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Cuttingsville, Vermont

Night Eagle Wilderness Adventures

Residential boys' summer camp

Night Eagle Wilderness Adventures is a unique primitive summer camp for boys. At Night Eagle, we live in tipis and do things that boys did hundreds of years ago - learn survival skills (fire making with flint & steel or bow drills, plant identification, tracking), create all sorts of craft items (birchbark baskets, moccasins), go on hikes, canoe, swim, and play lots of games (Buffalo Robe, Stalk the Chief and Slack 'Em to name a few)!

Through these activities and the slower pace of life in camp, boys naturally develop a deeper respect for the land and an authentic sense of personal accomplishment as they learn to live competently in the woods.

Night Eagle is a different kind of camp based on mutual responsibility and cooperation. Through community living and group decision making, boys learn to live and play together in a spirit of cooperation rather than competition. ACA accredited camp.

Accredited by the American Camp Association Boys Camp Website: www.nighteaglewilderness.com
(802) 773-7866
Established in 1999

Bellow Falls, Vermont

Adventure Travel Camps

Wilderness Adventure Program

Adventure Travel Camps specializes in camps that travel through out New England & the Surrounding States. Teens travel in 15 passenger vans with a cargo trailer on the back with a small SUV with a kayak trailer following behind. Spend 15 to 30 days doing awesome adventures during the day while camping at pristine camp grounds at night.

There is a maximum of 16 kids at the camp and 3 counselors. The teens will participate in many adventures including rock climbing, river kayaking, white water kayaking, white water rafting, hiking, caving, mountain biking skate boarding and much more.

Accredited by the Association for Experiential Education Coed Camp Website: www.adventuretravelcamp.com
(888) 714-9584
Established in 2004

Lake Como, Pennsylvania

Camp Lohikan

Residential coed summer camp

65+ DAILY ACTIVITIES! All Sports, Arts and Adventure Activities PLUS Horseback Riding, Jet Skiing, Paintball, Quad Riding, Bungee Trampoline, Rock Band, Spy Camp, Skate Park, USTA Tennis, Golf, Circus, Flying Trapeze, Water Skiing, SCUBA, Comprehensive Performing Arts Program, Arts & Crafts with 14 Workshops, High & Low Ropes, Rock Climbing, Backpacking Trips, Sailing, Private Lake with 50 boats, Canoe Trips, Skateboarding & Inline Skating, Downhill Mountain Boarding, Horseback Overnights, Trips to Amusement Parks, Heated Swimming Pool, Modern Cabins, 1200 acres & more!

Campers 10 and older get to design their activity schedule on a daily basis. Younger campers travel with their counselors and cabin mates according to an activity schedule designed for their age.

For 53 years the Buynak Family and Lohikan's dedicated staff have provided campers with a safe, caring environment where it's easy to make friends, professional instruction to learn new skills and sharpen old ones, and a friendly camp atmosphere where FUN happens all the time!
First-time campers are our specialty! We feature a comprehensive program designed to make the first-time camp experience successful and memorable. We back it up a Tuition Refund Guarantee.

2010 Sessions: June 27-August 19 (8, 6, 4, 2 weeks). One-Week Mini Camp, August 19-25 ($800.00)

Accredited by the American Camp Association Coed Camp Website: www.lohikan.com
(800) 488-4321
Established in 1957

Marlow, New Hampshire

Kroka Expeditions

Wilderness adventure program

Where Consciousness Meets Wilderness.

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.

Offering one and two week introductory to advanced programs in adventuring, climbing, paddling, bow making, birch bark canoe building, and handcrafts. Travel and base camp living in a village amongst our hilltop farm on the edge of the wilderness. Also offering two high school semester programs and trips with school groups.

Coed Camp Website: www.kroka.org
(603) 835-9087
Established in 1996

Vermont

Vermont Adventure Camps

Wilderness adventure program

Vermont Adventure Camps offers camps for teens ages 11 to 17 years old. The camps offer a large variety of outdoor activities for all ability levels. Each camp session is a little different but there is always a 4:1 camper counselor ratio. You do not need experience, but rather the enthusiasm and willingness to try new things and meet new people.

Six Day 11 & 12y/o Adventurer Camps:
We offer 8 five day adventure camps for kids 11 & 12. The kids stay in our Adventure Lodge and go on adventures each day.

Six Day 13 & 14y/o Adventurer Camps:
We offer 8 five day adventure camps for teens 13 & 14. The kids stay in our Adventure Lodge and go on adventures each day.

2 Week Adventure Camps:
We also offer adventure camps for teens 14 to 17. These are residential camps and kids stay at our Adventure Lodge.

Coed Camp Website: www.vermontadventurecamps.com
(888) 714-9584
Established in 2004

Moodus, Connecticut

Middlesex County Camp

Residential coed summer camp

The weekly co-educational camping experience is offered to youth ages 8-15. Day Camp and Counselor-In-Training Programs also offered.

Activities include: aquatics, archery, arts and crafts, music, dramatics, dance, horsemanship, sports, outdoor education, ropes course, climbing wall, hiking, outpost camping.

Coed Camp Website: www.middlesexcountycamp.org
(860) 873-2294
Established in 1965

Plymouth and Mount Holly, Vermont

Farm and Wilderness Camps

Coed Camps with Residential & Day Camp Sessions

Farm & Wilderness operates five residential camps and a day camp.

The Barn Day Camp offers children ages 4-10 opportunities to garden, care for animals, hike, climb, swim, create art, and play.

At Timberlake, boys ages 9-14 can backpack, farm, garden, swim, boat, create art, and build a cabin.

Indian Brook offers girls 9-14 opportunities to milk a cow, cut down a tree, climb mountains, read a map, learn 100 songs, and build a cabin.

Tamarack Farm: 15-17 year olds living together and running an organic farm. There's also time for playing, swimming, and the arts.

Saltash Mountain is a coed adventure camp for 11-14 year olds. Backpacking, canoeing and rock climbing trips plus gardening, crafting, swimming, and playing.

Flying Cloud is for boys 11-14 to live close to the earth and learn primitive living skills. Wood carving, fire building, and animal tracking are a few of the many activities offered.

Accredited by the American Camp Association Coed Camp Website: www.farmandwilderness.org
(802) 422-3761
Established in 1939

Bradford, Vermont

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

Accredited by the American Camp Association Boys Camp Website: www.roaringbrookcamp.com
(800) 832-4295
Established in 1965

Cuttingsville, Vermont

Night Eagle Wilderness Adventures

Residential boys' summer camp

Night Eagle Wilderness Adventures is a unique primitive summer camp for boys. At Night Eagle, we live in tipis and do things that boys did hundreds of years ago - learn survival skills (fire making with flint & steel or bow drills, plant identification, tracking), create all sorts of craft items (birchbark baskets, moccasins), go on hikes, canoe, swim, and play lots of games (Buffalo Robe, Stalk the Chief and Slack 'Em to name a few)!

Through these activities and the slower pace of life in camp, boys naturally develop a deeper respect for the land and an authentic sense of personal accomplishment as they learn to live competently in the woods.

Night Eagle is a different kind of camp based on mutual responsibility and cooperation. Through community living and group decision making, boys learn to live and play together in a spirit of cooperation rather than competition. ACA accredited camp.

Accredited by the American Camp Association Boys Camp Website: www.nighteaglewilderness.com
(802) 773-7866
Established in 1999