2021 Summer Camp directory

Camp Sangamon

• Pittsford
• Boys, ages 9-16
• Overnight
• 2, 3, 4 and 5 week sessions
• campsangamon.com

The Camp with the Pioneer Spirit!  An independent overnight camp for boys located in Pittsford. Operating since 1922, this is a boys’ overnight summer camp focused on true freedom of choice. Arts, crafts, sports, outdoor pursuits, and other traditional camping activities are offered in a non-competitive, supportive environment.

Camp Betsey Cox

• Pittsford
• Girls, ages 8-15
• Overnight
• 2, 3, 5 and 8 week sessions
• campbetseycox.com

Betsey Cox is a camp for girls and young women who intend to make a positive difference in a global world and to have fun doing so. With the guidance of a seasoned international staff, campers from near and far learn to take responsibility for their decisions by creating their own daily schedules from among our16 activities. Rustic, safe cabin living promotes imagination and opportunities for learning interpersonal life skills. Girls delight in exploring the meadows, forests and the beautiful pond right here in central Vermont.

Farm and Wilderness Camp

• Plymouth
• Day camp for boys and girls, overnight camps for just boys, girls and mixed gender.
• 3 weeks, 6 weeks and day camps Several options to choose from, including “Questers” hiking camps.
• farmandwilderness.org

Guided by the Quaker belief that the light of the spirit is present in every person and the belief that people working together can create a more just and humane society, the Farm & Wilderness Foundation sponsors year-round experiences for children and adults that emphasize the building of community through the values of of service, peacemaking, integrity, community, equity and simplicity. Farm and Wilderness summer camps focus on community, fun and wilderness adventure rooted in social justice, Quaker values and delicious, organic food.

Rutland Rec Center

• Rutland
• Day camps ages 3-12
• rutlandrec.com/summer-camp-listing

Themed weeks of day camp throughout the summer and winter vacation camp over February break. Everything from slip ‘n’ slide and arts and crafts to a family BBQ or river rafting and everything in between!

Sports camps: ages 2½-18 including basketball, football, field hockey, skateboarding, golf, tennis, British football, art and theatre.

Preschool camps and activities: Little ones love to explore and play. Test the sports world with Sports Start or learn to ride a bike with a Strider Camp.

Night Eagle Wilderness Adventures

• Wallingford
• Boys 10-15
• 1 to 6 week sessions
• nighteaglewilderness.com

Night Eagle Wilderness Adventures is a unique primitive summer camp for boys. The camp is situated on 135 forested, tick-free acres in the heart of Vermont’s beautiful Green Mountains and completely surrounded by 365,000 acres Green Mountain Forest. At Night Eagle, campers live in tipis and do things that boys did hundreds of years ago – learn to throw tomahawks and atlatls, shoot bows, skin and tan animal hides, make bison jerky, learn survival skills (fire making with flint and steel or bow drills, plant identification, tracking, camouflage), create all sorts of craft items (birchbark baskets, moccasins, rattles), go on hikes, canoe, swim, and play lots of games (Buffalo Robe, Stalk the Chief, Wild Men in the Alders, 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.

Theater in the Woods

• Burnham Hollow Orchard in Middletown Springs
• Ages 7-16
• theaterinthewoodsvt.org

Do you like to create, run around outside, explore, do plays, sing, move, improvise, write, draw, laugh, perform?  You might like only some of these things – that’s okay: it takes an ensemble to make a play! We’re going to become an ensemble to perform two plays at our Theater in the Woods camp.

Theater in the Woods has got woods, and orchards and a renovated barn to be in; campers will eat heartily and make great new friends. Then they’ll bring a Frank Asch Theater in the Woods play to life, and create one of our own!

Artistree kids camps

• Pomfret
• Ages pre school-10th grade
• 3 day to 3 week camps

Give children the thrill and experience performing. At camp children will cycle through classes such as acting, singing, audition technique, hip-hop, costume design, and so much more based on the theme of the camp. At the end of the week, there’ll be a special performance for parents and friends. If you’re looking for something to do for your child while they’re not in school, then this is the place to be! Also offering spring break and winter camps.

Smirkus Camp

• Greensboro
• two and four week sessions
• Ages 5-18
• smirkus.org/smirkus-camp

Spend an incredible summer full of circus fun at Circus Smirkus Camp: the original circus camp. Step inside one of our spectacular European Big Top Tents and join coaches who have performed with companies including Cirque du Soleil, Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey, Big Apple Circus, Cirque Us, and of course, the Circus Smirkus Big Top Tour!

Billings Museum Junior Farmer camp

• Woodstock
• Children 8-12
• Day camp
• billingsfarm.org/junior-farmer-camp

Have you ever wondered what it takes to be a farmer? Junior Farmer Camp, is designed to help kids discover for themselves by stepping into a farmer’s shoes for a week. Campers will have the opportunity to be up close and personal with the farm’s cows, horses, pigs, chickens, and sheep while learning the work that goes into the food that they eat. In addition to daily chores and activities, each day we will explore a different farming topic like dairy, gardening, tractors, and draft animals. On Friday, campers will prepare an animal of their choice for a show and presentation to their families.

The group sizes for each session will continue to be small, consisting of 10-15 campers and 2-3 counselors and will be split into small groups following CDC guidelines for social distancing.

Okemo Mountain School Summer

• Ludlow
• Ages 8-18
• Day camps run from 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
• okemomountainschool.org/summer-sports-adventure-camp.

Come and enjoy unique adventure experiences special to Vermont… all while getting in shape and having fun! Vermont offers beautiful pristine lakes, challenging mountain terrain for hiking and biking, and awesome skateboarding and rock climbing parks. OMS Adventure Sports Camps are focused on specific training for sport performance with morning conditioning sessions followed by afternoon activities including hiking, mountain biking, running, rock climbing, kayaking, paddle boarding, skateboarding, waterskiing, wakeboarding, and swimming. Athletes will also work on fun team building skills and learn strategies to problem solve on Okemo’s ropes course.

Woodstock Inn kids summer camps

• Woodstock
• Ages 5-12
• 9 sessions of half and full day camps
• woodstockinn.com/do/things-to-do/kids-summer-camps

Fun-filled, full-and half-day camps during June, July, and August. Activities include tennis and swimming at the Woodstock Athletic Club, golfing at the Woodstock Country Club, hands-on fun at Kelly Way Gardens, outdoor exploration at Billings Farm & Museum, and mountain biking, hiking, outdoor games and creative play at Suicide Six! Register by April 30 to receive a 15% discount.

Burke Mountain kids summer camps

• Burke Mountain
• Ages 8-17
• skiburke.com/events-and-activities/kids-summer-camps/

Burke Mountain and NorthWoods Stewardship Center team up to lead summer adventure camps, combining the best of Burke’s mountain biking with NorthWoods’ camp experience. Choose from intro to mountain biking, MTB adventure camp or outdoor adventure camp.  The outdoor camp experience that offers the best of the Northeast Kingdom’s outdoor adventures: swimming, mountain biking, hiking, canoeing, rock climbing, nature exploration, and camp skills, including fire and shelter.  For both novice and experienced outdoor explorers.

Town of Killington summer day camps

• Killington
• Ages 4 to 13
• Johnson Recreation Center,
  2782 River Road
• killingtonrec.com

Join in for 10 themed weeks of summer! Camp Loads of Fun includes daily crafts, swimming, and mini adventures to keep kids age 4 to 9 engaged and enjoying the great outdoors. Rek and Trek Adventure Camp takes campers age 10 – 13 on the road for hiking, sightseeing, river tubing, and visiting kid-friendly destinations around Vermont. Or choose from several half-day specialty camps.

Head Over Heels

• Rutland
• Full, half and extended-day camps
• Age 4 and up
• headoverheelsgym.com/events/camps

The full day camp offers 7 hours of jam packed excitement — gymnastics, crafts, field trips, in-house events, and special elective classes such as dance, cheer, and karate, each with a different weekly theme! Head Over Heels offers flex scheduling — you pick your days, weeks, times and only pay for those days! The extended day program is perfect for the working parent, giving you the flexibility to drop your child off as early as 7:45 a.m. and pick them up as late as 6 p.m. They also offer discounts – multi-week, sibling, and more.

Wonderfeet Museum

• Rutland
• Ages 3-10
• Weeklong, half-day camps
• wonderfeetkidsmuseum.org/summer-camps

Kids 3-10 can choose between dinosaur camp, writer’s camp, robotics camps, pirate party camp, junior activists camp or backyard naturalists programs. Camps start at $75 per week and run mornings during various weeks in the summer.

Montshire Museum

• Norwich
• Day camps
• Pre school- Sixth Grade
• montshire.org/programs/for-children-families/summer-camps

The best science and nature camp in the Upper Valley. Highly-trained staff, terrific programs, great facilities, and a low camper-to-staff ratio. The majority of Montshire summer camps are based outdoors at Montshire’s 100-acre campus in Norwich.  They also offer programs at the Ray School and Storrs Pond in Hanover, New Hampshire and at Crossroads Academy in Lyme, New Hampshire.

Each week is thoughtfully designed to create a unique camp experience that includes hands-on exploration, experiments, careful observation, quiet and active times, games, water play, and more.

VINS Nature Camp

• Quechee
• Ages 4- grade 8
• Day camps
• vinsweb.org/nature-camp

The VINS Nature Camp mission is to help young people develop the life skills necessary to be a positive force for their community and the environment. By exploring the diversity of nature’s living creatures and habitats, VINS Nature Camp nurtures each child’s curiosity and helps them to build respectful, caring relationships with themselves, others, and the natural world. VINS Nature Camp registration is open for February and Summer 2021. There are no registration deadlines but many programs fill quickly so sign up early!

Camp Thorpe

• Goshen
• Ages 12-adult
• campthorpe.org

Camp Thorpe has a camping program for physical and developmental ages 12-20 (Mountain Reach) and a camping program designed for adults ages 21 and over (Pine Haven). Our campers, both children and adults, come to us with a variety of physical, mental, and developmental challenges and diagnoses. Camp Thorpe strives to meet the needs of campers regardless of diagnosis and ability. Campers receive individual care, close supervision, assistance with participation in all activities specially designed in a caring structured environment. The ratio of campers to counselors is 3:1. At Camp Thorpe, they want each camper to leave with feelings of self-respect, new leisure skills, and respect for others and for nature.

Bethany Birches Camp

• Plymouth
• Day camps plus over night adventures for older kids.
• Ages 6-16
• bethanybirches.org/summer-camps

A faith-based camp. “One of our purposes is to manage and preserve a camp facility where human life, wildlife and plant life can co-exist in harmony with one another.” In practical terms, this means things like sleeping in a rustic shelter, cooking over the fire, swimming in a fresh water pond and occasionally, getting bug bites and often getting dirty!  Most campers find that they absolutely love it.

Camp Killooleet

• Hancock
• Boys and girls age 9-14
• Up to five weeks
• killooleet.com

Camp Killooleet is nestled in a beautiful corner of the Green Mountain National Forest in Hancock. Here every camper can find activities they particularly enjoy and specialize in them. A child works hardest in areas they delight in. Camp is geared so that the artist can still play on a softball team and the avid basketball player can still ride horses or have the lead in a dramatic production. About half the activities are in sports (waterfront, team and individual), while the other half are in studio and performing arts. We all explore the beauty of Vermont for ten days over the summer, on foot, bicycle, canoe and horseback.

Almost all campers return until they’re too old.  About half the activities are in sports (waterfront, team and individual), while the other half are in studio and performing arts. Everyone explores the beauty of Vermont for 10 days over the summer, on foot, bicycle, canoe and horseback.