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Lochearn Camp for Girls
Residential girls' summer camp
Beautifully situated on pristine Lake Fairlee, Lochearn offers 180 girls, ages 8-15, an outstanding summer of fun, friendship, adventure, and personal growth. Professional instruction in over 35 activities, a well integrated program of character education, and a carefully selected staff of wholesome, bright, athletic young woman provide the challenges, resources, and love to help Lochearn girls build strong identities. Daughters only grow up once. Give yours a summer of enduring friendships and life-long learning at Lochearn Camp for Girls.
At our core is a strong commitment and well-conceived approach to children's character education where sound values such as respect, responsibility, cooperation and integrity are integrated into activities, and cabin and community life. Lochearn is proud to provide a safe and wholesome social environment where it is "cool to be kind."
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Brown Ledge Camp
Residential girls' summer camp
Brown Ledge is a residential girls camp on Lake Champlain near Burlington, Vermont with four and eight week summer sessions. Famous for Instruction in Horsemanship, Theatre Arts, Water Sports & Field Sports; Fully Elective Activity Program; For Girls 10 to 18.
Brown Ledge offers a unique elective activity program in horsemanship, theatre arts, water and field sports. Here campers may choose their own program throughout each day, without having to "sign-up." At Brown Ledge, we work hard at fun and laughter! But for us, fun brings far more lasting pleasure when it is accompanied by a true sense of accomplishment.
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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.
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.
Camp Walden
Residential girls' summer camp
Walden teaches girls self-reliance, encourages self-confidence, promotes leadership capabilities, and provides an atmosphere where girls can learn to live together, while appreciating others as individuals. Walden is happiness, laughter, spirit, friendship, warmth, affection and tradition.
Located in a rustic setting on 200 acres in Southern Maine, we have a balance of old traditions with building self esteem and preparing girls for the future with leadership skills. Small enrollment (140 campers, ages 9-15, per session) insures a more personal touch.
Briarwood Marine Science and Sailing Camps
Residential summer camp with separate sessions for boys and girls
Briarwood Summer Camps proudly offer 1-week overnight sessions for Marine Science and Sailing for Boys and Girls entering grades 5 through 10. The camp is located on Cape Cod just over the Bourne Bridge boasting an extensive waterfront on Little Bay. The Marine Science offers marine life capture and observation, exploring the coast by snorkeling or kayaking, dissecting sharks, fishing and much more. The sailing program is designed to introduce a 'how to' approach to new sailors or challenge experienced sailors in greater objectives.
Briarwood, which is adjacent to 90 acres of conservation land and 2000 feet of shoreline, is equipped with a studio classroom, seven heated cabins and a bathhouse, and a marine lab. Nature trails wander through adjoining woods, and a marine laboratory, boat dock, and swimming float are in place for use during the warmer months. The marine lab is outfitted with touch tanks, several large aquaria, collection and sampling equipment, and water quality apparatus. Additional resources include computers, printers, digital cameras, a fleet of sailboats and kayaks.
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American Dance Training Camp
Girls' Camp with Residential & Day Camp Sessions
Have tons of fun learning the latest jazz, funk and hip-hop moves. ADTC has four great locations: California, Colorado, North Carolina, and Vermont. We offer the ultimate overnight dance camps!
Traditional camp activities as well as many adventure experiences in whitewater rafting, canoeing, horseback riding, alpine slides, trampolines, ice skating and more!
Camp Farwell
Residential girls' summer camp
Camp Farwell has been a special place for girls since 1906. Situated in the Green Mountain State of Vermont, on Halls Lake, our magnificient 100-acre site offers a wonderful location for a seemingly endless variety of activities -- from riding to water sports, from music and dance to team endeavors and individual pursuits. Farwell offers its campers a well-rounded, traditional camping experience which includes an outstanding riding program for girls of all abilities.
Activities include horseback riding, individual and team sports, performing arts, swimming and other water sports, hiking, camping, nature, archery, tennis, gymnastics, arts & crafts.
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.
Tripp Lake Camp
Residential girls' summer camp
Tripp Lake Camp is located in Poland, Maine. We are a traditional 7 week residential summer camp for girls ages 8 to 16. Established in 1911, Tripp Lake Camp is accredited by the American Camping Association. Our program offers a wide range of activities. We are situated on 260 acres, with a mile of shorefront.
Traditional summer camp activities including landsports, waterfront activities, and many more. Camp opens in late June and ends in early August, and runs for one, seven-week session.
Camp Betsey Cox
Residential girls' summer camp
Betsey Cox is a rustic, outdoors experience for young women growing up in the global world of the 21st century. Betsey Cox couples traditional camping with a commitment to programs which develop skills necessary for girls who hope to make a difference in the future.
The camp's strong belief in individual choice has created an unusual program of daily electives. Each girl is in charge or her own life, and treats her right to plan her own day as an important freedom and responsibility. Girls choose from 15 activities and trips each day. 2, 3, 5 & 8 weeks; ages 9-15.
Camp Matoaka
Residential girls' summer camp
Each summer 275 girls join together and experience the Matoaka blend of fun, spirit and friendship. Campers return home with confidence gained from skills in activities from the arts, athletics, theatre, water sports and adventure.
Programs include water ski, tennis, swimming, boating, sailing, canoeing, kayaking, fishing, English riding (on premises), team sports, gymnastics, dance (hip hop, tap, jazz, ballet), arts & crafts, photography, sewing, dance, theater, music, voice, video communications, radio broadcasting, archery, ropes, mountain biking, and computers.
The Summer Camp
Residential girls' summer camp
The Summer Camp is a residential summer camp for low-income and foster girls. The campers, ages 6-16, take part in a variety of fun and enriching activities such as:Archery, sailing, photography, sewing, swimming, kayaking, canoeing, knitting, adventure, dance, pottery, library, land sports, arts and crafts and science explorers. Literacy is incorporated into every camp session to enhance each girl's ability and desire to read.
The Summer Camp provides fully paid camper scholarships to each of our more than 300 campers. Our campers come from rural and urban areas of New York and New England and transportation is provided for those living outside of Maine.
Camp Tapawingo
Residential girls' summer camp
Tapawingo is a place where girls spend their summer days in our encouraging environment. They play, they learn, they share companionship. And they do all this in the fresh New England air. Tapawingo is a place for a girl to develop character and good values, a sense of personal responsibility and independence, and good judgment as well. Sessions: 3.5 weeks and 7 weeks. You'll get better at the sports you like and you'll discover some sports you've never tried before.
We play tennis, soccer, volleyball, newcomb, basketball, lacrosse, softball, kickball and hockey. We also include archery, track and field, gymnastics, ropes, water skiing, swimming, boating, sailing, windsurfing, English riding, arts and crafts, performing arts, dance, digital photography, stain glass and ceramics, and lots of wilderness trips.
Forrestel Farm Riding & Sports Camp
Coed and Girls' Camp with Residential and Day Camp Sessions
Forrestel Riding & Sport Camp is a fully accredited ACA camp, established in 1980. We offer one, two and four week co-educational sessions ages 7-16 some co-ed and some just for girls. Our historic 800- acre working farm is located 40 miles west of Rochester, NY. There are two outstanding programs: equestrian and outdoor adventure & sports. Forrestel Farm Riding & Sports Camp provides children with a safe and nurturing environment where they are inspired to succeed. Our 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.
Whether choosing to ride 2 to 4 hours daily or participate in teambuilding, high adventure and sports activities, campers at Forrestel always have a blast!!
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, on the beautiful and comfortable campus of Paul Smith's College right on Lower St. Regis Lake in the Adirondack Mountains of New York State (close to Lake Placid). Wellspring New York offers a 4 week, 6 week or 8 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.
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.
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!"
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.
Camp Vega for Girls
Residential girls' summer camp
Camp Vega offers girls rich camp traditions and a nurturing environment with unrivaled facilities and the highest level of instruction for all ages, abilities and interests. Vega is located on 300 acres of pristine forest and one mile of lakefront on Echo Lake, recognized by the Department of Interior as one of the cleanest lakes in Maine. Our superb staff help girls develop a positive self-image, challenge themselves at new activities, and make life-long friendships, giving them the strength and self-esteem to discover and follow their dreams.
Activities include Tennis, Water Ski, Soccer, Basketball, Field hockey, Lacrosse, Softball, Volleyball, Arts and Crafts, Dance, Drama, Equestrian, Figure Skating, Golf, Squash, Gymnastics, Archery, Music, Rowing, Sailing, Kayaking, Canoeing, Swimming, Rope Course, Water-Zipline, Outdoor Adventure/Wilderness Trips.
Camp Danbee for Girls
Residential girls' summer camp
Camp Danbee is a traditional 7 week summer camp for girls between the ages of 6 - 15. Campers entering grades 1-5 can come for 4 weeks with an option to extend. Danbee is all about SPIRIT! ENTHUSIASM AND ENERGY thread their way through everything we do at camp. Danbee's goal is to provide girls with a summer experience filled with moments of self-discovery and spirited activity. Instilled with the tradition of warmth, caring and companionship, Danbee is a place where summer relationships are born and lifelong friendships develop. "The Spirit is Catching" at Danbee and it informs all we do at camp. The choices are plentiful, the instruction is top-notch and the fun is guaranteed!
Danbee is located on spring-fed Lake Ashmere in the Berkshire Mountains of Massachusetts. Our extensive facilities include 2 heated swimming pools, an equestrian center, 11 all-weather tennis courts, 4 Malibu competition ski boats, gymnastics center, state-of-the-art dance studio, creative arts studios and multi-purpose athletic fields.
Camp Runoia
Residential girls' summer camp
Tradition, leadership, caring, fun and adventure for girls aged 8-15. Camp Runoia is located on more than 85 acres on Great Pond, a crystal clear lake in Central Maine and is about learning to live with other people, sharing ideas and working out differences.
Activities include: sailing, riflery, wind surfing, rowing, kayaking, arts and crafts, drama, camp craft, archery, tennis, soccer, softball, swimming, diving, canoeing, kickball, English horseback riding, ropes course - high and low elements, environmental education, outdoor living skills, and much more!
Snowy Owl Camp for Girls
Residential girls' summer camp
A small, exclusive all girls camp specializing in water skiing (slalom ,tricks ,and jumping), sailing, kayaking, water trampolining, white water rafting, wake boarding, twinkie riding, trips. Snowy Owl's theater building is active with plays, improv, musicals,and original works.
Half of the girls who come want to learn to water ski: all want to become really good. We compete in USA Water Ski sanctioned tournaments. Ski team members assist the coaches in every group.
Beyond Belief! Choose your schedule, and enjoy the magic of Snowy Owl: 2, 4, or 6 weeks.
Camp Kippewa for Girls
Residential girls' summer camp
No two girls are exactly alike. Why should their summers be? Experience customized camping at Camp Kippewa, a unique all-girls overnight camp in Maine for ages 7 to 15. In each 4-week session, girls create their own weekly schedule from a tremendous array of activities, participating in six activity blocks daily.
The Arts program offers over 20 disciplines of fine arts & crafts and dance & theater. Onsite horseback riding facilities host an unbeatable Equestrian program where campers can ride daily. Lake Cobbosseecontee is the perfect setting for top-notch Water Sports instruction in waterskiing, sailing, windsurfing, canoeing and kayaking. The program also offers a variety of Land Sports including tennis, gymnastics, softball and lacrosse. Campers enjoy the natural setting of Maine with ocean sailing trips, beach days, wilderness hikes and canoe trips.
The directors at Camp Kippewa believe every girl needs a safe, fun place to make friends, to learn social, artistic, and athletic skills, and to take childhood's steps toward the independence of adulthood. The caring, nurturing ambiance of sleepaway camp at Camp Kippewa sets a girl at ease with who she is, giving her the confidence to make friends easily and feel comfortable about trying challenging new activities.
Lochearn Camp for Girls
Residential girls' summer camp
Beautifully situated on pristine Lake Fairlee, Lochearn offers 180 girls, ages 8-15, an outstanding summer of fun, friendship, adventure, and personal growth. Professional instruction in over 35 activities, a well integrated program of character education, and a carefully selected staff of wholesome, bright, athletic young woman provide the challenges, resources, and love to help Lochearn girls build strong identities. Daughters only grow up once. Give yours a summer of enduring friendships and life-long learning at Lochearn Camp for Girls.
At our core is a strong commitment and well-conceived approach to children's character education where sound values such as respect, responsibility, cooperation and integrity are integrated into activities, and cabin and community life. Lochearn is proud to provide a safe and wholesome social environment where it is "cool to be kind."
