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Summer camps and outdoor youth programs in the Adirondacks — sleepaway camps, day camps, specialty STEM/arts/sports camps for kids and teens.

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Adirondack Woodcraft Summer Camps

Six decades of teaching kids to paddle, portage, and lead

Adirondack Woodcraft Camp is an established overnight summer camp for boys and girls aged 6-17, located in Old Forge, New York. It offers a traditional camp experience with a focus on outdoor leadership and wilderness skills.

Brant Lake Camp — Youth Camps in the Brant Lake region of the Adirondacks
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Brant Lake Camp

Boys' sleepaway camp on Brant Lake since 1916.

One of the oldest single-family-owned boys' summer camps in the country, on Brant Lake since 1916. Ages 7 to 15, divided into Junior, Intermediate, and Senior mini-camps. Sports-focused with full waterfront.

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Brant Lake Dance Camp

All-girls sports academy where champions are forged on Adirondack turf

Brant Lake Dance Camp is now Brant Lake Sports Academy, one of the premier all-girls sports camps in the USA! Brant Lake Sports Academy for Girls is located at Brant Lake Camp in the Adirondacks of upstate New York.

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Camp Cherokee

Seventh-day Adventist camp on Saranac Lake.

Camp Cherokee - Seventh Day Adventist Camp | Adirondacks, NY A beautiful Christian camp for kids, families and retreats. Discover God in nature at Cherokee.

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Camp Fowler

Presbyterian youth camp on Sacandaga Lake with sailing and vespers

Camp Fowler is an Adirondack camp in Lake Pleasant, NY, offering summer programs for children and families, spiritual retreats, and facilities for events and cabin rentals.

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Camp Guggenheim

Diocesan sleepaway camp where teenagers spend a week on Lower Saranac

Camp Guggenheim is a weekly summer camp for young people aged 12 to 18, organized by the Diocesan Youth Department. It is hosted at the Guggenheim Center, a 130-acre property on Lower Saranac Lake that also accommodates Family Guggenheim w…

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Camp Wakpominee, Twin Rivers Council, Scouting America

Lake George scouting that builds leaders through real outdoor challenge

Join Twin Rivers Council Scouting today! Build confidence, leadership skills & lifelong friendships through outdoor adventures. Enroll your child now!

Camp-of-the-Woods — Youth Camps in the Speculator region of the Adirondacks
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Camp-of-the-Woods

Four-season Christian retreat where Adirondack wilderness meets intentional fellowship

Camp-of-the-Woods is a Christian camp and conference center offering summer vacation programs, retreats, and year-round discipleship initiatives. It provides a variety of activities and spiritual growth opportunities for individuals, famil…

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Deerfoot Lodge

Boys build character through wilderness challenge since 1930

Deerfoot Lodge is a wilderness experience camp for boys, established in 1930, that fosters spiritual growth and character development. It challenges campers to go beyond their limits through outdoor adventures, encouraging faith and person…

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Double H Ranch

Summer camp for kids battling illness—on Newman and Wood's dime

Double H Ranch is an Adirondack camp providing free year-round programs and support for children and families with chronic and serious illnesses. Co-founded by Charles R. Wood and Paul Newman, it offers summer camp, adaptive winter sports,…

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Eagle Island Camp

Girls learn wilderness craft on an island in Tupper Lake

Eagle Island Camp is a girls' overnight and day camp in the Adirondacks, offering classic Adirondack adventures where campers explore, create, and grow.

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Hidden Lake Girl Scout Camp

Girl Scout traditions meet Adirondack wilderness on 400 wooded acres

Hidden Lake Camp is a property managed by the Girl Scouts of Northeastern New York, available for summer camp programs and property rentals.

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Lake Clear Camp

Girl Scout traditions meet Adirondack woods on Lake Clear's shore

Lake Clear Camp is a property managed by Girl Scouts of Northeastern New York, offering summer camp programs and property rentals for troops and families.

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Long Lake Camp Adventures

Where Adirondack kids learn to drive stick and paddle birchbark

Long Lake Camp Adventures is a sleepaway summer camp in New York's Adirondack Park for kids ages 7-16. It offers diverse outdoor adventures, including horseback riding, ATV trails, waterfront activities, and unique programs like automotive…

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Long Lake Camp for the Arts

Sleepaway arts camp on Long Lake.

A summer sleepaway arts camp on Long Lake offering theater, music, dance, film, circus, rock bands, visual arts, sports, and waterfront, with a choose-your-program structure.

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Pilgrim Camp

Since 1946, shaping young Christians on Brant Lake's shores

A Christian Camp, located on Brant Lake, NY, founded in 1946

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Point O'Pines Camp for Girls

Four generations of girls have built their summers on Brant Lake

Point O'Pines is a girls' sleepaway camp in the Adirondack Mountains on Brant Lake, offering a summer experience focused on friendship, confidence, skill-building, and fun.

Raquette Lake Boys & Girls Camps — Youth Camps in the Raquette Lake region of the Adirondacks
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Raquette Lake Boys & Girls Camps

A century of canoe strokes, campfires, and first-time-away-from-home grit

Raquette Lake Camps is one of America's oldest family-owned brother/sister sleepaway camps, established in 1916 in the Adirondacks. It offers full or half summer programs for boys and girls aged 6 to 15.

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Raquette Lake Boys Camp

Seven weeks of canoe strokes and campfire smoke since 1916

Raquette Lake Boys Camp is a traditional 7-week sleepaway summer camp for boys, operating since 1916 in the Adirondacks. It offers a wide range of watersports, landsports, arts, and outdoor adventure activities.

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Raquette Lake Girls Camp

A century of canoe strokes, campfire songs, and sisterhood since 1916

Raquette Lake Girls Camp is an overnight summer camp in the Adirondacks for girls aged 6-15, offering 4-week or 7-week sessions. It is part of one of America's oldest brother/sister sleepaway camps, established in 1916.

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Saranac Village - A Young Life Camp

Young Life's Upper Saranac outpost where high-schoolers sleep in actual beds

Saranac Village is a resort-quality camp and retreat facility owned and operated by Young Life, overlooking Upper Saranac Lake.

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STEM Ranch

Scout camp evolves into trades academy with horses and welding torches

STEM Ranch is a proposed expansion of Curtis S. Read Scout Reservation in the Adirondacks, focusing on skilled trades, STEM, maker arts, and equestrian studies to meet growing youth interest.

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SUNY Cortland Camps

SUNY's only National Historic Landmark, on Raquette Lake.

The William H. Parks Family Center for Environmental and Outdoor Education on Raquette Lake, a SUNY Cortland outdoor education facility and the only National Historic Landmark in the SUNY system.

Treetops — Youth Camps in the Lake Placid region of the Adirondacks
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Treetops

Since 1921, turning Lake Placid summers into self-reliant childhoods

Camp Treetops is a summer camp established in 1921 that provides a child-centered education, fostering self-reliance, confidence, and a deep connection with nature through an unplugged summer experience.

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Word of Life Camps

Faith-based youth and family camps since 1947.

A faith-based camp network running summer and winter camps for youth and families in New York, Florida, and California, with biblical teaching and traditional camp activities since 1947.

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Word of Life Pines

Christian summer camps and family retreats on Brant Lake's forested shore

Word of Life Pines offers a variety of summer camps and family retreats in New York, alongside other camp locations in Florida and California.

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Word of Life Ranch and Ridge Camp

Elementary riders rope steers and Scripture at this Pottersville Christian ranch

The Ranch at Word of Life offers a Christian summer camp experience for elementary students in Pottersville, New York, featuring activities like archery, water sports, and rodeo, alongside biblical messages and community building.

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YMCA Camp Chingachgook

Lake George's oldest overnight camp builds capable kids since 1913

YMCA Camp Chingachgook is a summer camp and outdoor center on Lake George, NY, offering summer and year-round outdoor programs for families, youth, and adults. It is an inclusive community inspiring stewardship of the world through engagin…

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YMCA Camp Gorham

YMCA of Greater Rochester's Adirondack overnight camp.

A YMCA overnight camp on Darts Lake Road in Eagle Bay, operated by the YMCA of Greater Rochester. Day camp, overnight camp, and partial-day summer programs for kids.

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