Find the right summer camp for your family.

Ages 11–16

A freedom-of-choice performing and creative arts camp for ages 11–16 in the Berkshire foothills, offering 30+ non-competitive arts activities and income-based sliding-scale tuition (from roughly $9,275 for a 4-week session up to about $15,991 for 8 weeks at the top tier). Its distinguishing identity within this Connecticut set is being the one camp built entirely around an arts/no-sports model with staff described as "working artists and teachers."

As published: 2027 income-based tiered tuition (sliding scale): Tier 1 (highest income) Full Season (8 wk) $15,991, First/Second Session (4 wk) $9,275; scales down through Tier 6 ($0) based on household size/income disclosure. Pricing is per session (full season, half-season, or 6-week)

Ages 7–16

A traditional boys' overnight camp on Bantam Lake in Morris with more than 40 activities, including waterskiing and motor sports. It enrolls about 160 campers and staff in a close-knit community and runs sessions from one to eight weeks.

As published: 2027 (June 27 to August 21): 1 week $2,755 ($2,675 early bird until Nov 15, 2026); 2 weeks $5,360; 3 weeks $7,270; 4 weeks $9,180; 6 weeks $11,435; full season (8 weeks) $13,230. Deposits $800 to $2,500

Ages 6–16 · $2,675–$13,230/session

A girls' sleepaway camp on Bantam Lake in the Litchfield Hills operating 70+ years, sister camp to the boys' Camp Awosting, serving ages 6–16 with lakefront classics (waterskiing, sailing) plus gymnastics, horseback riding, and a trip program for older campers. It sits in the same Litchfield-County cluster as Camp Mohawk and Camp Sloane, competing directly for the same "girls' overnight camp" search intent.

As published: 2027 total tuition per session: 1 Week Rookie $2,675 early bird; 8 Week (Full Season) $13,230 regular

Ages 5–16 · $2,674–$4,849/session

A traditional YMCA sleepaway and day camp on a 560-acre property with a private lake in the Litchfield Hills, founded in 1901 and now over 125 years old — one of the older, larger-footprint YMCA camps in the state. It runs two-week sleepaway sessions, day-camp weeks, and an equestrian/ranch program, and is the only camp in this Connecticut set that publishes an explicit staff-to-camper ratio (1:4), signaling a supervision-focused pitch to parents.

As published: 2027 Tier 1-3 per 2-week session: sleepaway $3,349/$2,999/$2,674; 4-week LIT up to $4,849

Ages 5–17 · $965–$3,495/session

A YMCA overnight and day camp in the Litchfield Hills approaching its 100th anniversary (~1928 founding), distinguished within this set by having the only substantive, dedicated international-camper program — a real webpage with grade-conversion charts for France, Spain, and the UK. It offers tiered sleepaway, riding, teen/LEAD, and day-camp tracks with income-based financial-aid pricing, and runs CIT and Red Cross lifeguard-certification pathways for older teens.

As published: 2027 tiered pricing per two-week session: Sleepaway $2,475–$2,975 (Tier 4 = financial aid); Riding Camp $2,825–$3,325; Teen/LEAD $2,475–$2,975; Day Camp $935–$1,085 (5th/half week $465–$545)

Ages 5–16

Camp Washington is an Episcopal camp and retreat center established in 1917 on a 300-acre campus in the Litchfield Hills, serving campers ages 5–16 as an overnight program. It describes itself as "a welcoming and inclusive community for all of God's people."

As published: Not published

A 427-acre Scout camp on West Hill Pond (opened 1924) that in 2026 offered short-term Scouts BSA programs: one- and two-day merit badges, a la carte activities, an overnight Cooking merit badge and scuba certification, a week-long NYLT leadership course, and unit and family camping. The camp says these are not designed to replicate a traditional troop summer camp, and it suspended week-long summer camp in 2020.

As published: Merit badge week June 29-July 3, 2026: $75 per Scout for two-day programs, $50 for one-day programs; camperships available

Ages 7–16

A coed sleepaway camp in the foothills of the Berkshires in Winsted, CT, for ages 7 to 16 in two- and three-week sessions. The 2027 rate sheet lists seven session options from 2 to 7 weeks between June 27 and August 14, 2027.

As published: 2027: A session (2 weeks) $3,795; B session (3 weeks) $4,995; C session (2 weeks) $3,795; AB or BC (5 weeks) $7,795; ABC (7 weeks) $10,645; $250 sibling discount; bus from Merrick NY or the Bronx $110 each way; airport transfers extra

A residential summer program on the 800-acre Hotchkiss campus for middle and high school students, with two-week courses such as rocketry, DNA science, environmental science, climbing, fly fishing, theatre, piano and writing, plus afternoon and evening activities like swimming, hiking and crafts. The 2027 sessions run June 27 to July 10 and July 11 to 24, 2027.

As published: 2027: Rocketry course $5,250 per two-week session (other courses not checked); tuition includes room, board, course expenses and health center needs; specialized afternoon options cost extra

Ages 7–15 · $7,600–$10,200/session

KenMont and KenWood are brother/sister residential summer camps in Kent, CT, with KenMont serving boys and KenWood serving girls in grades 2–10. The camp offers 45+ activities across athletics, waterfront, arts, and adventure, including 20 tennis courts and a waterskiing program.

As published: 2027 four-week sessions $10,200 each; two-week option $7,600

$1,800–$2,200/week

A residential and day jazz camp run by Litchfield Performing Arts at The Frederick Gunn School, for students age 13 through adult at beginner to advanced levels, including students with learning disabilities. Sessions run one to four weeks with faculty-led instruction in a non-competitive program that includes a big band, core courses and student and faculty concerts. The camp lists 44 teaching artists and an income-based scholarship program.

As published: 2027 one-week tuition: $1,800 day student, $2,200 residential. Four weeks: $6,900 day, $8,500 residential. Early registration and loyalty discounts listed.

Ages 9–18 · $760–$940/week

Silver Lake Camp & Retreat Center is a 60-acre year-round outdoor ministry of the Southern New England Conference of the United Church of Christ, established in 1957. It runs one-week summer camp sessions with tiered 2026 pricing and also hosts retreat groups ranging from 10 to 150 people.

As published: 2026 tiered pricing: $940 / $850 / $760 per 1-week session

Grades 3 to 10 (about ages 7–15)

A screen-free residential and day camp at Marvelwood School, 476 Skiff Mountain Road, for rising 3rd through 10th graders, with archery, mountain biking, swimming, horseback riding, art, performing arts and optional learning-support enrichment (Orton-Gillingham, multisensory math, executive function). Sessions are June 27 to July 18, July 18 to August 8, or the full six weeks; the page does not label the year.

As published: Residential $2,500 per week; day $2,000 per week; a second enrichment activity is $425 extra per week; financial aid available

Taft School's summer program offers academic and enrichment courses (Young Scholars, Liberal Studies, test prep for day students, writing workshops) on its Watertown campus in 2026. Third-party listings describe boarding and day options.

As published: Not published

Ages 5–15 · $483–$1,646/week

A traditional all-girls overnight camp in Litchfield dating to at least 1920 (per third-party listings, not confirmed on the camp's own site), serving ages 7–15 across sessions of 1–9 weeks with a roughly 40-activity weekly program and an on-site riding stable of about 20 horses. It's positioned as one of the longest-running girls' sleepaway camps in the Litchfield Hills cluster.

As published: 2027: Day Camp $483 per week; 1-week overnight $1,646; 2-week overnight $3,039 per session