Maine sleepaway camp

[Anonymous]

Any recommendations for sleepaway camps in northeast for an 11yo girl ? Looking for nature/hiking/climbing focus but not super rustic. Any experience with Arcadia, Wyonegonic, or Chewonki ?

[Anonymous]

This will probably get you more responses in the Camp forum

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This will probably get you more responses in the Camp forum

Thanks ! I didn’t see the Camp forum !

[Anonymous]

Does it have to be in Maine? What about the Adirondacks? Amazing camps up there. I grew up going to a camp called Forest Lake Camp near Warrensburg, NY. Amazing brother sister camp, still my favorite place on earth. I went there from about 7 until becoming a counselor. Sounds like what you are looking for- not too rustic (nice cabins with bathrooms) but not fancy either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does it have to be in Maine? What about the Adirondacks? Amazing camps up there. I grew up going to a camp called Forest Lake Camp near Warrensburg, NY. Amazing brother sister camp, still my favorite place on earth. I went there from about 7 until becoming a counselor. Sounds like what you are looking for- not too rustic (nice cabins with bathrooms) but not fancy either.

Thanks ! Definitely doesn’t have to be Maine ! I’ll look into Forest Lakes !

[Anonymous]

Fernwood Cove or Fernwood.

[Anonymous]

A few posters on another thread recommended Becket (boys) and Chimney Corners (girls) in the Berkshires.

[Anonymous]

Alford Lake in Maine

[Anonymous]

If you're open to Vermont, check out Songadeewin, near Middlebury College.

[Anonymous]

Does it have to be Maine?
Frost Valley in the Catskills is amazing

frostvalley.org

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This will probably get you more responses in the Camp forum

Thanks ! I didn’t see the Camp forum !

There is a separate camp forum????

[Anonymous]

Kippewa; it’s in Maine and my daughter loves it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kippewa; it’s in Maine and my daughter loves it.

I’m very curious about Kippewa. What are the girls like? Are the girls down to earth? And would a non-Jewish girl fit in?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does it have to be Maine?
Frost Valley in the Catskills is amazing

frostvalley.org

We are veteran Frost Valley-ers too! It's amazing, highly recommend!

[Anonymous]

this thread is so old, but for anyone looking at this in 2025, Camp Arcadia is phenomenal for girls. I went there as a teen and was a counselor for many years and this was my daughter's 4th summer. Phenomenal trips program and really well-developed activity program. Kind, caring counselors and great, supportive community. It's been around for over 100 years in the same family - they are doing something right!