Off To Camp

Swimming, mountain biking, sailing, and staying up late telling ghost stories. For many kids, summer camp is the best time to explore the outdoors, learning about nature and having fun with other children from Maine and beyond. This directory, from the Maine Youth Camping Foundation and organized alphabetically by camp name, lists many of the summer camps in the Pine Tree State.

Acadia Institute Of Oceanography, Seal Harbor Coed. Founded 1975. The Acadia Institute is a summer program in marine studies for students ages twelve to eighteen with a hands-on curriculum that combines biological, physical, and chemical oceanography with field, classroom, offshore, and laboratory work. 207-276-9364. Off-season: 800-375-0058. www.acadiainstitute.com [1]

Acadia Rock Climbing and Adventure Camp, Bar Harbor Coed. Founded 1993. Acadia Mountain Guides offers a variety of day and overnight adventure based camps in Acadia. The Young Explorer (ages six to twelve) camps offer multisport adventures that include rock climbing, challenge course, hiking, caving, nature study, primitive skills, rappelling, camping, kayaking, or canoeing. The Teen Adventure camps (ages thirteen to seventeen) offer multisport camps specializing in rock climbing, hiking, sea kayaking, surfing, mountainbike riding, rafting, and canoeing. 888-232-9559. www.climbacadia.org [2]

Agassiz Village, Poland Coed. Founded 1935. Agassiz Village is located on Thompson Lake and welcomes children (ages eight to seventeen) from all over New England. Its program focuses on community development, with all campers playing a role in making the community a safe, fun, and positive place to be. 207-998-4340. Off-season: 781-860-0200. www.agassizvillage.com [3]

Camp Agawam, Raymond Boys. Founded 1919. Camp Agawam is a traditional, values-oriented program located on Crescent Lake in Raymond that features an extensive range of sporting and artistic activities with an emphasis on tennis and sailing. 207-627-4780. Off-season: 207-892-1200. www.campagawam.org [4]

Alford Lake Camp, Hope Girls. Founded 1907. Alford Lake Camp is one of the oldest residential girls camps and is located on more than four hundred acres. Its programs include tennis, sailing, riding, and swimming, as well as fine arts, wilderness experiences, and extended trips. 207-785-2400. Off-season: 207-799-3005. www.alfordlakecamp.com [5]

Camp All-Star, Kents Hill Coed. Founded 2001. Camp All-Star is an overnight sports camp located at Kents Hill School, where girls and boys ages nine to fifteen can participate in more than twenty-five land and water
sports. 207-685-7242. Off-season: 704-443-4400. www.campallstar.com [7]

Camp Androscoggin, Wayne Boys. Founded 1907. Owned and operated by the Hirschs since 1963, Camp Androscoggin offers a balanced program that stresses skill development and instruction in both land and water activities as well as other programs. 207-685-4441. Off-season: 914-835-5800. www.campandro.com [8]

Camp Arcadia, Casco Girls. Founded 1916. Camp Arcadia is an educational camp offering close guidance and an extensive program of twenty-two activities. Activities include archery, gymnastics, tennis, art programs, waterfront programs including boating, campcraft, canoeing, and swimming. 207-627-4605. Off-season: 203-956-0939. www.camparcadia.com [9]

Camp Beech Cliff, Mount Desert Coed. Founded 1997. At Camp Beech Cliff, located on the shores of Echo Lake, the focus is on the physical, social, and emotional development of the campers by engaging them in fun and challenging activities like archery, arts and crafts, boating, performing arts, swimming, sports and games, challenge course, nature, and outdoor skills. 207-244-0365. www.campbeechcliff.org [10]

Camp Berwick/Berwick Boys Foundation, Milbridge Boys. Founded 1949. This summer camp on a 750-acre island emphasizes leadership training and projects that challenge boys to learn valuable skills in outdoor living, forestry, carpentry, seamanship, mechanics, cooking, first aid, and construction. 207-546-7375. Off-season: 508-586-0059. www.berwick.org [11]

Birch Rock Camp, Waterford Boys. Founded 1926. Located on Lake McWain, Birch Rock is guided by its motto “Help the Other Fellow” and offers structured in-camp activities for boys ages seven to fifteen, as well as wilderness adventure and overnight canoe-mountain excursions. 207-583-4478. Off-season: 207-741-2930. www.birchrock.org [12]

Camp Bishopswood, Hope Coed. Founded 1961. Located on Lake Megunticook and administered by the Episcopal Diocese of Maine, Camp Bishopswood welcomes campers ages seven to fifteen of all religious affiliations. 207-763-3148. Off-season: 207-772-1953 ext. 127. www.bishopswood.org [13]

Blueberry Mountain Bible Camp & Conference Center, Weld Coed. Founded 1960. Located near beautiful Webb Lake and Mount Blue State Park, Blueberry Mountain’s summer camp allows youths to experience nature while introducing them to Christian beliefs. 207-585-2410. www.blueberrymountain.org [14]

Breakwater Summer Programs, Portland Coed. Founded in 1989. Breakwater is a varied arts program for kids ages seven to fourteen who can explore a variety of activities such as art, hiking, outdoor adventures, music cooking, and stories. 207-772-8689. www.breakwaterschool.org [15]

Bryant Pond 4-H Camp, Bryant Pond Coed. Founded 1956. A program of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, it provides 170 wooded acres on Lake Christopher and the camp’s facilities include outdoor classrooms, low ropes course, archery, rifle and sporting clays ranges, waterfront, hiking trails, nature lab, and art studio. 207-665-2068. www.extension.umaine.edu/bryantpond [16]

Camp at the Eastward, Farmington Coed. Founded 1954. This fifty-acre camp is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church Camp and Conference Association, a national group striving to encourage and develop a continuing growth in the Christian faith. 207-778-4705. www.missionattheeastward.org [17]

Camp CaPella, Lucerne Coed. Founded 1960. Camp CaPella provides quality of life experiences for people with disabilities and their families by providing year-round accessible recreational and educational learning experiences. Activities include swimming, boating, camp crafts, nature study, kayaking, canoeing, and sporting events. 207-843-5104. www.campcapella.org [18]

Camp Caribou for Boys, Winslow Boys. Founded 1922. Camp Caribou develops recreational skills, fresh methods of expression, warm friendships, and a sense of personal accomplishment in such activities as land sports, water sports, adventures, creative arts, indoor activities, and trips. 207-872-9313. Off-season: 508-358-5050. www.campcaribou.com [19]

Camp Cedar, Casco Boys. Founded 1954. Camp Cedar offers a structured, individualized program with an emphasis on a strong camp spirit, longstanding traditions, and a balance of sports and individual activities. 207-627-4266. Off-season: 617-277-8080. www.campcedar.com [20]

Center Day Camp, North Windham Coed. Founded 1948. Located on more than twenty-seven acres of Sebago Lake waterfront and woodlands, Center Day Camp welcomes children from the greater Portland area and from summer homes in the Sebago Lake region in a Jewish camp environment. 207-892-4101. Off-season: 207-772-1959. www.mainejewish.org [21]
 
Camp Chewonki, Wiscasset Boys, girls, and coed. Founded 1915. Located on a four hundred-acre coastal peninsula, Chewonki offers three separate programs: a traditional boys’ resident camp, a girls’ wilderness canoeing program, and a variety of coed wilderness expeditions for teens. 207-882-7323. www.chewonki.org [22]

Chop Point, Woolwich Coed. Founded 1967. Located on the Kennebec River, Chop Point combines a strong residential camping program with the excitement of an adventurous trip program for teens twelve to eighteen. 207-443-5860. www.choppoint.org [23]

Camp Cobbossee for Boys, Winthrop Boys. Founded 1902. Cobbossee is an exceptional boys’ sports camp known for its excellent facilities, professional instruction, friendly atmosphere, and tremendous spirit that offers sports, outdoors adventures, and a traditional sleepaway. 207-933-4503. Off-season: 8000473-6104. www.campcobbossee.com [24]

Darrow Wilderness Trip Camp, Grand Lake Stream Coed. Founded 1957. Starting at a remote base on West Grand Lake in Down East Maine, campers learn traditional ways of canoeing, backpacking, kayaking, camping, and cooking, with a focus on low-impact, low-tech living in the woods. 888-854-0810. www.darrowcamp.org [25]

The DaVinci Experience: Science & Arts Camps, Greater Portland Coed. Founded 1999. Dedicated to inspiring wonder and curiosity about the world through hands-on experiments, this science and arts camp offers weeklong summer day camps for four to thirteen year olds in Falmouth, Freeport, South Portland, Cape Elizabeth, Yarmouth’s Cousins Island, and Brunswick. 207-878-7760. www.davinciexperience.com [26]

Camp Eagle Wing, Marion Township Coed. Founded 2006. Eagle Wing is a traditional camp for boys and girls ages ten to fifteen that’s located on Gardner Lake and offers a variety of activities including sailing, kayaking, canoeing, climbing, drama, arts and crafts, woodworking, camp-craft, journalism, and numerous field sports. 207-255-3116. Off-season: 860-563-2804 www.campeaglewing.com [27]

Camp Encore/CODA, Sweden Coed. Founded 1950. This music camp offers daily musical instruction in classical, popular, and jazz styles through private lessons, small and large ensembles, theory and ear-training classes, additional music electives, sports, and a variety of concerts and performances. 207-647-3947. Off-season: 617-325-1541. www.encore-coda.com [28]

Fairhaven Camps, Brooks Coed. Founded 1950. Fair Haven Camps offers a Christian summer camping experience to young people from Maine and beyond to become spiritually, socially, mentally, and physically healthy and to become responsible leaders, with creative thinking, self-motivation, and healthy relationships. 207-722-3456. www.fairhavencamps.org [29]

Camp Fernwood, Poland Girls. Founded 1921. A camp for girls ages eight to fifteen with many opportunities for friendships, and expert learning in all activities including gymnastics, rock-climbing, and English riding, and play. 207-998-4346. Off-season: 610-356-7602. www.campfernwood.com [30]

Fernwood Cove, Harrison Girls. Founded 1999. Fernwood Cove provides campers with a complete traditional camp experience in a half-season session with weekly focus activities such as outdoor activities, a visual arts program, waterfront programs, and adventure programs. 207-583-2381. www.fernwoodcove.com [31]

Flying Moose Lodge, East Orland Boys. Founded 1921. At Flying Moose Lodge, boys go on camping trips each week — from Acadia National Park to Baxter State Park and the Allagash Wilderness Waterway — returning to the lodge for traditional camp activities. 877-766-0131. Off-season: 207- 288-3088. www.flyingmooselodge.com [32]

Camp Forest, Brooks Coed. Founded 2003. Camp Forest, a wilderness day camp, offers activities such as shelter building, outdoor safety lessons, tracking, hiking, portage, plant identification, and navigation for boys and girls from seven to twelve years old. 207-722-3708 or 888-760-7943. www.campforestmaine.com [33]

Friends Camp, South China Coed. Founded 1953. Friends Camp, owned by the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), welcomes all youth (ages seven to seventeen), regardless of race or religion, to an international, ethics-centered community where campers choose elective programs offered each day. 207-445-2361. Off-season: 207-873-3499. www.friendscamp.org [34]

Gander Brook Christian Camp, Raymond Coed. Founded 1956. Associated with the Churches of Christ in New England, Gander Brook seeks to provide a positive summer experience of fun and of seeing Christianity modeled. 207-998-4369. Off-season: 603-623-5559. www.ganderbrook.org [35]

Hart-to-Hart Farm Day Camp, Albion Coed. Founded 1998. This organic dairy operation operates a farm day camp in the summer for seven to twelve-year-olds. 207-437-2441. www.hart2hartfarm.org [36]

Camp Hawthorne, Raymond Coed. Founded 1919. Camp Hawthorne is situated on two-and-a-half miles of shorefront on Panther Pond and offers kids, ages seven to seventeen, sailing, waterskiing, canoeing, waterfront activities, as well as an arts camp and a general camp for kids ages seven to seventeen. 207-655-5069. Off-season: 207-363-1773. www.camphawthorne.org [37]

Hidden Valley Camp, Freedom Coed. Founded 1946. A leader in progressive international camping, Hidden Valley offers individualized attention to campers ages eight to thirteen in a peaceful, farm-like community on three hundred acres with a private lake and heated pool. 800-922-6737. www.hiddenvalleycamp.com [38]

Hoop Basketball Camp, Casco Coed. Founded 1971. Hoop Camp is in its fortieth year of providing top-notch basketball training on shores of Pleasant Lake. Its staff consists of outstanding Maine college and high school coaches, assisted by well-qualified college ballplayers. 207-627-4932. Off-season: 207-225-2910 or 207-783-2966. www.hoopcamp.org [39]

Indian Acres Camp for Boys and Forest Acres Camp for Girls, Fryeburg Boys and girls. Founded 1924. Indian and Forest Acres actively seek an international and national geographical distribution of campers. Modern facilities include indoor basketball and gymnastic facilities, a fitness center, heated Olympic swimming pools, twelve tennis courts, art centers, high- and low-element adventure ropes course, hockey, golf, archery, mountain biking, drama, lacrosse, sports programs, and a professional horseback riding program. 207-935-2300. Off-season: 978-405-0286. www.indianacres.com [40]

JCC Maccabi Camp Kingswood, Bridgton Coed. Founded 1948. JCC Maccabi Camp Kingswood is a Jewish camp for the boys and girls entering grades three to eleven that offers a broad curriculum of sports, outdoor life, and cultural and creative arts. 207-647-3969. Off-season: 617-558-6528. www.kingswood.org [41]

Camp Jordan, Ellsworth Coed. Founded 1908. Camp Jordan is a traditional resident camp operated through the Bangor YMCA and located on two hundred acres on beautiful Branch Lake. It focuses on the four values of honesty, caring, respect, and responsibility, delivered through creative and fun activities. 207-667-8708. Off-season: 207-941-2808. www.campjordan.org [42]

Camp Kawanhee for Boys, Weld Boys. Founded 1920. Kawanhee’s activities include waterfront activities, shop, team sports, lake- and deep-sea fishing, nature, archery, riflery, wrestling, campcraft, Junior Maine Guide, life-saving, lapidary, tennis, and water-skiing. 207-585-2210. Off-season: 207-846-7741. www.kawanhee.com [43]

Camp Ketcha/Camp Fire USA, Scarborough Coed. Founded 1964. This day camp provides youths ages four to fifteen with the opportunity to experience hiking, archery, drama, and music, as well as specialty camping topics. 207-883-8977. www.campketcha.com [44]

Camp Kieve, Nobleboro Boys. Founded 1926. Camp Kieve is located on three miles of pristine lake frontage on a peninsula in Damariscotta Lake. Operated by the Kennedy family since it was founded in 1926, it offers boys ages eight to sixteen progressive wilderness-tripping programs designed to inspire and challenge campers through beauty and teamwork. 207-563-5172. www.kieve.org [45]

Kingsley Pines Camp, Raymond Coed. Founded 1984. Kingsley Pines on Panther Lake offers three-week sessions in development skills such as leadership, decision-making, and independence for children ages eight to fifteen. 800-480-1533 or 207-655-7181. www.kingsleypines.com [46]

Kippewa, Monmouth Girls. Founded 1957. This lakeside camp, with on-site horse farm, offers mature, experienced staff and offers outdoor adventures, land sports, water sports, fine arts and crafts, dance and theater, trips, and equestrian programs. 207-933-2993. Off-season: 800-547-7392. www.kippewa.com [47]

Kamp Kohut, Oxford Coed. Founded 1907. Kamp Kohut is surrounded by spectacular Lake Thompson, lush woods, and fields. More than fifty different activities for kids ages seven to fifteen provide a balanced focus on land and water sports, arts, media, adventure, and nature-oriented day and overnight trips. 207-539-0966. Off-season: 888-465-6488. www.kampkohut.com [48]

Camp Laughing Loon, East Waterboro Coed. Founded 1920. Located on beautiful Little Ossipee Lake, Camp Laughing Loon offers children the chance to paddle, hike, learn arts and crafts, and meet new friends. 207-247-6329. Off-season: 207-499-2295. www.camplaughingloon.com [49]

Camp Laurel, Readfield Coed. Founded 1949. Camp Laurel is a seven-week residential camp for children ages seven to fifteen on two thousand feet of shoreline along Echo Lake. Outstanding instruction in soccer, baseball, and basketball. 207-685-4945. Off-season: 800-327-3509. www.camplaurel.com [50]

Camp Laurel South, Casco Coed. Founded 1921. Laurel South is a four-week residential coed camp for children ages seven to fifteen that features top-quality instruction in athletics, waterfront activities, tennis, adventure, horseback riding, theater, and more. 207-627-4334. Off-season: 352-331-4600 or 800-327-3506. www.camplaurelsouth.com [51]

Maine Arts Camp, Unity Coed. Founded 2005. Located on Unity College’s environmental campus, this non-competitive camp for ages eight to fourteen offers activities in the visual and performing arts, theater, dance, technology, special interests, and individual sports. 561-865-4330. www.maineartscamp.com [52]

Maine Audubon Camps, Falmouth Coed. Founded 1972. Maine Audubon’s day camps and residential programs offer more than forty different programs for youth, families, and adults to have fun and explore the natural world. 207-781-2330. www.maineaudubon.org [53]

Maine Golf & Tennis Academy, Belgrade Coed. Founded 1907. This academy offers daily professional instruction and play that includes golf and tennis inter-camp competitions. Traditional activities include water-skiing, sailing, canoeing, ropes, basketball, Pilates, theater, and whitewater rafting. 800-465-3226 or 207-465-3226. www.golfcamp.com [54] and www.tenniscamp.org [55]

Maine Teen Camp, Porter Coed. Founded 1985. Programs include specialty areas of music (rock and rap), professional tennis instruction, water-ski/wake-boarding, arts, adventure programs, academics, water sports, and trips. 207-625-8581 or 800-752-CAMP. www.teencamp.com [56]

Camp Manitou, Oakland Boys. Founded 1947. Campers individually choose among team sports, water sports, and creative areas such as animation, clay-mation, and computer animation. 207-465-2271. Off-season: 800-326-1916. www.campmanitou.com [57]

Camp Mataponi, Naples Girls. Founded 1910. Camp Mataponi offers the full range of camp activities, highlighting land sports, water sports, tennis, art, dance, horseback riding, theatre, gymnastics, ropes, and adventure. 207-787-3221. Off-season: 561-748-3684. www.campmataponi.com [58]

Camp Matoaka, Smithfield Girls. Founded 1951. Programs include water-skiing, tennis, swimming, boating, sailing, canoeing, kayaking, fishing, English riding, team sports, gymnastics, dance (hip hop, tap, jazz, ballet), arts and crafts, photography, sewing, theater, music, voice, video communications, radio broadcasting, archery, ropes, mountain biking, and computers. 207-362-2500. Off-season: 781-449-0222. www.matoaka.com [59]

Camp Mechuwana, Winthrop Coed. Founded 1948. Camp Mechuwana offers a wide variety of camps for all ages and grades, as well as specialty camps for moms, grandparents, and special-needs adults. It also offers special programs in music theater, soccer, field hockey, basketball, canoeing, hiking, swimming instruction, earth stewardship, Native American studies, and creative arts. 207-377-2924. www.mechuwana.org [60]

Med-O-Lark, Washington Coed. Founded 1923. The Med-O-Lark experience emphasizes the arts in a non-competitive environment. An all-elective program features multiple dance courses in four studios, six theater productions each season, and fifteen crafts shops. 207-845-2555 or 800-292-7757. www.medolark.com [61]

Medomak Family Camp, Washington Family. Founded 1904. Medomak Camp is a place where adults and children alike can enjoy traditional camp activities such as canoeing, archery, fishing, arts and crafts, and campfires. It creates an oasis for adults to relive their summer camp days and for children to develop an appreciation for the out-of-doors. 207-845-6001. Off-season: 301-854-9100. www.medomakcamp.com [62]

Camp Micah, Bridgton Coed. Founded 2001. Camp Micah is a coed Jewish overnight summer camp for ages seven to seventeen on secluded Peabody Pond and offers a full range of camp activities. 207-647-8999. Off-season: 617-244-6540. www.campmicah.com [63]

Camp Modin, Belgrade Coed. Founded 1922. Situated in the pristine Belgrade Lakes region, Modin is the oldest Jewish camp in New England, offering instruction in sixty athletic, water sports, creative arts, and outdoor activities. 207-465-4444. Off-season: 212-570-1600. www.modin.com [64]

Mooseledge Wilderness Camp & Learning Center, Otisfield Coed. Founded 2010. Mooseledge Wilderness Camp is a hands-on arts and science camp that offers building instruction in timber framing, building and trades, metal work, wood working, green technology, culinary arts, organic gardening, pond biology, fishing, frogging, the care and feeding of animals. Campers can also choose to do swimming, archery, soccer, rocketry, and arts and crafts. 866-808-4303. www.mooseledge.com [65]

Moose River Outpost, Jackman Coed. Founded 1944. A Christian camp for teens where they can explore more than seven thousand acres of woods, streams, and lakes. Activities include water skiing, wake boarding, mountain biking, hiking, knee boarding, swimming, whitewater rafting, paintball, climbing wall, brook trout fishing, basketball, orienteering, canoeing, cailing, campcraft, archery, and skeet shooting. 207-668-4877. www.christiancamps.net [66]

Camp Nashoba North, Raymond Coed. Founded 1922. Camp Nashoba North offers crystal-clear water for swimming, sailing, water-skiing, windsurfing, canoeing, and kayaking. 207-655-7170. Off-season: 978-486-8236. www.campnashoba.com [67]

Camp Natarswi, Millinocket Girls. Founded 1936. Camp Natarswi is located inside Baxter State Park in the shadow of Mount Katahdin. Girls can hike the Appalachian Trail, canoe the Allagash Wilderness Waterway, swim, kayak, sail, mountainbike, learn archery, photography, or even how to become a Maine Guide. 207-299-0089. Off-season: 207-989-7474. www.campnatarswi.org [68]

Camp Neofa, Liberty Coed. Founded 1957. Camp Neofa is sponsored by the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs of the Northeast Odd Fellow Association. It consists of thirty-five acres of open fields, woods, and pine groves, and 2,300 feet of waterfront on True’s Pond. It has twelve camper cabins, a mess hall, recreation and art and craft buildings, nursing facilities, and two directors’ buildings, as well as a baseball field, volleyball court, and paved sports court. 207-589-4133. Off-season: 603-352-0061. www.campneofa.org [69]

Neptop Summer Camp, Casco Boys. Founded 1956. Set in a hundred acres, Neptop offers activities for boys eight to fifteen that encourages growth and balance in four areas of life: social, mental, physical, and spiritual and offers a wide range of sports, water activities, arts, and wilderness trips. 207-627-4510. Off-season: 215-284-3629. www.netopsummercamp.com [70]

Camp Newfound, Harrison Girls. Founded 1918. A Christian Science camp on Long Lakes offering boating programs, beach programs, sports, and creative arts. 207-583-6711. newfoundowatonna.com/newfound_home.html

New England Camp Cedarbrook, Alfred Girls. Founded 1945. Located on 130 acres of mostly wooded land with frontage on beautiful Lake Bunganut, Camp Cedarbrook is an evangelical Christian camp offering a traditional program with a Christ-centered perspective. 207-247-5251. www.newenglandcampcedarbrook.org [71]

New England Music Camp, Sidney Coed. Founded 1937. The New England Music Camp blends high-quality and intensive musical education with popular sports and recreational activities. Campers design their own programs to develop their musical talents, recreational abilities, and social skills in a supportive community environment. 207-465-3025. www.nemusiccamp.com [72]

Nichols Day Camp and Scamp Camp, Sedgwick Coed. Founded 1963. Owned and operated by the Blue Hill Society for Aid to Children, this day camp operates on an eight-acre piece of land on Walker Pond and offers a simple, rustic, camp setting for kids ages four-and-a-half to twelve. 207-359-4900 or 207-359-9839. Off-season: 207-359-2122. sites.google.com/site/nicholsdaycamp/home

Camp North Star, Poland Spring Coed. Founded 1989. Camp North Star is located on two hundred acres and is a traditional camp designed for boys and girls ages seven to sixteen and offers two, four, six, or eight week sessions. Activities include land sports, water sports, arts, adventure, and speciality programs. 207-998-4777. www.campnorthstarmaine.com [73]

Camp O-At-Ka, Sebago Boys. Founded 1906. Traditional values are reinforced at O-At-Ka by a superb staff through group living and daily camp gatherings, all helping to build a solid foundation for life, which stresses values, skills, friendships, and fun while engaging in the following activities: water sports, land sports, the arts, and outdoor living. 800-818-8455. www.campoatka.com [74]

Pilgrim Lodge, West Gardiner Coed. Founded 1956. Pilgrim Lodge, owned and operated by the Maine Conference of the United Church of Christ, is a seasonal retreat center and summer camp located on Lake Cobbosseecontee. and is the central location for the youth ministry program of the Maine Conference. The program also includes several trip camps at other locations. 207-724-3200. www.pilgrimlodge.org [75]

Camp Pinecliffe, Harrison Girls. Founded 1917. Pinecliffe’s emphasis is not only on developing girls skills, but also on teaching good sportsmanship and stressing the development of fairness and consideration. 207-583-2201. Off-season: 614-236-5698. www.pinecliffe.com [76]

Camp Pinehurst, Raymond Boys. Founded 1946. Situated on the sandy shore of Crescent Lake, Camp Pinehurst is a traditional boys’ summer camp that emphasizes skill development, outdoor adventure, and teamwork. 207-627-4670. Off-season: 603-880-6287. www.camppinehurst.com [77]

Pine Island Camp, Belgrade Lakes Boys. Founded 1902. Pine Island Camp occupies a small island in a big, clean lake, and the boys and their counselors live in platform tents without electricity. Each day, boys choose two activities: sailing, rowing, canoeing, kayaking, tennis, swimming, fly-fishing, archery, riflery, woodcraft, and workshop. 207-465-3031. www.pineisland.org [78]

Pine Tree Camp, Rome Coed. Founded 1945. For more than sixty years Maine children and adults with disabilities have been coming to Pine Tree Camp on 285 beautiful acres of woods and fields. Camp activities include swimming, fishing, boating, athletic games, arts and crafts projects, and camping overnight around a roaring fire, regardless of campers’ disabilities. 207-397-2141. Off-season: 207-443-3341. www.pinetreesociety.org/camp.asp [79]

Camp Pondicherry, Bridgton Girls. Founded 1970. A Girl Scout camp for girls seven to seventeen that offers basic resident camp experiences that include nature, camp-craft skills, arts and crafts, sports, and waterfront activities. 207-647-5575. Off-season: 207-772-1177. www.girlscoutsofmaine.org/camps/pondicherry.html [80]

Robin Hood Camp, Brooksville Coed. Founded 1928. The only Maine camp on both a freshwater lake and the shore of Penobscot Bay, Robin Hood Camp offers water sports, individual sports, land sports, indoor activities, and trips that cater to novice up to championship levels. 207-359-8313. Off-season: 831-659-9143. www.robinhoodcamp.com [81]

Camp Runoia, Belgrade Lakes Girls. Founded 1907. Camp Runoia offers girls ages eight to fifteen the following activities: sailing, windsurfing, canoeing, kayaking, swimming, photography, crafts, basket weaving, drama, tennis, lacrosse, soccer, archery, riflery, ropes course, wilderness trips, English horseback riding, water skiing, stained glass, challenge tower, and Junior Maine Guide. 207-495-2228. www.runoia.com [82]

Sailmaine, Portland Coed. Founded 1996. SailMaine is a nonprofit organization formed to support sailing in Maine at the grass-roots, community level. SailMaine connects people of all ages and abilities to the coast of Maine through fun and affordable sailing education, recreation, and competition, stimulating individual growth and creating community. 207-772-7245. www.sailmaine.org [83]

Seeds of Peace, Otisfield Coed. Founded 1993. Seeds of Peace is dedicated to empowering young leaders from regions of conflict around the world by helping develop the leadership skills required to advance reconciliation and coexistence. 207-627-7202. Off-season: 212-573-8040. www.seedsofpeace.org [84]

Camp Skylemar, Naples Boys. Founded 1949. Camp Skylemar provides a structured program to an enrollment limited to 170 boys who come from many parts of the United States and several foreign countries for land sports and water sports and a tradition of warmth, human relations, ego-building, and guidance. 207-693-6414. Off-season: 410-329-3775. www.campskylemar.com [85]

Camp Stanley for the Performing Arts, Smithfield Coed. Founded 2009. Camp Stanley is a two-week, co-educational New England performing arts and visual arts camp where campers can conceptualize, improvise, write, act, sing, dance, clown, shoot, and edit their way to success. 518-588-7146. www.mycampstanley.com [86]

The Summer Camp, Washington Girls. Founded 1986. The Summer Camp’s mission is to provide inner-city and rural girls from economically disadvantaged families and foster homes with a comprehensive residential camping experience. 207-845-2050. Off-season: 800-979-9896. www.thesummercamp.org [87]

Camp Sunshine, Casco Family. Founded 1984. Camp Sunshine is a year-round retreat that provides respite, support, joy, and hope to children with life-threatening illnesses and their immediate families during various stages of a child’s illness. The program is free of charge to all families, and includes twenty-four-hour onsite medical and psychosocial support. 207-655-3800. www.campsunshine.org [88]

Camp Susan L. Curtis, Stoneham Coed. Founded 1974. Camp Susan Curtis has been providing tuition-free camping for economically underprivileged children of Maine for the past thirty-seven years. Through activities such as creative arts, backpacking, environmental studies, and traditional camp activities, the camp offers the positive experiences and environment that many economically disadvantaged children need to gain self-esteem, a sense of belonging, and achievement. 207-928-2955. Off-season: 207-774-1552. www.susancurtisfoundation.org [89]

Camp Takajo, Naples Boys. Founded 1947. Three completely decentralized camps for boys ages seven to fifteen with a program that includes small craft activities, team sports, individual sports, backpacking, canoeing, and rock climbing. 207-693-6675. Off-season: 914-273-5020. www.camptakajo.com [90]

Tanglewood 4-H Camp, Lincolnville Coed. Founded 1982. Tanglewood 4-H Camp was established as an affordable, environmentally focused summer camp for Maine youth where people of all ages can develop effective leadership skills, accept and celebrate diversity of culture, and gain a global perspective through local identity. The camp overlooks the Ducktrap River and is situated within an 830-acre forested section of Camden Hills State Park. 207-789-5868. www.tanglewood4h.org [91]

Camp Tapawingo, Sweden Girls. Founded 1919. Lasting friends are made at this close-knit, spirited camp, which features tennis, swimming, horseback riding, sailing, water-skiing, and other activities on one mile of lakefront and two hundred wooded acres in the foothills of the White Mountains. 207-647-3351. Off-season: 973-275-1139. www.camptapawingo.com [92]

Camp Timanous, Raymond Boys. Founded 1917. Camp Timanous was founded by Dr. Luther Halsey Gulick, and 90 percent of the fifty counseling staff members are former campers. Activities for boys ages seven to fifteen include land sports, water sports, as well as other programs. 207-655-4569. Off-season: 508-485-8020. www.timanous.com [93]

Trailmark Outdoor Adventures, Coed and girls. Founded 1984. Trailmark Outdoor Adventures is an adventure travel and community-service program ideally suited for students ages eleven to sixteen. Campers are grouped closely by age and travel by van with adult leaders for fifteen to twenty-one days, camping each night in either established or wilderness campsites. 845-358-0262. www.trailmark.com [94]

Tripp Lake Camp, Poland Girls. Founded 1911. A traditional, uniform camp with a structured program, Tripp Lake offers a well-rounded and skill-oriented programs of land sports, arts, outdoor living, theater, riding, and waterfront skills for girls ages eight to sixteen. 207-998-4347. Off-season: 914-273-4065. www.tripplakecamp.com [95]

Camp Vega, Kents Hill Girls. Founded 1936. Camp Vega offers crafts, drama, figure skating, gymnastics, horseback riding (English), ice hockey, land sports, photography, pioneering, sculling, tennis, and waterfront activities. All counselors are twenty years old and older, and there are three counselors to a cabin of ten to twelve girls. 207-685-3707. Off-season: 617-424-9919. www.campvega.com [96]

Camp Walden, Denmark Girls. Founded 1916. Walden’s program blends tradition with contemporary thinking to develop girls’ self-esteem, confidence, and leadership. Activities for girls ages nine to fifteen include land sports, watersports, and the arts. 207-452-2901. www.campwalden.com [97]

Wavus Camp for Girls, Jefferson Girls. Founded 1922. Wavus Camp for girls is located on two miles of pristine lake frontage on Damariscotta Lake and offers girls ages eight to in-camp programs and wilderness programs with activities such as tennis, riflery, sailing, team sports, arts and crafts, pottery, ropes course, and trips. 207-549-5719. Off-season: 207-563-5172. www.wavus.org [98]

Camp Wawenock, Raymond Girls. Founded 1910. Wawenock’s program is designed to give maximum attention togirls ages eight to seventeen with an emphasis on personal development through group living and the following activities: art, boating canoeing, crafts, golfing, outdoor programs, leadership, performing arts, pottery, riding, sailing, swimming, target sports, tennis, and windsurfing. 207-655-4657. www.campwawenock.com [99]

Waynflete Summer Programs, Portland Coed. Founded 1973. Waynflete School’s Summer Programs for ages three to eighteen focuses on playful exploration in an engaging environment through exciting camp programs in visual and performing arts, gymnastics, adventure learning and service, nature, and science. 207-774-5721. www.waynflete.org [100]

Camp Waziyatah, Waterford Coed. Founded 1922. Waziyatah offers campers the magic of relationship, personal growth, and belonging in a beautiful natural setting. Its campers develop physical skills, leadership, independence, creativity, and responsibility for themselves and others. 207-583-6781. Off-season: 207-583-2267. www.wazi.com [101]

Camp Wekeela, Hartford Coed. Founded 1922. Camp Wekeela offers a complete summer camp experience and has more than seventy activities in land sports, outdoor adventure, the creative arts, performing arts, and with team play and individual development in both intensive and non-intensive competition. 207-224-7878. Off-season: 201-612-5125. www.campwekeela.com [102]

West End House Camp, Inc., Parsonsfield Boys. Founded 1908. West End House Camp comprises 135 acres of land, including four thousand feet on beautiful Long Pond. Each modern cabin houses twelve campers and three staff and includes a bathroom, shower, and individual shelf space. Activities include water sports, land sports, camping, and nature and crafts. 207-625-9382 or 207-625-2070. Off-season: 617-783-2267. www.westendhousecamp.org [103]

Camp Wigwam, Waterford Boys. Founded 1910. Camp Wigwam is located in southwestern Maine in the foothills of the White Mountains. Boys ages six to fifteen are encouraged to participate in competitive sports, hiking, drama, rock climbing, woodworking, ceramics, music, and crafts. 207-583-2300. www.campwigwam.com [104]

Camp Wildwood, Bridgton Boys. Founded 1953. Camp Wildwood is located on private Woods Pond, and is a sports-oriented camp for boys ages seven to fifteen. It also offers instruction in computers, arts and crafts, radio broadcasting, and overnight trips and hikes into the White Mountains. 207-647-8864. www.campwildwood.com [105]

Camp William Hinds, Raymond Boys. Founded 1927. This camp offers a traditional Boy Scouts of America camping experience on 280-acre Panther Pond. 207-655-4878. Off-season: 207-797-5252, ext. 14. www.pinetreebsa.org [106]

Camp Winnebago, Fayette Boys. Founded 1919. Camp Winnebago offers instructional and competitive sports programs and individual activities for boys ages eight to fifteen that are aimed at improving lifelong skills and healthy relationships. 207-685-4918. Off-season: 800-932-1646. www.campwinnebago.com [107]

Winona Camps for Boys, Bridgton Boys. Founded 1908. A unique setting on the shores of Moose Pond with inspirational views of Pleasant Mountain and Mount Washington and offering activities for boys seven to seventeen that include extensive canoe, mountain, and kayak trips, outdoor living programs, land sports, and water sports. 207-647-3721. www.winonacamps.com [108]

Wohelo-Luther Gulick Camps, South Casco Girls. Founded 1907. Located on a mile and half of shorefront on Sebago Lake, Wohelo-Luther Gulick Camps offer a family atmosphere in a rustic setting with many lakeside cabins. Activities focus on lifelong skills that build confidence and independence. 207-655-4739. www.wohelo.com [109]

Wolfe’s Neck Farm Summer Day Camp, Freeport Coed. Founded 1997. This camp provides hands-on, educational activities focusing on agriculture, the natural environment, and healthy living. Campers care for farm animals, grow vegetables, explore the shores of Casco Bay, canoe, and discover forest habitats. 207-865-9681. www.wolfesneckfarm.com [110]

Wyonegonic Camps, Denmark Girls. Founded 1902. A non-competitive atmosphere at Wyonegonic allows girls from ages eight to eighteen to build confidence, with the emphasis on personal development and group cooperation. Campers can choose from traditional activities such as tennis, sailing, horseback riding, ecology, and the creative arts. 207-452-2051. www.wyonegonic.com [111]

YMCA Camp of Maine, Winthrop Coed. Founded 1915. The YMCA Camp of Maine is an overnight camp for boys and girls ages eight to sixteen, offering non-competitive, programs in aquatics, arts, sports, and camping. Emphasis is on cabin life, friendship, special events, and weekend programs. 207-395-4200. www.maineycamp.org [112]

Young Artists Workshops, Rockport Coed. Founded 1973. The Maine Media Workshops’ high-school photography and film programs allow students to experience hands-on, practical courses, taught by industry professionals. 207-236-8581 or 877-577-7700. www.mainemedia.edu [113]