a CampPage Summer Camp Guide
New Hampshire Summer Camps and Youth Adventure Programs
Windsor Mountain International
Residential coed summer camp
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.
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-GameBreaker Lacrosse Camps
Day Camps with separate sessions for boys and girls
GameBreaker Lacrosse Camps offer 125 locations across the country directed by the top college coaches and pro players in lacrosse.
Our camps were developed to provide athletes with the opportunity to become better lacrosse players by learning from the best coaches and players in the game today.
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Camp Marist
Residential coed summer camp
Camp Marist is a traditional residential camp for girls and boys ages 6-16 nestled on 300 acres in New Hampshire's White Mountains. Founded by the Marist Brothers, an international Catholic teaching order, we provide a solid Christian based community. Our mature and professional staff consists of dedicated Marist Brothers, teachers, parents, many former campers, and college age students.
The Camp Marist program provides a variety of activities including horseback riding, go-karts, tennis, water skiing, soccer, ropes challenge, baseball, and archery just to name a few. Yes, we offer many fun activities... but they are only the means to an end in the overall growth of your child. We believe that our camp is a special place for campers to learn, grow, and thrive in positive and unique ways that will enhance their lives forever.
YMCA Camp Mi-Te-Na
Residential boys' summer camp
Since 1913 located on pristine spring-fed Halfmoon Lake, where the campers can enjoy swimming, water skiing, tubing, water trampoline, sliding, sailing, funyaking, and other aquatic activities. Also, there are 75 acres of woodlands and fields to enhance your son's appreciation for the out-of-doors and allow him to make new friends. Some of the activities include high ropes course with a zip line, climbing tower, basketball, tennis, beach volleyball, archery, arts & crafts, trips, baseball & dodgeball. Great friends, Great food, Great staff add up to an experience that lasts a lifetime!!
Featured Activities: Aquatic Activities, Archery, Basketball, Canoeing, Challenge/High Ropes Course, Climbing/Rappelling, Hiking, Leadership Development, Riflery, Sailing, and mountain boarding.
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Digital Media Academy Summer Computer Camps
Residential and Day coed computer camps
Accredited by Stanford University, DMA is "The Summer Digital Art and Technology Camp for Kids and Teens!" DMA is ideal for students of all ages wanting exposure to the most relevant software used in Hollywood and the entertainment industry, video game design, and web design while gaining hands-on experience under the eye of accomplished professionals. Whether to explore a possible career path, gain practical skills or just have an incredible time with friends, DMA is unparalleled.
DMA offers day and overnight courses in weekly and multi-week sessions for youth, age 7-18. DMA courses accommodate a wide variety of digital media interests in a more sophisticated learning environment than other summer computer camps. All courses are project based and taught by accomplished professionals who have a passion for inspiring young minds. An average student to instructor ratio of 6 to 1 allows for plenty of individual attention as students explore, create and immerse themselves.
Teen courses include Robotics, Digital Filmmaking, 3D Animation, Web Production, Programming, and Music and Video Production - just to name a few. Youth courses (called Digital Media Adventures) include Robotics, Digital Filmmaking, Game Creation, Web Design & Flash, Cartoon & Comic Book Creation and Surfing & Filmmaking.
Road's End Farm Horsemanship Camp
Residential girls' horsemanship camp (ages 8-16)
Road's End Farm is a small summer camp that appeals to girls who love being around horses, caring for them, and riding for enjoyment rather than competition. Being an integral part of a 360 acre farm with 45 saddle horses and 20 miles of bridle paths, the camp program provides campers with unlimited exposure to horses and rural life in a picturesque setting at the end of a quiet road. Lake swimming, river canoeing, and arts & crafts round out a camp program that also allows each camper free time to pursue personal interests.
Activities include: Noncompetitive English pleasure riding, swimming and canoeing amidst scenic surroundings.
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Camp Quinebarge
Coed Residential and Day Summer Camp
Quinebarge - a small camp that soon feels like a big family to both campers and staff. Living, playing and learning together builds friendships fast- friendships that often last a lifetime. Our 70 acres of woods and fields and 1500 feet of waterfront offer everything a traditional camp should as electives the camper chooses: Archery, Field Sports, Tennis, Volleyball and Mountain Bikes let us work up a sweat, High and Low Ropes Challenge Course,the Zip Line; our Climbing Tower; Gymnastics and Aerobics all tune our balance and spatial skills and build strength, teamwork, and confidence almost un-noticed, while teaching safety and caution as we work up a sweat!
Swimming Instruction, Free Swims, Canoeing and Kayaking, Paddleboats and Water Bikes let us cool off. Woodshop, Arts & Crafts and Ceramics let us create, and our Nature Program and Horesback Riding help us learn respect for our fellow creatures and the life around us. Our trip program has people out on hikes or overnights or river trips almost daily, and each week the whole camp takes a special trip together. Quinebarge - a camp where kids have fun!
Camp Wicosuta for Girls
Residential girls' summer camp
Camp Wicosuta is a traditional summer camp for girls located on Newfound Lake in NH, offering 4-week sessions and a 2-week introductory session for first-time campers (completing grades 1-5). At Camp Wicosuta girls develop confidence and self-esteem by learning and developing new skills, making friends, and having the time of their lives. Our professional staff ensures that our campers leave feeling more confident, competent, and connected to a community of loving adults and wonderful campers.
Camp Wicosuta offers a wide variety of activities: soccer, lacrosse, swim instruction in a heated pool, gymnastics, dance, drama, horseback riding, water skiing, tennis, arts and crafts, wilderness adventures, and more. As we say at Wico -- "Go, girl, go!"
Adventure Treks
Wilderness adventure program for Teens
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.
Waukeela Camp for Girls
Residential girls' summer camp
Wonderful Awesome Understanding Kind Exciting Excellent Loyal A camp. ...anagram poem by 10 year old Waukeela girl
Tucked in New Hampshire's White Mountains, Waukeela offers a traditional, 4-week camp program for 8-15 year old girls seeking challenge without pressure and community without conformity. 115 campers and 55 staff from 25 states, 12 countries and 6 continents. 2 week program also available for 8-10 year olds.
Instruction provided in many individual sports and artistic activities plus a strong adventure program featuring backpacking, canoeing, and whitewater canoeing trips. 4 week sessions for 9-15 year olds. 2 week session available for ages 8-10.
Kroka Expeditions
Wilderness adventure program
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.
Outward Bound
Wilderness adventure programs worldwide
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.
YMCA Camp Foss
Residential girls' summer camp
Cabins and Activities set among the trees and fields help with the goals of making new friends and having fun. With caring and friendly staff, having fun is just the start. A high ropes course, climbing tower, funyaking, swimming, water trampoline, drama productions, volleyball, soccer, tennis, horseback riding, whitewater rafting, arts & crafts, kickball, group initiatives, campfires, outdoor cooking, tetherball, and capture the flag all help to make for an experience that lasts a lifetime...
Program emphasizes developing girls' self-esteem and confidence. Non-competitive environment, warm and friendly camp with caring counselors.
Featured Activities: Aquatic Activities, Archery, Arts and Crafts, Canoeing, Challenge/High Ropes Course, Drama, Horseback Riding (English), Leadership Development, Tennis, and aqua iceberg.
Kabeyun
Residential boys' camp
I chose it. I tried it. I love it! Kabeyun's program emphasizes individual challenge activities and creative arts in an atmosphere of warmth and support. We feature an elective system that allows boys to choose their activities each day. Out-of camp adventure trips for all ages and abilities; a different trip schedule to choose from each week in backpacking, hiking, rock climbing, canoeing, and white water kayaking. Camper/counselor ratio - 3:1, 120 boys (ages 7-16) and 40 counselors. Four or eight-week sessions, plus an introductory session for first-time campers 7-10 years old.
Activities include sailing, windsurfing, canoeing, kayaking, water skiing, woodshop, pottery, leather work, drama, music, tennis, fishing. Counseling internships for 16-year-olds.
Camp Tuckernuck
Coed Camp with Residential & Day Camp Sessions
Nestled among tall pines and hemlocks on the shore of Deering Lake, Camp Tuckernuck offers a traditional summer camp program. Activities including swimming, canoeing, sailing, kayaking, art and music, creative writing, arts and crafts, cooking, woodcrafts, theatre, archery, team sports, hiking, fishing. Adventure expeditions throughout New England and international programs are also offered.
At Tuckernuck, campers work together in small groups. They are guided by trained teachers and counselors who foster group decision-making, concern for others and an appreciation for the natural environment. Tuckernuck is the perfect setting for campers who have a sense of adventure and love exploration in the great outdoors.
Birchmont - A Pierce Camp
Residential coed summer camp
For the past half-century, three generations of Pierce's have built a sterling reputation for Birchmont as an exemplary traditional camp that puts as much emphasis on individual growth as it does on fun.
At Birchmont, we emphasize tennis and waterfront activities. We have always felt that long after the traditional "team sports" fade into a high school memory, tennis and water sports do endure. Activities include: Arts & Crafts, Woodworking, Nature Studies, Riflery, Archery, Golf, Aerobics/Dance, Gymnastics, Tennis, Ropes Course, Sports, Swimming, Sailing, Skiing, Canoeing, and much more.
White Mountain Summer
Wilderness adventure program
White Mountain Summer is proud to offer students ages 13-16 amazing adventures! The emphasis and goal of all White Mountain Summer programs is for our students to have an incredibly fun adventure. We work hard to build a community that supports teens and gives them the freedom and confidence to be their best selves. We provide a safe and fun environment for them to try new and exciting things, make new friends, and explore their world.
The White Mountain School has partnered with Adventure Treks to create the safest, most substantive, and most exciting adventures for young people through our personal attention to every student, our caring, and our competence. If you are 13 or 14, New England Exploration goes whitewater rafting, mountain biking, rock climbing and backpacking, all in a 16-day trip. For ages 15-16, we offer the Ultimate Northeast Adventure! The name says it all. Between these two trips, we have White Mountain Climbing Camp, which is available to both age groups.
Lake Winnipesaukee Youth Sailing School
Coed Day Camp
Located on Lake Winnipesaukee in Gilford, New Hampshire, the LWSA runs a summer Sailing School for children from 8 to 16 years of age. With a fleet of over twenty sailboats, we have a boat and a program for all interests, abilities and means. Join our exciting sailing program and learn how to sail!
Our campers take part in on-water training and classroom training, races, regattas, and sail to local islands on Lake Winni. Our trained instructors provide a fun and relaxed atmosphere!
Camp Walt Whitman
Residential coed summer camp
Camp Walt Whitman, a traditional summer camp for boys and girls, is situated on 300 acres along crystal-clear Lake Armington in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Amid this beautiful setting, we encourage campers to embrace strong values while offering them unlimited possibilities to explore new activities. We're fortunate to attract particularly nice kids and a strong, motivated staff. We provide excellent instruction to help our campers improve in all of the physical skills at camp, while focusing on the care and attention that helps them to develop their potential as individuals and as members of the group.
Walt Whitman is a community that encourages friendship, leadership and the ability to make good choices. Herein lies the spirit and warmth that is incomparable in a summer camp! The counselors and specialty staff at Walt Whitman serve as positive role models, encouraging and supporting campers to stretch themselves. Whether learning new skills in sports, aquatics, arts or outdoor living, campers thrive in an environment of FUN, GOOD HUMOR AND OPTIMISM. Our "hands-on" approach, dedication to excellence and belief in accountability are the cornerstones of the mutual trust and respect that we establish among children, staff and parents. 7, 4 and 3-week sessions are offered.
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 Tecumseh
Residential boys' summer camp
Camp Tecumseh is a non-profit, residential camp for 160 boys, ages 8-16, located on 2 miles of beautiful Lake Winnipesaukee shoreline in Center Harbor, NH. Founded in 1903 and thriving ever since, it is a non-profit, non-sectarian camp with core athletic, drama and mountain trips programs.
The 350 acre campus provides venues for archery, baseball, basketball, lacrosse, football, roller hockey, riflery, fencing, soccer, tennis, wrestling, climbing wall, golf, track and field and strength training. The extensive waterfront offers: swimming, water polo, beach volleyball, water- skiing, sailing, canoeing and kayaking. Day and overnight trips into the White Mountains, woodworking and a traditional Gilbert and Sullivan operetta provide balance to a program that aims to strengthen mind, body and traditional family values. Camp has a 1:4 counselor to camper ratio. The Blue-Gray Job/Scholarship program provides financial assistance for families on a need basis.
Windsor Mountain International
Residential coed summer camp
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.
