp Cobbossee for Boys
Residential boys' sports camp
Camp Cobbossee is a residential boys summer sports camp that offers a complete Maine experience in a 4-week session. Camp Cobbossee sits on 125 acres of rustic Maine woodlands and manicured playing fields and features state-of-the-art facilities. Professional instructors coach our boys in a friendly atmosphere with tremendous spirit. A Cobbossee camper has a strong interest in participating in sports, improving his skills, learning new things and having fun. We have an outstanding staff that care about our campers and are attentive to their needs.
In addition to sports, Camp Cobbossee has an exceptional waterfront on beautiful Lake Cobbosseecontee. Campers enjoy waterskiing, sailing, swimming, canoeing/kayaking and more. Our adventure program includes overnight trips where campers learn how to pitch a tent, cook on an open fire and bond with their friends outside of camp. Other activities include hiking, technical climbing, ropes course, hobbies and special events.
Additionally, families can take advantage of our sister camp, Camp Kippewa, which is located 1/2 mile down the road and on Lake Cobbosseecontee.
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White Mountain Climbing Camp
Wilderness Adventure Program
White Mountain Climbing Camp provides a safe and challenging climbing experience for beginner to advanced climbers. Taught by instructors certified by the American Mountain Guides Association, this camp delivers the finest climbing in New England and engages students in the development of a progression of skills tailored to their specific climbing goals.
White Mountain Climbing Camp focuses on the fundamentals of rock climbing through a 3:1 student-to-instructor ratio. Students learn the basics and then embark on adventures at large cliffs such as Cannon, Cathedral and/or Whitehorse.
During camp, a typical week might include:
Climb routes of varying levels of challenge at local cliffs
Learn the basics of gear placement and anchor building
Climb legendary multi-pitch routes like the Whitney Gilman on Cannon Cliff or Thin Air on Cathedral
Learn to sport climb at the famous Rumney rock climbing area
Gain an understanding of what practices make climbing safe or unsafe
Camp O-AT-KA
Residential Boys' Summer Camp
O-AT-KA, founded in 1906, is a traditional boys summer camp located on Sebago Lake. O-AT-KA provides a nurturing and supportive environment for boys ages 8-16. The camp offers superb land and water-sports, along with a strong arts program headquartered in an eight-studio arts center. Campers select from activities including: riflery, archery, sailing, fishing, waterskiing, campcraft, stained glass, nature, music, steel drums, pottery, photography, fly-tying, drama, rock climbing, kayaking, and woodworking. Competitive team sports and skill development programs are offered in soccer, tennis, baseball, basketball and lacrosse.
This summer O-AT-KA will offer a two week intensive baseball program during first session and a pre-season soccer skills and conditioning program during the second session. Older campers have the opportunity to sign-up for a variety of 3 day mini-wilderness trips including sea-kayaking based out of the camp's new off-site facility in South Bristol, Maine. Traditional values, an integral part of camp life, are reinforced by a superb staff, through group living and daily camp gatherings...all helping to build a solid foundation for life which stresses values, skills, friendships, and fun.
Cape Cod Sea Camps, Monomoy/Wono
Coed Camp with Residential & Day Camp Sessions
Summer at the beach. What more natural place for exploration, adventure, and just plain good times? For more than 85 years, the Cape Cod Sea Camps have shared with generations of young people the joy of learning and growing in this very special place on the shores of Cape Cod Bay. A hidden gem!
Very Strong Sailing Programs. Also traditional camp activities such as tennis, archery, aquatics, boating, riflery, drama, the arts, athletics, woodworking, photography and much more. 3 1/2 Weeks or 7 Weeks, late June to mid August. Ages 8-14
Roaring Brook Camp for Boys
Residential boys' summer camp
The Outdoor Specialists. For over 40 years, Roaring Brook Camp has been devoted to eaching outdoor sports, Vermont crafts and, conducting wilderness expeditions by backpack and canoe. Self-reliance, resourcefulness and the will to-achieve center the camp's philosophy. It is an ideal setting for boys seeking an exciting outdoor adventure.
Rock climbing/rappelling/ropes course; Survival; Orienteering; Kayak/Canoe/Swim; Woodwork; Blacksmith; Leatherwork; Fly-Tying and Fishing; Archery/Rifle; Timber Sports; Fitness. 2, 4 and 6 week sessions
Camp Hilltop
Residential coed summer camp
Camp Hilltop- A Heap of Friends, A Mountain of Fun!
Camp Hilltop, everything a camp should be! Campers feel comfortable and excel in a non-competitive, structured and nurturing environment. It's a traditional overnight camp in the Catskill Region of New York. Family values are the foundation from which Hilltop is built. We offer 2-8 week sessions at reasonable rates. Come see what sets Hilltop apart.
The daily program consists of 50+ fun activities including: High & Low Ropes Courses, Climbing Tower, Water-Skiing, Lake Trampoline, Sailing, Horseback Riding, Archery, Sports, Mountain Bikes, Tennis, Computers, Dance, Drama and Arts & Crafts.
Kamp Kohut
Residential coed summer camp
Rich in the finest Maine camping traditions, Kamp Kohut offers a unique blend of wholesome fun and quality instruction. Surrounded by spectacular Lake Thompson, lush woods and fields, Kohut offers a magnificent setting for our comprehensive and spirited 4-week program, designed to create lifelong friendships, skills & memories. Over 50 different activity selections provide a balanced focus on land and water sports, arts, adventure, and nature-oriented trips. We emphasize teamwork & character development, while celebrating the uniqueness of each individual with an elective program of structured choice.
Our 1:3 counselor: camper ratio provides careful and attentive supervision and instruction. Campers choose three 1-week blocks of 6 activities per day. Boys & Girls, 200 campers, ages 7 - 16.
Wellspring New York
Residential Girls' Fitness and Weight Loss Camp
Wellspring New York is the only weight loss program exclusively for young women, between the ages of 11-24. At Wellspring New York, you'll make lifelong friends with young women your own age, at a summer weight loss program that will change your life. Wellspring New York offers a 3 week, 6 week or 9 week program.
Because you'll be losing weight alongside young women just like you, you'll find the environment extremely safe and supportive. The young women of Wellspring New York are divided into the separate programs of Lower Camp, Middle Camp, and Upper Camp (18 and older). Wellspring New York utilizes cognitive behavioral therapy in individual and group sessions to maximize weight loss and long-term behavioral change. The cognitive behavioral therapy continues after camp ends through a three-month after-care weight loss program.
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SOAR, Inc.
Wilderness adventure program
SOAR has provided multi-length, high adventure programs for youth diagnosed with ADHD and/or learning disabilities for over 35 years. Recognizing that the outdoors provides an ideal classroom where relevant learning can occur and life skills can be taught, emphasis is placed on developing self-confidence, social skills, and problem solving techniques. Course are co-ed, and are dveloped for youth ages 8-25 with average to above average intelligence and physical ability. Staff to student ratio is low, and instructors are hired for qualities of maturity, caring and passion for working with our population in the outdoor setting.
Activities vary by location and range from snorkeling and fishing in the Florida keys; backpacking and rafting in the Blue Ridge mountains of NC; surfing and sea kayaking in California; horsepacking and fishing in the Wind River Mountains of Wyoming; to canoeing and rock climbing in the Adirondack mountains of New York. Specialty courses include a trip tropical Belize, learning to whitewater kayak in North Carolina, earning SCUBA certifications in Florida, and even participating in a Wyoming Rodeo! Our Postgraduate program serves young adults ages 18-25.
Forest Lake Camp
Residential camp with separate campuses for boys and girls
We would like to welcome you to Forest Lake Camp, one of America's great sleepaway camps since 1926.
Our camp was founded by H.T. Confer, and remains in family hands to this day. Since 1926, thousands and thousands of boys and girls have experienced the wonders of Forest Lake Camp, gaining independence, developing self-confidence, establishing strong new friendships, touching the majesty of the outdoor world, and sampling an extraordinarily broad range of activities never experienced before.
We encourage you to view our website and begin to get to know us. Read about our values and principles. Look at our directors and counselors. Order our free DVD and see for yourself the absolute beauty of Forest Lake Camp, our fields, our private Adirondack lake with its extensive swimming and boating activities, our tennis and basketball courts, our horses for our outstanding riding program. View and read about the whitewater rafting trips, the hiking and fishing trips, our performing arts programs, and so much more. Read the testimonials, unsolicited, and check our parent references.
Forest Lake Camp is a wholesome, healthy, life-shaping experience for a child. It just might be right for yours. Sincerely, The Directors of Forest Lake Camp
Vermont Adventure Camps
Wilderness Adventure Program
At Vermont Adventure Camps you will do more than just go on daily adventures. Our camp is a unique and challenging program that enables teens to reach new heights in individual and group development. Individuals work as in teams throughout their camp experience. Campers will complete challenging activities and focus on valuable life skills. Most of which can be applied to everyday situations. The non-competitive, non-judgmental environment fosters feelings of synergy and creative problem solving to expand communication, trust and leadership goals.
The activities are designed to build respect and confidence, while allowing campers to be actively involved in the learning process by thinking, feeling and doing. Our staff will work with your teen with the time they spend at camp and try to meet there individual needs and goals. The program operates on the philosophy of "challenge by choice" where each individual determines the level of involvement best suited to him or her while still contributing to the team process.
Camp Lohikan
Residential coed summer camp
65+ DAILY ACTIVITIES! All Sports, Arts and Adventure Activities. Professional Instruction. Features: Horseback Riding (Ride Every Day-FREE!), Jet Skiing, Paintball, Quads/Dirt Bikes, Bungee Trampoline, Rock Band, Spy Camp, Skate Park, USTA Tennis, Golf, Circus, Flying Trapeze (indoor/outdoor), Water-skiing, SCUBA, Comprehensive Performing Arts Program, Arts & Crafts (14 Workshops), Survival Program, Rock Climbing, Sailing, Private Lake (50 Boats), Lake Waterslide, Canoe Trips, Skateboarding, Mt. Boarding, Horseback Overnights, Trips, Heated Pool, Modern Cabins, 1200 Acres. FUN!
Elective Program: Campers 10 and older design their activity schedule on a daily/weekly basis. Activity choices are guaranteed. Younger campers travel to activities by cabin under the close supervision of their cabin counselors.
The Buynak family has owned and operated Camp Lohikan since 1957. For 55 years we have provided a safe, nurturing environment where children are encouraged to try new things, make friends, and most of all have FUN! Amazing things happen when kids are having the time of their lives! In our supportive camp community campers receive lots of positive reinforcement and come home after the camp with more independence, stronger self-confidence, and enhanced social skills. It's an experience with benefits that last a lifetime!
Sessions: 2,4,6,8 weeks. One-Week Mini-Camp in late August ($800.00).
Camp Pinehurst
Residential coed summer camp
Facing the sunset on the sandy shore of Crescent Lake, Camp Pinehurst is a traditional summer camp for boys and girls that emphasizes skill development, outdoor adventure and teamwork. Camp Pinehurst boasts an experienced, highly qualified staff and an individualized daily schedule for each camper. This combination allows children the opportunity to achieve success in a safe and supportive environment.
Activities include Red Cross swimming, sailing, windsurfing, water-skiing, wakeboarding, knee-boarding, kayaking, tennis, soccer, basketball, model rocketry, yoga, dance, archery, riflery, mountain biking, overnight canoe trips, whitewater rafting and hiking trips. Pinehurst also features comfortable, screened cabins with electricity, a superb chef and a resident R.N. Camp Pinehurst- come make some new friends this summer!
Camp Mah-Kee-Nac
Residential boys' summer camp
Camp Mah-Kee-Nac summer camp for boys offers the flexibility and affordability of three-week sessions. Experience 80 years of tradition and excellence in the Berkshires just a short drive from New York (near the gates of Tanglewood). Excellent facilities, top instructors and a wide variety of activity choices combine the best of sports camps and traditional boys camping on the beautiful shores of Stockbridge Bowl. Sessions can be combined along with a one-week specialty program for a full summer experience. Visit our website for more details.
The spirit of Camp Mah-Kee-Nac lies in the strong sense of community and opportunities for individual growth. Mah-Kee-Nac is known for its warm, caring environment, where boys are encouraged to explore their interests. The staff promotes friendship, fun and personal accomplishment. The program offers individual instruction in all sports and aquatic activities that is balanced by many options for outdoor adventure and special-interest activities such as trips, high ropes course adventure center, golf, mountain biking, computers, radio technology, rocketry and many special events. At MKN we follow the example of Michael Jordan's words: "Just play, have fun, enjoy the game."
Camp Cody
Residential Coed Camp
Camp Cody for Boys and Girls is part of a camping heritage that goes back to 1926. Nestled on the sandy beaches of beautiful Lake Ossipee amidst the White Mountains of New Hampshire, Cody offers a summer experience rich in fun, friendship, learning and adventure. Cody is a traditional summer camp for both girls and boys - campers range in age from seven to fifteen. Camp Cody is situated on nearly one hundred acres of naturally wooded property and a mile of superb sandy shoreline on Lake Ossipee. Our lake is four miles long and two miles wide with a natural sand bottom and is warm and clear. Our magnificent National Forest setting provides us with unlimited outdoor opportunities, in addition to the many in-camp activities we offer.
Kingsley Pines Camp
Residential coed summer camp
You can't go very far at Kingsley Pines without hearing a laugh or seeing a smile. In our safe surroundings and enriching environment, children have the responsibility of choosing their own activities. They develop a higher level of self-confidence and form friendships that last forever. Our camp is so much fun they'll want to come back year after year! Kingsley Pines - it is the way camp should be!
Ages 8-15, Coed, 2 & 3 Week Sessions
Forrestel Farm Riding & Sports Camp
Coed and Girls' Camp with Residential and Day Camp Sessions
Forrestel Riding & Sports Camp is a fully accredited ACA premiere English riding camp established in1980. We offer one, two and four week sessions ages 7-16 some co-ed and some just for girls. Our historic 800 acre working farm is located 40 miles east of Niagara Falls, NY. Our international and local riding counselors are all qualified, experienced and passionate about teaching our campers to ride. Riding instruction at Forrestel includes structured ring work and cross country riding.
Our campers can choose to ride once or twice daily. Each child is assigned their own horse. Forrestel Riding & Sports Camp programs are designed to help campers develop confidence and explore new opportunities. We limit our enrollment which enables us to have more one on one time with each child. In addition to riding, campers can choose from a multitude of other activities such as tennis, woodworking, paddling, arts and crafts, team sports and more.
Maine Arts Camp
Residential coed summer camp
Located on Unity College's environmentally based campus, we are a small, inclusive community, offering high quality instruction in visual & performing arts, technology, special interest activities and individual/lifetime sports. We foster a non-competitive atmosphere where campers feel comfortable pursuing new interests as they choose from a variety of activities including dance (modern, hip hop, ballet, choreography, tap), drawing/painting, pottery, fabric arts, printmaking, sculpture, metal jewelry, enameling, stained glass, portraiture, fashion design, sewing, mask making, acting, musical theater, chorus, guitar, rock shop, African drumming, digital & film photography, film making, robotics, rocketry, culinary arts, environmental education, gardening, woodworking, kayaking/canoeing, archery, road & mountain biking, martial arts, yoga and fitness.
Our director and assistant director make it a priority to communicate actively with parents and stay involved in the day-to-day camp operations. We cultivate a small, inclusive camp community, led by a staff of experienced, professional instructors and mature dorm counselors, creating a 3:1 camper/staff ratio. Two 2-week sessions (ages 8-15), plus a specialty week add on (ages 11-15).
Camp Quinebarge
Coed Residential and Day Summer Camp
Our small camp soon feels like a big family. Living, playing and learning together soon builds friendships that often last a lifetime. Woodland trails, fields, lakeshore and waterfront offer everything a camp kid should get to try: Archery, Field Sports, Tennis, Volleyball, Mountain Bikes, High and Low Ropes Challenge Course, Zip Line, Climbing Tower; Gymnastics and Aerobics tune our balance and spatial skills and build strength, teamwork, and confidence almost un-noticed, while we learn safety in a non-competitive atmosphere.
Swimming Instruction, Free Swims, Canoeing and Kayaking, Paddleboats and Water Bikes let us cool off. Woodshop, Arts & Crafts and Ceramics let us create, our Nature Activities and Horseback Riding help us learn respect for the life around us. Our trip program has hikes or river trips almost daily. Each week the whole camp takes a special trip together. Quinebarge - a camp where kids have fun!
Camp Killooleet
Residential coed summer camp
Camp Killooleet, a summer camp for boys and girls ages 9 - 14, is nestled into a beautiful corner of the Green Mountain National Forest in Hancock, Vermont. For over 80 years it has been owned and run by educators who know and listen to children. Killooleet is a "traditional camp" (varied activities, full season, weekly hikes and two overnight trips) that goes its own way in a non-traditional manner. Camp is non-competitive and highly individual. Strong cabin groups are built through working and playing together. With about 100 campers, Killooleet is small enough so that everyone knows each other and friendships develop between campers of different ages who share the same interests.
At Killooleet, half the activities are in sports (waterfront, team and individual) and half are in studio and performing arts. We all explore the beauty of Vermont for ten days over the summer, on foot, bicycle, canoe and horseback.
Camp Winaukee
Residential boys' summer camp
Camp Winaukee enjoys a reputation as one of the premier boys summer sports and adventure camps in America. Located on Lake Winnipesaukee, the camp offers 7 week sessions as well as shorter sessions of 5 and 6 weeks with limited enrollment. Winaukee has two campuses, a mainland camp for campers ages 7-12 and an Island camp for campers 13-15. The separate camps offer the intimacy of a small camp setting with the breadth and diversity of programming of a larger camp. The atmosphere at each of the two age-appropriate camps is unique. The camps are run separately, and each has its own facilities, playing fields, courts, bunks, playhouse and dining hall.
The Winaukee community embraces a core philosophy set forth on the six branches of the Winaukee "Tree of Values": Enthusiasm, Loyalty, Sportsmanship, Friendship, Achievement and Cooperation. These values are instilled in Winaukee campers through a sports and adventure program and unique traditions that have been at the heart of Winaukee's 85 year history. Winaukee campers feel that they are part of something special, meaningful and bigger than themselves. That's why we often hear our campers say, "Winaukee is in my soul."
Camp Sangamon
Residential boys' summer camp
Sangamon is a really different kind of boys' camp, not based on sports or competition. Sangamon's entire program is elective every day. Each camper creates a personal schedule each day from more than 15 instructional activities and trips. We are a boy's camp with our sister camp right next door, offering the best of single gender and co-ed camping.
Sangamon offers fifteen different instructional activities, plus trips. Individual and team sports and five studio crafts program. We offer a good fit to a wide variety of boys. Four sessions: two 3-week sessions, two 2-week sessions, ages 9-15.
Fernwood Cove
Residential girls' summer camp
Fernwood Cove...encouraging participation, exploration and personal growth through simple group living in the outdoors. Our half season traditional program provides girls with a forum to experience new challenges, enhance self confidence, develop skills, and establish enduring friendships in safe, beautiful surroundings. Each camper at Fernwood Cove brings something special to the atmosphere and cooperative spirit. Our unique gathering of girls and caring, mature, professional staff creates a diverse and supportive community.
Nestled on 220 secluded acres with magnificent water frontage and fine sandy beach on Island Pond. Two separate sessions each summer. Our commitment: Excellence in facilities, equipment, program, staff and safety.
Long Lake Camp Adventures
Coed Residential Camp
Your summer adventure begins at Long Lake Camp in New York's Great Adirondack Park. Every day is thrilling as you embark on your unique journey. At Long Lake Adventure Camp our campers have the unique opportunity to create their own schedule from a wide variety of options for each of our seven periods. We go on many exciting trips exploring the Adirondack high peaks, white water rafting down unspoiled rivers, plus sea plane rides and theme parks with roller coasters and giant water slides!
Everyday you can go horseback riding, tubing, ATVing, play paintball, do our high ropes course and all land and water sports, you can start a rock band or get creative in our fine arts building. Since 1969 our family has provided the most wonderful experiences in summer fun. Campers immediately feel at home enabling them to thrive and grow. Campers enjoy all the positive aspects of camp life while living in modern cabins, having great fun and learning skills that will last a lifetime.
