Best Sleepaway Summer Camps in the Northeast

Sleepaway Summer Camps in the Northeast - New England

Camp Half Moon
Monterey, MA
Ages 6-16
A beautiful, traditional co-ed camp located in the Berkshires, known for its mix of outdoor adventure, sports, and arts. This camp for 6-16-year-olds offers a friendly, community-driven atmosphere. Visit the website here.

Camp Howe
Goshen, MA
Ages 6-16
This fun and supportive co-ed camp for kiddos 6-16 has a focus on nature, environmental education, and outdoor activities. It offers both day and overnight camp programs with an emphasis on teamwork and leadership. Visit the website here.

Camp Yawgoog
Rockville, RI
Ages 8-16
A historic, all-boys camp with over 100 years of tradition. Offering a robust outdoor adventure program with activities like canoeing, hiking, and archery, this camp is known for fostering personal growth and lifelong friendships. Visit the website here.

William Lawrence Camp
Wolfeboro Falls, NH
Ages 8-15
Nestled within New Hampshire's beautiful Lakes Region, William Lawrence welcomes boys ages 8 through 15. At this idyllic sleepaway camp, the focus is on fostering camaraderie and personal development through a range of activities—from traditional campfire sing-alongs and nature hikes to exhilarating water sports and team-building challenges. Visit the website here.

Camp Birch Hill
New Durham, NH
Ages 6-16
This camp includes an indoor gymnasium, horse stables with a riding ring and trails, ball fields, and four tennis courts. Campers as young as 6 are welcome to start with a 2-week session, which emphasizes choice through 50 different activity offerings. Visit the website here.

Camp Runoia
Belgrade, Maine
Ages 7-16
Highlights at this girls-only camp include a 40-foot climbing tower, on-site horseback riding, and a private lake and shoreline. The Equestrian Camp is ideal for girls who want to be immersed in horses and riding lessons. Harmony Heights is another option for girls wanting to test the waters without committing to a three or six-week stay. Visit the website here.

Aloha Camps
Fairlee, Vermont
Ages 6-13
Aloha Foundation runs three camps for boys and girls, separately, for ages 8-16, in beautiful Fairlee, Vermont. The camps focus on connecting with nature and disconnecting from technology, while building confidence and learning new skills. Visit the website here.

Hosmer Point Camp
Craftsbury Common, Vermont
Ages 9-15
Hosmer Point Camp in Craftsbury Common, VT, offers a supportive, community-focused experience with stays as short as three nights and one-week "Intro Camp" sessions designed specifically for first-time campers. Set on a scenic lakeside property, the camp provides a mix of outdoor adventures, creative arts, and waterfront activities. Visit the website here.

Sleepaway Summer Camps in the Northeast - New York

Camp Blue Bay Sleepaway Camp
East Hampton
Ages 8-16
Though run by the Girl Scouts, campers need not be Scouts to apply to this girls-only camp. Situated on 179 acres on Gardiners Bay in East Hampton, campers can stay in tent houses or dorms. Mini-sessions are available. Activities include swimming, boating, crafts, and more. Visit the website here.

Performing Arts Camp at French Woods
Hancock
Ages 7-17
Internationally recognized as a premier program in the performing arts, French Woods features options in music, art, theater, dance, circus, magic, and horseback riding. In addition to core activities, traditional summer camp programs are also offered. Visit the website here.

Frost Valley YMCA Camp
Claryville
Ages 7-15
Nestled in a sprawling campus in the Catskill Mountains, Frost Valley YMCA offers a variety of day and overnight camps for kids ages 5-14. Camps range from traditional day camps to horseback riding, mini-chef, and Lego camps, with daily activities including arts and crafts, sports and games, hiking, climbing, swimming, and soaring on the flying squirrel. Visit the website here.

Cornell 4H Camp - Peconic Dunes
Southold
Ages 8-15
This sleepaway/day camp in Southold is located on the Long Island Sound. Accommodations are screened cabins. Activities include archery, arts and crafts, farm-to-table cooking, and more. Visit the website here.

Camp Echo Lake
Warrensburg
Ages 7-16
A well-established co-ed camp for kids 7-16 with a strong focus on community and personal growth. While still a premium camp, it offers more flexible session lengths and pricing than ultra-high-end camps. Visit the website here.

Sleepaway Summer Camps in the Northeast - Pennsylvania

Camp Lindenmere
Henryville
Ages 7-19
Located on 200 acres in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains, Lindenmere is a private, coed sleepaway camp with more than 50 activities for campers to choose from, including circus arts, extreme sports, and media studies. Visit the website here.

Camp Saginaw
Oxford
Ages 6-17
Campers enjoy a traditional summer camp experience at Camp Saginaw. Campers are grouped into grade-level divisions and given a wide variety of activities to choose from, including traditional and action sports, plus arts programming and more. Visit the website here.

Camp Kweebec
Schwenksville
Ages 6-16
Located on 200 acres in Pennsylvania’s picturesque Perkiomen Valley, this small-scale camp has been owned and operated by the same family for more than 45 years. Highlights include its twin lakes, performing arts programs, and a diverse sports curriculum. Visit the website here.

Camp Cayuga
Honesdale
Ages 6-16
Head to the heart of the Pocono Mountains for this camp, which is surrounded by wooded trails and a stream-fed lake. There are more than 60 activities for kids to enjoy, including tennis, paintball, horseback riding, trapeze, ziplines, and water sports. Visit the website here.

Camp Lohikan
Lake Como
Ages 6-15
Situated in beautiful Lake Como, this camp offers more than 65 activities, including paintball, sailing, circus arts, scuba, and spy camp. Kids appreciate the warm community and supportive counselors who encourage campers to try new things and challenge their comfort zone. A one-week rookie session only for first-timers is offered during the first week of camp. There are also two one-week-long sessions at the end of August which are open to first-timers and returning campers. Visit the website here.

Tyler Hill Camp
Tyler Hill
Ages 7-16
A luxury sleepaway camp for kids 7-16 with top-tier sports facilities, gourmet dining, private lakefront, and premium accommodations, making it one of the most elite camps in the Northeast. Visit the website here.

Sleepaway Summer Camps in the Northeast - Connecticut

Camp Awosting
Morris
Ages 6-15
Located on Bantam Lake, this boutique traditional overnight camp emphasizes individual attention for boys ages 6-16. Activities offered include sports, waterskiing, extreme adventure, arts and crafts, ceramics, laser tag, and outdoor camping. Visit the website here.

Camp Hazen YMCA
Chester
Ages 7-16
This long-running camp—90+ years—ensures that its counselors focus on teaching life-long skills in a fun, enriching environment. For kids entering second through eighth grades there is a one-week "sampler" camp during the third week of August, featuring all the activities of traditional two-week programs. Visit the website here.

Greenwood Trails
Winsted
Ages 8-16
This family-owned coed camp offers two- to seven-week sessions. First-timers can attend a one-week session in August. Located on more than 100 acres in the foothills of the Berkshires, campers enjoy a pool, lake, theater, ball fields, ropes courses, a skate park, and a climbing tower. Visit the website here.

Camp Washington
Lakeside
Ages 5-16
Children of all faith traditions are welcome at Camp Washington, the official camp and retreat center of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut. Campers explore the 300-acre campus, relax, learn, have fun, and foster friendships that last a lifetime. Visit the website here.

Camp Laurelwood
Madison
Ages 7-15
This co-ed Jewish summer camp provides an all-around summer experience for day and overnight campers including access to two pools, instructional swim, sports, dance, cooking, nature, woodworking, archery, high and low ropes courses, boating, robotics, martial arts, music, and arts and crafts. A one-week rookie camp explores Jewish identity and values, nature appreciation, and friendship. Visit the website here.

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