Recommended Mid-Atlantic Traditional Summer Camps

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: General Sports
• Camper Ages: 7-15
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,441

Founded on the belief that the camp experience should change with age, Brant Lake Camp is comprised of three age-specific “mini-camps.” Each camp has its own facilities and specialized instructor... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: Outdoor Exploration
• Camper Ages: 6-15
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,268

Adirondack Woodcraft Camps features a structured program with opportunities for free-choice activities. Each morning, the AWC staff publishes a schedule of each age group’s activities for the day. ... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: General Sports
• Camper Ages: 7-17
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,370

Lake Owego Camp has a program that allows campers to do the things they love while encouraging them to try something new. Campers can sample an extensive offering of sports, adventure, waterfront, creative arts, and individual activities. Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: General Sports
• Camper Ages: 7-15
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,347

Camp Canyon offers a mixture of free choice and scheduled programming determined by the camper’s age. Younger campers choose one activity concentration and participate in a rotation of scheduled sp... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: General Arts
• Camper Ages: 6-16
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,378

Camp Timber Tops has a program that allows campers to do the things they love while encouraging them to try something new. Campers can sample an extensive offering of sports, adventure, waterfront, creative arts, and individual activities. Read More

• Camp Type: Arts
• Camp Specialty: Dance
• Camper Ages: 9-16
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,373

The Brant Lake Dance Camp features a free-choice schedule where girls choose their activities. Girls can choose up to five hours of dance per day or select a combination of dance instruction and recr... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: International Studies
• Camper Ages: 10-17
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,383

The Julian Krinsky Yesh Shabbat Summer Camp features an all-encompassing Jewish lifestyle program. Students participate in torah study, Shabbat services, and tefilah, which Is attended three times a ... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: General Sports
• Camper Ages: 5-16
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,320

The Chen-A-Wanda program offers a mixture of structure and free-choice. While most of the camper’s activities are determined by the programming staff, campers get two free-choice electives each day... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: General Arts
• Camper Ages: 6-17
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,302

Independent Lake Camp features a free-choice program where campers have the power to choose their own schedule. At the beginning of each two-week session, campers select three “primaries” which a... Read More

• Camp Type: Sports
• Camp Specialty: General Sports
• Camper Ages: 6-17
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,295

The Camp Echo program is based around “progression” – as campers mature they gain responsibility, earn privileges and are allowed to choose more activities. Campers attend four activity periods... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty:
• Camper Ages: 7-16
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,297

Camp Weequahic’s program provides campers with a combination of structured group activities and free choice periods. Camp Weequahic’s three-week program is comprised of diverse athletic, art, wate... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: General Arts
• Camper Ages: 6-16
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,275

Camp Friendship’s programs are designed with each individual camper in mind. Campers choose the activities they want to participate in during their session and essentially design their own schedule ... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: General Sports
• Camper Ages: 6-16
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,223

The non-competitive Camp Hilltop program offers a mixture of both free choice and assigned activities. There are five activity periods each day. Two 1-hour activities are assigned by the camp to giv... Read More

• Camp Type: Arts
• Camp Specialty: General Arts
• Camper Ages: 9-17
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,224

The Appel Farm program offers a balance of free-choice programming and structured scheduling. Before the start of camp, campers and their families select one Major and two Minors that will serve as t... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: General Sports
• Camper Ages: 7-16
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,224

Camp Kinder Ring provides each camper a balanced schedule of individual and team experiences with an emphasis on individual growth and spirited teamwork. The Kinder Ring staff carefully structures an... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: Dance
• Camper Ages: 8-15
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,243

Campers are free to pick all of their activities and individualize their schedule to fit their personal interests. They are free to mingle with all campers and meet people with similar and different... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: General Sports
• Camper Ages: 6-16
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,249

The Camp Chateaugay program is a mixture of free choice electives and structured schedule. Each day, two activity periods are designated by the camp (three periods for younger campers). Campers move... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty:
• Camper Ages: 7-15
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,253

Camp Blue Ridge is the summer home to 250 girls and offers a structured program that consists of six periods each day. Campers are encouraged to try a variety of different activities that include fav... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty:
• Camper Ages: 7-15
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,257

Camp Equinunk is the summer home to 250 boys and offers a structured program that consists of six periods each day. Campers are encouraged to try a variety of different activities that include favori... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: General Sports
• Camper Ages: 7-18
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,238

Camp Greenbrier offers a mix of free choice electives and structured programming for campers. Each morning campers select three free-choice activities to participate in that day. During the afternoo... Read More

• Camp Type: Sports
• Camp Specialty: General Sports
• Camper Ages: 6-17
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,225

Brookwood Camps offers a structured camp program with room for free-choice activities. The activities feature a good mix of sports, waterfront, individual, and arts activities. Every afternoon campe... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: General Sports
• Camper Ages: 7-15
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,234

Walden campers participate in land sports, waterfront activities, creative and performing arts and outdoor adventure activities. Most activities are grouped by gender and age so that the instruction ... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: General Sports
• Camper Ages: 7-15
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,227

Camp Shohola offers a free-choice activity schedule that allows campers to customize their own camp experience to their interests. Each camper chooses ten instructional activities for the session. W... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: Baseball and Softball
• Camper Ages: 8-15
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,228

Campers are immersed in nature and go on adventures such as climbing mountains, following trails into the heart of the wilderness and learning outdoor survival skills. Overnight camping trips lay the ... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: General Arts
• Camper Ages: 7-16
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,228

The Camp Twin Creeks program is designed to expose campers to every activity while offering them elective opportunities in areas of interest. A camper’s schedule will vary based on their age; young... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: General Arts
• Camper Ages: 7-17
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,237

Pine Forest Camp features a broad selection of sports, arts, swimming, and adventure activities. Divisions are broken down every two grades, and each has about 50 children. Pine Forest provides an e... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: General Sports
• Camper Ages: 8-15
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,238

Forest Lake Camp runs a general activities program featuring a mix of sports, waterfront, wilderness, arts, and equestrian options. Daily programming is elective-based, meaning that campers choose th... Read More