Maine Camp Experience

Boys, Girls, and Coed Residential Summer Camps, ages 7-17

Sebago Lakes Region, Belgrade Lakes Region, and Throughout Maine

Maine Camp Experience (MCE) is a community of 40 premier overnight summer camps and a comprehensive camp-planning resource. MCE has coed, all girls and all boys camps for kids ages 7-17 located throughout the state of Maine. Maine Camps are situated on beautiful lakes, feature vast fields, and offer top-notch activities, instruction, facilities, directors, staff, and supervision. Campers enjoy land and water sports, arts, nature, active adventures, ...read moreand memorable trips. Kids unplug from tech devices and social media, connect with nature, have fun, make lifelong friendships, learn new skills, and grain confidence, independence, and resilience. Full summer, half and short sessions are available. Our Campcierge® provides free, expert guidance by phone and email. Maine Camps are the "gold standard," many have been operating for over 100 years. Each summer, more than 65,000 campers (from every state and more than 30 countries abroad) enjoy camp in Maine. Campers can hear the call of the loon under the starry Maine sky and feel the rush of fresh water on an exhilarating rafting adventure. Maine Camps are the natural choice. Research and enroll today!
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Kingswood Camp

Residential boys' summer camp, ages 8-16

Piermont, New Hampshire

Established in 1909

Kingswood Camp, located in the White Mountain National Forest region of New Hampshire, provides a unique New England summer camping experience for boys, ages 8 and up. Kingswood is nestled on the shores of beautiful Lake Tarleton. Kingswood is a family-run, traditional camp staffed by "home-grown" counselors with over 700 years of cumulative experience. Our staff works tirelessly to ensure that every boy is given the opportunity to grow, ...read moremake friends, and explore each activity of his choosing.

Kingswood campers make choices every day from quality options within a structured program. Morning clinics provide opportunity to refine skills on the waterfront, in team sports, and choice activities such as fishing, ceramics, riflery, archery, drums, or guitar. We take advantage of our location in the White Mountain National Forest to send out hiking and backpacking trips nearly every day, while sports tournaments with neighboring camps are options too.

Putney Summer Arts

Summer Arts Enrichment Program, ages 14-17

Putney, VT

Established in 1987

We welcome a diverse community of young artists to our beautiful hillside campus for unique workshops where students are inspired to express their truest selves through art. With more than 20 workshops to choose from, students spend up to four weeks in a tight-knit, supportive community. We stress the importance of practice, exploration and finding joy in art-making, which organically leads to a portfolio that is an authentic representation of ...read morea student's passion, skill and growth.

Our camp is designed for students at all levels of experience and focuses on each student's individual trajectory. We also enjoy artist talks, open studio time, field trips, a film festival and nature hikes into the woodlands surrounding our working dairy farm in southern Vermont. There will be time for bonding with new people, deepening friendships, and self reflecting as you create and connect with nature and each other through art.

School of Creative & Performing Arts

Residential coed summer camp, ages 14-18

Burlington, VT, New York, NY and Los Angeles, CA

Established in 2001

Come join the next generation of visual and performing artists at SOCAPA - The School of Creative & Performing Arts. At our campuses in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Vermont, SOCAPA offers two to six-week summer intensives in Filmmaking, Acting, Music, Dance, Photography and Screenwriting. Our students travel from across the USA and all corners of the globe to participate in our summer intensives. Campers of all experience levels ...read moreare challenged to advance their skills through hands-on learning with teachers who are leaders in their fields. The intensity of creative expression and artistic development on our campuses is testimony to the hard work of the students and staff. But we're only young once, right? So with all of this hard work comes the best of summer - a time for friendship and fun. With scheduled activities every night and on the weekends that take advantage of the wonderful locations where we host our programs, our students gain a sense of independence through adventure and new friends - truly a perfect balance of hard work and play. Please join us this summer!

Dunkleys Gymnastics Camp

Residential Camp with Coed and Girls Sessions, ages 7-17

South Hero, Vermont

Established in 1973

Share this year's "Dunkley Camp Adventure" with 50 other campers in our "Family of Gymnasts." Our 1 to 5 counselor to camper ratio challenges beginner through advanced team gymnasts. Our counselors are USAG Safety certified club and college coaches. Located on the shores of Lake Champlain, younger campers sleep in a main lodge, with older campers in cabins. Waterskiing, swimming, tubing, kayaking, wakeboarding, sailing, ...read more(Red Cross Certified Life Guards)
woodworking, photo, cooking classes, modified team sports and true camp activities round out our camper days.

Camp Hawkeye

Coed residential camp, ages 7-17

Charlestown, NH

Established in 2006

At Camp Hawkeye in Charlestown, New Hampshire, summer is about so much more than campfires and cannonballs (although we have plenty of both!). We’re a small, traditional, tech-free overnight camp for ages 7–17 where incredible programming meets meaningful connections and every camper has the opportunity to feel seen, valued, and at home.

From archery, swimming, hiking, and ziplining to village competitions, creative ...read moreprojects, outdoor adventures, and unforgettable camp traditions, every day brings opportunities to try something new, discover hidden strengths, build confidence, and make lifelong friends. Our engaging activities balance excitement, challenge, creativity, teamwork, and personal growth.

What makes Hawkeye truly special is our community. We bring together young people from diverse social, cultural, economic, religious, and geographic backgrounds, creating a place where differences are celebrated, barriers are challenged, and everyone has a chance to belong. Away from screens and the pressures of everyday life, campers learn to be present, embrace challenges, build independence, and connect with people they might never otherwise meet.

At Hawkeye, we believe camp is more than a place to spend the summer; it’s a community we build together. Through shared adventures, laughter, meaningful relationships, and moments of discovery, campers develop empathy, resilience, and a stronger sense of who they are.

Ready to give your child a summer they'll never forget? Join the Hawkeye community for Summer 2027! Explore our sessions, discover the Hawkeye difference, and register today at camphawkeye.com. Come for the adventures. Leave with lifelong friendships, newfound confidence, and a community that feels like family!

Camp Med-o-lark, The Creative Arts Camp of New England

Residential coed summer camp, ages 7-16

Washington, Maine

Established in 1967

Since 1967, Camp Med-o-lark has been a non-competitive arts camp in Washington, Maine for kids who think differently: the curious, the kind, and the free-spirited. Our summer arts camp offers two-week sessions in performing arts, music, theatre, circus, visual arts, dance, and creative making. Campers find a second home where they can grow their talents and, in just one session, design their own program and set their own artistic goals.

A ...read moreDay at Camp

Every day includes six creative activity experiences, with time to rest before dinner during what we call “Chill Time.” Day trips, excursions, and special events, dreamed up by campers and staff together, round out the session, along with plenty of unstructured time to play, make friends, explore, and simply breathe.

By the end of their stay, campers are bursting with pride to share what they’ve created with fellow campers, friends, and family. Every activity is designed to spark self-expression, build confidence, and lay a foundation for lifelong creativity.

Our Setting

Set on 50 peaceful acres of Maine woodland, our lakefront creative camp is the ideal backdrop for personal expression and ensemble collaboration. Every day is alive with art, music, theatre, circus, and laughter, and the friendships made here last a lifetime.

Camp Androscoggin

Residential Boys' Summer Camp, ages 7-15

Wayne, Maine

Established in 1907

Androscoggin, owned and operated by the Hirsch family since 1963 and located on a 120-acre lakeside campus, is the summer home for 250 boys between ages 7 and 15, and 100 staff. Since 1907, campers have been playing sports, learning new activities, making life long friends and exploring all that Maine has to offer. The campers participate in a wide range of team sports and individual activities on the land and water. Each counselor is an activity ...read morespecialist and also serves as a cabin counselor. Every summer, we strive to create an environment in which campers, as well as staff, will learn, grow, have fun, and share summers they'll always remember.

Camp Laurel

Coed Residential Camp, ages 7-15

Readfield, Maine

Established in 1949

One of New England's premier 7 week, residential, co-ed camps, Camp Laurel combines cutting edge programming in a family atmosphere. Our exemplary staff provide a safe, fun, and nurturing environment for children ages 7-15. Ideally located in Maine's Central Lakes Region, Echo Lake crowns Camp Laurel's 150 acres of woodlands with its 2,000 feet of natural shoreline and magnificent sandy beach. Our staff consists of professionals, ...read moreexperienced teachers and collegians from the United States and abroad, all drawn together by a strong desire to live with, teach, and care for children throughout the summer.

Camp Runoia

Residential Girls' Summer Camp, ages 6-15

Belgrade Lakes, Maine

Established in 1907

Camp Runoia is a down-to-earth girls’ sleepaway camp located in central Maine. With a choice-based structure and a kind, smaller camp community, we’re proud to celebrate our 119th consecutive summer this year! Our rich history allows us to offer a truly “traditional” camp feel— wooden cabins, canoeing, dining hall bells—while also embracing diversity and progressiveness. We take great pride in being inclusive ...read moreand empowering our girls to advocate for themselves, use their voices, and become agents of change in the world.

Camp Runoia is located on a crystal clear lake with a private sandy beach in Central Maine. The camp experience at Runoia is about trying new things in a safe, supportive, and fun atmosphere.

Activities include: sailing, canoeing, windsurfing, sailing, waterskiing, kayaking, SUP, archery, arts and crafts, theatre, pottery, stained glass, riflery, tennis, soccer, swimming, ropes course, environmental education, camping trips and outdoor living skills. Our exceptional English horseback riding program is open to campers of all skill levels! Our experienced adult leadership team has decades of experience in camping & education. We are especially proud of our specifically curated 10 day Rookie Programs for 6-9 year olds (Harmony Land) and 10-12 year olds (Harmony Heights).

iD Tech Camps

Weeklong, day and overnight summer programs, ages 6-18

Held at 75+ campuses nationwide

Established in 1999

Register today for camps held at 75 inspiring universities! Your child will walk the halls of their dream campus, bond with friends and mentors over legendary iD traditions, and experience the magic that's made us the world's #1 tech camp for 25 years!

At iD Tech Camps, students ages 7-18 unleash their creativity with the hottest courses in coding, game development, robotics, and creative arts. Find the program that fits ...read moreyour child's interest, skill level, goals, and schedule.