Wilderness Adventure and Travel Programs for youth- Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont - a CampPage Summer Camp Guide

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Camp Hawthorne & New England Camping Adventures
Residential Coed, General Camp, Sailing Camp, Creative Arts and Wilderness Adventure	Raymond, Maine
Camp Hawthorne, founded in 1919, is located on over 2 miles of shorefront on pristine Panther Lake in Raymond, Maine. We offer 2, 3 and 5-week programs for coed campers ages 7-16. Programs include a 2 and 3-week general camp with land sports, sailing, waterskiing, camp craft, drama and visual arts. We also offer a 2-week sailing program with racing, a 3-week video film making program, and a 2-week creative arts program with professional staff focusing on performing and visual arts and film making. We also offer a wilderness and leadership program called New England Camping Adventures offering Outward Bound style trips in white water canoeing, rafting, rock climbing, backpacking, ocean kayaking and biking. We are a small family type camp of 115 campers. Designed for an easy adjustment for first-year campers.
E-mail: camphaw@maine.rr.com, Website: www.camphawthorne.org, (207) 363-1773
Accredited by Maine Camping Association Established in 1919

Acadia Mountain Guides offers small group coed camp experiences for ages 9 - 12 and ages 13 - 17. Our Explorer Series for young campers features multi-sport adventure and focused climbing camps primarily within Acadia National Park in Maine. These five day camps are available in day or overnight formats. Adventure camps include a diversity of activities such as rock climbing, ropes course, hiking, nature study, canoeing, caving, swimming, first aid and survival skills. Our specialized rock climbing camps focus on rock climbing and related skills.

Are you a teenager looking for summer adventure? Join one of our RockPro climbing camps or multi-sport adventure camps! Our tiered climbing camps offer something to all levels of rock climbers from those just starting out who want to learn the ropes to advanced sport and traditional lead climbing camps. Multi-sport adventure camps mix it up with rock climbing, rafting, sea kayaking, hiking throughout Maine. Camps may be combined for up to five weeks of summer fun. Accredited by the Professional Climbing Instructors Association and the AMGA. Certified climbing instructors. Member Maine Youth Camp Association. Brochure and detailed information available.

Williwaw has been creating unique adventures for young adults since 1999. Our expeditions are designed to provide a safe and meaningful wilderness experience that balance challenging adventure and exploration with fun. We spend time developing outdoor skills and focus on the group experience.

Wilderness travel, paddling and sailing are the core components to our expeditions, and students leave with a solid foundation of skills so that they can pursue and become competent in these activities in the future. Activities include backpacking, sea kayaking, whitewater rafting and kayaking, coastal sailing, community service and surfing.

Join other teenagers from all over the U.S. for fun and exciting summer adventures in western North America's amazing wilderness. Besides an amazing amount of fun, you'll see incredible scenery, experience the benefits of being a member of a close community, learn many new outdoor skills, become a stronger leader, and gain self-confidence.

Exciting 16 - 28 day wilderness adventures for 13 - 18 year olds in Washington, Oregon, California, Canada, Montana, Alaska, North Carolina & New Hampshire. A 1:4 instructor:student ratio with a focus on community and growth. Activities include backpacking, rock climbing, mountaineering, canoeing, mountain biking, sea kayaking, sailing, windsurfing and whitewater rafting.

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

Founded in 1886, Incarnation Camp offers both residential and day camping to boy and girls ages 7-15. Located on 700 wooded acres, which surround a mile-long private lake, Incarnation Camp offers a well-rounded program including traditional camp activities. Teens take part in Adventure Treks.

In the spirit of the traditional camp experience, activities include: boating; water sports; ropes course; archery; hiking; primitive studies; field and team sports; fine arts, such as drama, art, dance, arts and crafts; horseback riding, swimming instruction and more. Teens hike the Appalachian Trail, bike the rail trails of New England and canoe the CT River.

Kroka Expeditions is committed to awakening in young people a connection to nature and the spirit within, and a capacity for conscious living and compassionate service. We strive to achieve this through wilderness adventure, community living, farming, and the practice of traditional and indigenous skills.

Programs are offered to students ages 7 through 18 and include both day and residential programs. Adventures involve wilderness programs, rock climbing, caving, biking, building projects, white water and ocean paddling in canoes, rafts and/or kayaks and more.

A non profit Christian camping ministry offering high quality Adventure based activities and canoe trips in Maine and Canada.

Wilderness canoe trips and adventure based activities including learning survivor skills, whitewater canoeing, orienteering, backpacking and whitewater rafting. Camp sessions from late June through late August, 5 days to 3 weeks. Ages 10-18.

Adventure Bound Summer Camp is an outdoor adventure travel camp that offers teens ages 13 to 17 a unique and challenging summer experience. Campers are given the opportunity to choose between 14 and 21 day sessions filled with a host of exhilarating outdoor excursions. Go on scenic hikes, backpack overnight, learn wilderness survival skills, take a relaxing canoe paddle to a remote fishing spot, feel the adrenaline as you learn the technical skills of rock climbing, let your body race down world class rapids on some of New England's most exciting rivers as you learn whitewater rafting and kayaking.

Our specialty is teaching the proper safety and beginner skills to make your outdoor experience a safe and rewarding one. The individual growth of each of our campers is also very important to us. Adventure Bound Summer Camp staff encourages campers to excel at their own speed by challenging them where they are and helping them to get to where they want to be. Located in some of Maine's most pristine wilderness, Adventure Bound offers a beautiful setting for any environmental or outdoor enthusiast to break out of their usual summer time routine and embrace the challenges they've been dreaming of.

Travel destinations include Puerto Rico, Caribbean, China, Southern Africa, Peru and western USA
Summer Camp located in Windsor, New Hampshire

Windsor Mountain International was founded in 1961, as Interlocken International Camp and leads young people to discover the magic of creating friendships across cultures. At Windsor Mountain International SUMMER CAMP, activities include sports, theatre, arts and crafts ranging from stained glass to Batik, festivals, music such as guitar, and Jamaican steel drumming, as well as a wide range of outdoor adventure including rock-climbing, camping, kayaking, and a world class ropes course. Last summer Windsor Mountain represented 29 countries which gives campers an opportunity to learn about a broad variety of countries and cultures while making lifetime friends from around the world. We also have an ASL (American Sign Language) program which integrates Deaf students and staff into the camp community.

Windsor Mountain offers exciting summer TRAVEL PROGRAMS for students in grades 8-12. All our travel programs are creative adventures focusing on building friendships among diverse cultures, and include community service learning, language opportunities, cross cultural exchanges and environmental explorations. Travel destinations include Puerto Rico, Caribbean, China, Southern Africa, Peru and western USA. We also have a NEW ENGLAND ADVENTURE program for students in grades 6-8 and a Vermont cycling program for students in grades 8-10.

Chewonki has had more than 90 years to develop its engaging blend of learning, action, and ideals. We maintain a relaxed atmosphere where the program is meaningful and free from high pressure and intense competition. We believe that in an encouraging, supportive community, campers and trippers gain self-knowledge, initiative, and the realization that they have much to contribute to the world.

Camp activities include archery, art, camping, canoeing, organic farming, sports, kayaking, nature, photography, pottery, renewable energy, sailing, swimming, tennis, & woodshop. We offer one seven-week session (ages 10 -15), one five-week session (ages 10 -12), two three-week sessions (8 - 15) and two introductory ten-day sessions (8 -11). Coed wilderness trips for teens.

The Mountain Workshop's Awesome Adventures and Trailmark Expeditions programs are an age-appropriate, carefully graduated series of adventure activities. Each program provides an opportunity for a small group of up to 13 participants and two trained instructors to spend a week or more together exploring and learning in a fun, cooperative, atmosphere.

The goal of Awesome Adventures is to promote growth, understanding, and skills development through shared outdoor experiences. The Mountain Workshop has been running Awesome Adventures for over twenty years. The first year, we offered one week of programming. This year we will be offering over 80 weeks of programming and we are looking forward to each and every one!

Wildwood is a fun summer experience, spent outdoors away from the pressures and distractions of modern life. Owned and operated by Mass Audubon, Wildwood is a place where friendships are formed and respect for the environment is forged. Campers arrive curious about nature and leave committed to preserving our natural resources.

Explore woods and wetlands, discover adventure, and return home inspired to help care for the environment. Programs include 1- & 2-week Overnight Camp (ages 9-14), 3-week Leaders-in-Training (grades 10-12), and 1- & 2-week Teen Treks & Expeditions (ages 14-18), as well as a four-day Family Camp for all ages.

Outward Bound, a national nonprofit organization, offers over 500 adventure-based courses - year round - serving adults, teens and youth (ages 12+). Course activities include rock climbing, sea kayaking, backpacking, mountaineering, sailing, dogsledding, canoeing and rafting in some of the most untouched wilderness areas across the nation. No matter the activity, courses focus on learning through experience, compassion, leadership and responsibility to both team and the environment. Courses range in length from 4 days to three months in length. Scholarships are available.

Since 1962, over 500,000 students have returned from an Outward Bound experience with a deeper knowledge of themselves and the world in which we live.

Camp Hawthorne, founded in 1919, is located on over 2 miles of shorefront on pristine Panther Lake in Raymond, Maine. We offer 2, 3 and 5-week programs for coed campers ages 7-16. Programs include a 2 and 3-week general camp with land sports, sailing, waterskiing, camp craft, drama and visual arts. We also offer a 2-week sailing program with racing, a 3-week video film making program, and a 2-week creative arts program with professional staff focusing on performing and visual arts and film making.

We also offer a wilderness and leadership program called New England Camping Adventures offering Outward Bound style trips in white water canoeing, rafting, rock climbing, backpacking, ocean kayaking and biking. We are a small family type camp of 115 campers. Designed for an easy adjustment for first-year campers.