Recommended Northeast Traditional Summer Camps

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: International Studies
• Camper Ages: 10-17
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,470

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: Sports
• Camp Specialty: General Sports
• Camper Ages: 6-17
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,181

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: Arts
• Camp Specialty: General Arts
• Camper Ages: 8-15
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,178

Campers at Maine Arts Camp, formerly Bethel Camp for the Arts, get to choose from more than 60 different activities over a two week session. Campers select ten activities and attend five each day. T... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: Fine Arts
• Camper Ages: 6-16
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,248

Camp Wicosuta offers a well-rounded program that provides opportunities to increase existing skills as well as try new activities. Campers who just completed grades 1-3 have a set program that expose... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: General Sports
• Camper Ages: 7-15
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,295

The Camp Walt Whitman program features a combination of scheduled and free-choice activities. Each day, campers have three scheduled activity periods with their cabin or age group. These activities ... Read More

• Camp Type: Sports
• Camp Specialty: General Sports
• Camper Ages: 6-17
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,287

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: 5-15
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,212

The Camp Fatima program offers a balance of structured and free-choice programming. Each day campers attend five activity periods scheduled by the camp. The scheduled programming allows campers to t... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: General Sports
• Camper Ages: 6-15
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,211

At Wigwam, campers choose their activities each Sunday for the coming week. The camp offers land sports, waterfront, and art activities. The program features three activity periods in the morning th... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: General Sports
• Camper Ages: 6-16
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,152

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: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: General Sports
• Camper Ages: 7-15
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,184

Camp Cobbossee has an instructional-based program emphasizing personal instruction, skill development, and teamwork. The program is designed to give each child the full camp experience. Professional... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: General Sports
• Camper Ages: 7-15
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,193

The Camp Mataponi program varies by camper age with approximately 50 campers in each age group. The daily schedules of younger campers include core activities and one or two electives. Older campers... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: General Sports
• Camper Ages: 7-16
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,138

YMCA Camp Fuller offers several distinct camp programs: First-Timers (Ages 7-11) This one-week camp session is the perfect opportunity for young campers to experience Camp Fuller without the commi... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: General Arts
• Camper Ages: 6-17
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,134

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: Traditional
• Camp Specialty:
• Camper Ages: 7-15
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,143

Camp Laurel's program is designed to expose younger campers to a wide variety of new activities and to provide proper instruction. Younger campers have certain requirements for their schedules (such a... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: General Sports
• Camper Ages: 5-15
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,100

The Camp Bernadette program offers a balance of structured and free-choice programming. Each day campers attend five activity periods scheduled by the camp. The scheduled programming allows campers ... Read More

• Camp Type: Sports
• Camp Specialty: General Sports
• Camper Ages: 8-14
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,095

Camp programs take place at many of Waterville Valley’s premiere sports and fitness facilities. The program is structured to give campers a taste of each activity focus. Tennis is taught at the ... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: General Sports
• Camper Ages: 7-16
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,095

Camp Netimus features a free-choice program where campers build their own schedules from more than 40 activity choices. At the beginning of the summer, campers work with staff members to choose their... Read More

• Camp Type: Sports
• Camp Specialty: General Sports
• Camper Ages: 6-16
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,108

Camp Mah-Kee-Nac is divided into three separate camps: Junior Camp (boys finishing 1st through 4th grade), Lower Senior Camp (campers finishing 5th and 6th grades), and Upper Senior Camp, (boys comple... Read More

• Camp Type: Arts
• Camp Specialty: Dance
• Camper Ages: 9-16
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,121

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:
• Camper Ages: 7-16
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,126

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: Arts
• Camp Specialty: General Arts
• Camper Ages: 9-17
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,134

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: 7-15
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,145

Kenwood campers receive high-quality instruction in sports, the arts, and at the waterfront. Campers travel with their bunk counselors and other boys their age to each activity, where Kenwood’s spe... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: Outdoor Exploration
• Camper Ages: 12-18
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,128

Moose River Outpost offers an exciting two-week adventure camp where every day brings a new experience. There is no “routine” at Moose River Outpost – one day campers may be playing capture th... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty:
• Camper Ages: 7-15
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,139

Laurel South's program is designed to expose younger campers to a wide variety of new activities and provide proper instruction. Younger campers have certain requirements for their individual schedule... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: General Arts
• Camper Ages: 8-13
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,134

Glen Brook offers a well-rounded summer camp experience. Campers participate in a whole host of activities in sports, arts and crafts, hiking and canoeing, and nature activities. Campers are allowed... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: General Sports
• Camper Ages: 7-15
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,131

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:
• Camper Ages: 7-17
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,150

At North Star, campers choose five electives on a weekly basis in addition to daily cabin activities and free time. Elective activities help build campers' skills in a specific program and often buil... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: Outdoor Exploration
• Camper Ages: 8-16
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,134

The Camp Hawkeye program features a combination of structured and free choice activities. On a daily basis the Hawkeye program is centered upon the cabin group. Cabin groups attend activities togeth... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: General Sports
• Camper Ages: 6-15
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,138

Each camper at Danbee has choice in their daily schedule. Younger girls (finishing 1st through 4th grade) have a limited amount of choice, as they are encouraged to take advantage of everything the c... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: General Sports
• Camper Ages: 7-15
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,148

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: 8-15
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,155

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

• Camp Type: Sports
• Camp Specialty: General Sports
• Camper Ages: 6-15
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,166

Winaukee offers a sports-focused program that is age-appropriate. The day is divided into six activity periods, three in the morning and three in the afternoon. The youngest boys are assigned five o... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: Outdoor Exploration
• Camper Ages: 8-16
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,158

Waukeela Camp for Girls offers a structured program with opportunities for free choice. There are five periods each day with one period dedicated to swimming. Throughout the summer, campers receive ... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: General Sports
• Camper Ages: 7-15
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,157

Camp Avoda is known for balanced program offerings with many opportunities for both learning and fun. Campers enjoy water sports, crafts, and athletics. With a small camp size, campers can expect to... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: General Sports
• Camper Ages: 5-16
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,153

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: Dance
• Camper Ages: 8-15
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,165

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 Arts
• Camper Ages: 8-15
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,165

On the first night of camp, campers learn about all of the activities that Kingsley Pines has to offer. With the help of their counselor, campers select four activities that they will attend each day... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: General Sports
• Camper Ages: 6-16
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,170

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: General Sports
• Camper Ages: 8-15
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,175

Camp Emerson is a free-choice program for campers. Every two weeks, campers can choose their five favorite activities from a list of more than 50 options. In addition to the five daily free-choice a... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: General Sports
• Camper Ages: 7-15
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,178

Camp Robindel’s program is a combination of structured and free-choice activities. The number of elective periods depends on the camper’s age – younger campers get one period daily, intermediat... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: General Sports
• Camper Ages: 7-16
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,179

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: General Sports
• Camper Ages: 7-15
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,185

The Camp Micah program allows campers to choose their activities within a structured format. The camp’s scheduling system is designed to require a well-rounded day filled with water activities, spo... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: Outdoor Exploration
• Camper Ages: 6-15
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,185

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: 8-18
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,180

Camp Merrowvista features distinct camp programs for participants of varying age. All programs are free choice; every three days, campers choose four activities that will make up their schedule. T... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: General Arts
• Camper Ages: 7-99
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,182

Windsor Mountain features a “directed free choice” camp program in which campers choose their own activities with the help of their counselor. Every three days, a variety of classes are offered f... Read More

• Camp Type: Sports
• Camp Specialty: General Sports
• Camper Ages: 8-15
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,190

Before the summer, campers, with the help of their parents, customize their daily schedules on a Camp All-Star activities selection form. Campers can participate in a skill-appropriate “major” sp... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty:
• Camper Ages: 8-16
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,178

Greenwood Trails strongly emphasizes the opportunity for each camper’s individual schedule. Camper’s choose four of their six daily activities in either a Major (weekly) or Minor (daily) choice. T... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: General Sports
• Camper Ages: 7-16
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,183

Camp Wingate Kirkland features a daily choice program where campers choose four activities each day. Counselors work with the campers to select a great schedule and offer feedback in weekly one-on-on... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: General Sports
• Camper Ages: 7-17
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,168

The Camp Bauercrest program centers around three general activities: sports, waterfront, and arts. The program features an even balance of free choice and assigned activity periods. Campers typicall... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: Music
• Camper Ages: 13-16
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,165

Maine Teen Camp is an entirely free-choice program. Campers choose five activities each day with a free period each afternoon. Activities include many traditional camp favorites –field sports, wat... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: Horseback Riding
• Camper Ages: 6-16
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,169

Camp Farwell’s program is elective-based. There are five instructional periods each day and campers select a new block of activities each week. Because Farwell is located on a lake and features ma... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: General Arts
• Camper Ages: 8-16
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,177

Camp Med-O-Lark offers a full elective program where campers choose their entire schedule. Campers choose five activities/workshops that last for two weeks. The camp offers a wide array of activiti... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: General Sports
• Camper Ages: 8-15
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,178

The Camp Moosilauke program provides campers with a mixture of structure and choice. Three morning activity periods are assigned to boys in all age groups. During the afternoons, campers select two ... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: General Sports
• Camper Ages: 7-15
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,183

Camp Matoaka offers five scheduled, instructional classes and two choice periods each day. The camp’s structured daily program includes activities and special events taught under professional super... Read More

• Camp Type: Sports
• Camp Specialty: General Sports
• Camper Ages: 6-16
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,185

The program at Winadu is both balanced and varied in a way that gives every child the opportunity to pursue his personal interests. In addition to required group activities, all campers sign up for "s... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: Baseball and Softball
• Camper Ages: 8-15
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,185

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 Sports
• Camper Ages: 7-17
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,193

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: $1,195

Vega’s personalized Activity Selection Program gives families the opportunity to choose a schedule with a wide range of land and water sports, visual and performing arts, adventure activities, and w... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: General Sports
• Camper Ages: 7-17
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,196

Camp Waziyatah offers a free-choice program where campers choose their own activities. The camp features three distinct program groups: The Pines (for campers entering grades 2-6), The Grove (for boy... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: General Sports
• Camper Ages: 7-15
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,200

On weekdays, Evergreen campers participate in all kinds of activities including land sports, the arts, and water sports. In addition, every group leaves camp on at least one overnight hiking trip and... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: Horseback Riding
• Camper Ages: 7-15
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,201

The Nashoba North program is elective in nature whereby campers choose the activities that interest them on a weekly basis. A typical day includes activities that campers choose as “majors” and o... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: General Arts
• Camper Ages: 6-16
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,205

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: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: General Sports
• Camper Ages: 7-15
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,207

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: General Arts
• Camper Ages: 8-17
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,199

JCC Maccabi Camp Kingswood features a free-choice program where campers choose the activities they would like to focus on that day. With five free-choice periods each day, campers can try a little bi... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: General Arts
• Camper Ages: 6-15
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,205

Camp Kippewa features individualized scheduling that allows their campers to choose their activities. Each week, every camper chooses four new activities to attend for one-hour periods each day with ... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: General Arts
• Camper Ages: 7-17
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,209

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: Horseback Riding
• Camper Ages: 6-15
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,211

Camp Wa-Klo features a combination of structured and free-choice scheduling options for campers depending on age. Campers participate in activities in five core areas: waterfront, land sports, horseb... Read More

• Camp Type: Traditional
• Camp Specialty: General Sports
• Camper Ages: 8-14
• Average Weekly Tuition: $1,214

Camp Wachusett’s program is designed to provide each boy with an opportunity to try many new things while focusing on their favorites. Each week campers select two elective activities they would li... Read More