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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Summer Camp at SOAR

Residential Coed Summer Camp, ages 8-22

North Carolina, Wyoming and Florida

Established in 1977

SOAR offers high adventure summer camps designed specifically for youth and young adults between the ages of 8 and 25 diagnosed with ADHD and LD. Each of our summer camp programs promotes making friends, increasing self-confidence, and developing life skills. Created in 1977 by an adult with learning disabilities, SOAR provides fun and successful experiences so that participants may gain greater awareness of their own strengths and improve self-esteem ...read moreand confidence. Our camps offer adventure activities, for beginners and beyond, located across the country's most scenic places. These incredible locations include the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, the sunny Florida Keys and wild and wonderful Wyoming.

Adventurelore

Wilderness adventure - United States, ages 8-17

Danville, NH

Established in 1982

Adventurelore Summer Camp provides historically safe, high-adventure outdoor experiences tailored to ignite the thrill of exploration in children and adolescents. With a focus on fun, challenge, and achievement, our camp promises unforgettable memories under the careful supervision of seasoned professionals. Participants embark on a journey of self-discovery, forming lasting bonds with fellow adventurers while engaging in a diverse range of exhilarating ...read moreactivities. Our mission is to cultivate resilience, bolster self-confidence, and cultivate positive attitudes towards oneself and others amidst the backdrop of the White Mountains in NH and Acadia National Park in ME. visit our camp page campadventure.com or our full company page adventurelore.org for more information.

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.

Frost Valley YMCA Summer Camp & Adventure Trips

Residential Coed Camp

Claryville, New York

Established in 1901

As a parent, you want your child to have growth-filled opportunities, healthy habits, and lifelong friendships. We partner with families to do exactly that. More than a place to cool off, our lake is where children learn to swim for the first time or share a canoe with a new friend. Our zipline isn't a ride, but a safe place for teens to find courage they never knew they had. And our cabins provide more than shelter; they're a space ...read morefor a community to grow. Our traditional summer camp is rooted in 100+ years of rich heritage. Campers age 7-16 come for 1 -8 weeks and leave us with strengthened character.

Adventure Trips are perfect for outdoor-loving teens. Options include sailing, backpacking, canoeing, climbing, and service trips. Farm Camp is perfect for campers to spend a couple weeks on a working, organic farm, and our all-girls Horse Camp teaches more than equestrian skills but also lifelong leadership skills.

Contact us today to book a tour! (845) 985-2291 or [email protected]

Night Eagle Wilderness Adventures

Residential Boys' Summer Camp, ages 10-14

Wallingford, Vermont

Established in 1999

Night Eagle Wilderness Adventures is a unique primitive summer camp for boys (ages 10-14). 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 lots 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 ...read morea 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.

Camp Kippewa for Girls

Residential girls' summer camp, ages 6-15

Monmouth, Maine

Established in 1957

Kippewa is a unique all-girls overnight camp in Maine for ages 6 to 15 with two different session lengths available.

Our two week camp, Camp Kippewa Point, offers a complete camp experience in just two weeks! Each session has a distinct beginning and end with campers arriving and departing together.

Camp Kippewa is a separate, 3 1/2 week camp. With our customized camping, girls create their own weekly schedule from ...read morea tremendous array of activities. All campers arrive and depart together enjoying their time at camp on the same schedule.

For both Camp Kippewa Point and Camp Kippewa, we offer extensive Arts programs with studio and fine arts & crafts, along with dance & theater. For Camp Kippewa 3 1/2 weeks - onsite horseback riding facilities host an unbeatable Equestrian program where campers can ride daily. For both camps, Lake Cobbosseecontee is the perfect setting for top-notch Water Sports instruction in waterskiing, sailing, windsurfing, canoeing and kayaking. Our programs also offer a variety of Land Sports including tennis, gymnastics, softball and lacrosse. Campers enjoy the natural setting of Maine with beach days, wilderness hikes, white water rafting, canoe trips and more.

The directors at 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.

Our brother camp, Camp Cobbossee, is located just 1/2 mile down the road, also on Lake Cobbosseecontee.

Camp Mataponi

Residential girls' summer camp, ages 7-16

Naples, Maine

Established in 1910

At Mataponi you need not be the best -- You only need to try your best. Our camp is geared toward developing each child's self-confidence, fostering self-esteem, instilling a sense of values and appreciation for others and helping friendships flourish. Sportswomanship, compassion, and spirit guide our campers throughout the camp season and beyond. Located on 110 acres, Camp Mataponi is nestled on a cove of Sebago Lake and boasts over 5,000 ...read morefeet of beachfront property. Every cabin has a lake front view.

Mataponi offers a wide range of activities such as basketball, soccer, softball, volleyball, lacrosse, field hockey, water skiing, sailing, canoeing, tennis, ropes course, arts & crafts, horseback riding, drama, gymnastics, dance and much more. Every camper is encouraged to follow and develop her own interests and gain new skills.

Camp Killooleet

Residential coed summer camp, ages 9-14

Hancock, Vermont

Established in 1927

Killooleet is a "traditional camp" (varied activities, full season, hikes, and overnight trips) that goes its own way. We are non-competitive and highly individual. Camper choice is central to our programming: the schedule is flexible with free time and choice periods build into each day. Strong cabin groups are built through working and playing together. With about 90 campers, Killooleet is small enough so everyone comes to know each ...read moreother and friendships develop between campers of different ages who share interests. Half of our activities are in sports (swimming, boating, archery, softball, soccer, basketball, tennis, horseback riding, ultimate frisbee, etc.) and half in arts (music, art, ceramics, silverwork, drama, video, woodworking, stained glass, fabric). Most campers bring bikes or rent them. We explore the beauty of Vermont during weekly hikes or overnight trips, on foot, bicycle, canoe, and horseback. We create an inclusive community that encourages individual development, welcomes everyone, and minimizes the need to spend energy defending ourselves.

Camp Birch Hill

Residential Coed Summer Camp, ages 6-16

New Durham, New Hampshire

Established in 1993

Birch Hill is a classic New England overnight summer camp.

Nestled in the Lakes Region of New Hampshire, Camp Birch Hill, offers an elective based program for boys and girls aged 6-16. This classic New England overnight summer camp sits on 106 acres of private, lakeside land where campers from across the globe attend for two, four or six week sessions. The elective based program empowers children in allowing the campers to create ...read morepersonalized schedules to participate in activities they already enjoy with opportunities to discover new interests. Camp Birch Hill continues to provide a safe, positive and welcoming environment where campers are free to explore, engage, create and develop lasting friendships and memories while connecting with nature.

It is a home away from home have the time of their lives for two, four or six weeks while making lasting friendships and memories.
Friendly Staff. Healthy food options. The Birch Hill experience gives friendships and memories for a lifetime!

Owned by the Morell Family since 1993!

Wyonegonic Camps

Girls residential camp, ages 8-17

Southwestern Maine

Established in 1902

Wyonegonic is a traditional residential girls summer camp in a beautiful setting on Moose Pond in Denmark Maine. Wyonegonic offers two 3 week sessions or a 6 week session. Campers live in small cabin groups in three units divided by grades. There is an emphasis on personal development and group cooperation. The non-competitive atmosphere allows campers to learn skills and build confidence. The individualized choice activity and trip program has ...read morecampers meet weekly with their counselor for goal setting and scheduling. Particular focus is on swimming, sailing, all lake activities such as SUP, canoeing and the outdoor trip program. Campers also choose from activities such as tennis, horseback riding, archery, outdoor living skills, ropes course, climbing wall and the creative and dramatic arts. Leadership Training is offered to age 16 and 17. Typically our 200 campers represents 30 states and 15 foreign countries. Founded in 1902 Wyonegonic is affiliated with Winona Camps for boys, we are the oldest Brother/Sister camps in the country.

Camp Runoia

Residential Girls' Summer Camp, ages 6-15

Belgrade Lakes, Maine

Established in 1907

Down-to-earth girls have been building lifelong skills and making lifelong friends at Camp Runoia since 1907!

Camp Runoia is located on a crystal clear lake with a sandy beach in Central Maine. The camp experience at Runoia is about trying new things in a safe, supportive, fun atmosphere; learning to love living with other people; and, enjoying all the traditional aspects of camp.

Activities include: sailing, canoeing, ...read morewindsurfing, 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—reach out to us to see if we have space available and learn about our Harmony Land Camp Rookie program.

Birch Rock Camp

Residential boys' summer camp, ages 7-16

Waterford, Maine

Established in 1926

Set apart by its size-only 85 campers- and its focus on non-competitive achievement, Birch Rock Camp for boys has offered exhilarating, traditional camp activities since 1926. The Birch Rock Community models a life of simplicity, civility, and mutual support. In this increasingly pressured world, Birch Rock provides a nurturing place where boys can truly enjoy boyhood while disconnecting from electronic devices and reconnecting to the natural ...read moreworld. Boys aged 7 to 16 enjoy days filled with swimming in pristine Lake McWain, mastering old-fashioned wilderness skills, and playing games on fields with sweeping views of Oxford Hills of Maine. Campers live in small white-washed cabins where cooperation is key-our motto: HELP THE OTHER FELLOW, becomes a way of life. The camp community is distinguished by the many campers and counselors who return each year - and even for decades. Birch Rockers feel a strong sense of responsibility toward new campers,and are eager to pass on skills and cherished traditions.