Summer Camps in Belgrade Lakes & Central Maine, ME

Ages 8–15 · $12,000–$18,300/session

Camp Androscoggin is a sleepaway camp for boys ages 8 to 15 on Lake Androscoggin in Wayne, Maine, with a large land sports and waterfront program plus arts and media facilities. The camp says it is accredited and has been operating since 1907. Campers can take part in as many as seven activities a day.

As published: 2027: Full Session (June 27 to August 13) $18,300; Four-Week Session (June 27 to July 25) $12,000, all-inclusive

$10,950–$17,700/session

Camp Caribou is a sleepaway camp on a 200-acre peninsula in Winslow, Maine, with land sports, water sports, a ropes course, creative arts and trips. The camp states it has operated since 1922, and its site refers to its campers as boys. It offers a full season and two shorter sessions, and a separate nonprofit fund provides camperships.

As published: 2027: Full Season (June 25 to August 11) about $17,700; 1st Session (June 25 to July 18) and 2nd Session (July 19 to August 11) about $10,950 each

$6,975–$10,150/session

Camp Cobbossee is a sleepaway camp for boys on a lake in Monmouth, Maine, with a program built around sports and bunk life. Its site says it was founded in 1902 and describes camp as a place for the sports-minded boy. Sessions are about four weeks, with a shorter two-week option for first-time younger campers.

As published: 2027: Session 1 (June 22 to July 15) and Session 2 (July 18 to August 10) $10,150 each, all inclusive; Two-Week "Stay and Play" $6,975 for first-time campers leaving grades 2 to 4

Ages 6–10

A new overnight camp for boys and girls finishing kindergarten through 4th grade in Oakland, Maine, offering one- and two-week sessions in the Belgrade Lakes region. Led by directors Lauren Beckwith and Stacey Levy, who have nearly 50 years of combined camp experience.

As published: Not published in the page text read (2027 Dates & Rates page exists; scholarships available)

Ages 7–17

A licensed wilderness education and survival skills day camp with weekly expeditions and a Junior Maine Guide track. Themes include plant ID, canoeing, lake expeditions, Maine Woodsman weeks and animal week.

As published: 2026: $300 per week for full-day camp weeks; $800 for expedition weeks; pre-registration deposit $50 per week

Ages 8–17 · $325–$350/week

Camp Good News is a Christian overnight camp run by Child Evangelism Fellowship of Maine on a campground in East Livermore, near Schoolhouse Pond. Weeklong sessions in summer serve children ages 8 to 13, with a separate week for teens ages 14 to 17. Days include canoeing, fishing, archery, basketball, photography, campfires and cabin devotions with counselors, and the camp says children are taught the Word of God.

As published: 2026: Junior Camp (ages 8 to 13) $325 per week, Teen Camp (ages 14 to 17) $350 per week.

Ages 6–15 · $5,550–$10,150/session

An all-girls, choice-based camp on Lake Cobbosseecontee in Monmouth running since 1957, structured as two linked programs (a 3.5-week traditional session and a 2-week "Kippewa Point" session) spanning a wide age range (grades 2–10); the two-tier structure suggests a camp deliberately built to accommodate both younger, shorter-stay campers and older returners.

As published: Camp Kippewa (3.5-wk session): $10,150; Camp Kippewa Point (2-wk session): $5,550 — per-session, Summer 2027

$18,500/season

Camp Laurel is a coed overnight camp founded in 1949 on 160 acres along Echo Lake in Readfield, offering 50+ activities across six core program areas — tennis, waterfront, athletics, equestrian, inter-arts, and adventure — for campers ages 7-15. It is directed by Jem and Debbie Sollinger and staffed largely by college students, graduates, and faculty from around the U.S.

As published: $1,000 and over per week

Ages 7–16

A boys' camp in the Belgrade Lakes region of Maine with sports, waterfront and arts programs, founded in 1947. It also runs Camp Eastwood for younger boys.

As published: 2027: First Session (Jun 24-Jul 16) $10,950; Second Session (Jul 19-Aug 10) $10,950; Full Session (Jun 24-Aug 10) $18,350

A girls' camp on 150 acres with 1.5 miles of waterfront on East Pond in Smithfield, Maine, offering 3.5 or 7 week sessions. Girls have attended since 1951.

As published: 2027: First Session (Jun 25-Jul 17) $11,100; Second Session (Jul 21-Aug 11) $11,100; Full Session (Jun 25-Aug 11) $18,650; $3,000 refundable deposit

Camp Mechuwana is a United Methodist, ACA-accredited camp on more than 200 acres bordering Lower Narrows Pond and Lake Annabessacook in Winthrop, operating for more than 75 years with overnight programs for campers from grade 2 through high school seniors and a day camp for ages 5-12, covering music theater, soccer, outpost camping, swimming, science, and Native American studies.

As published: Not published

Ages 7–16 · $10,800–$17,700/session

A large, historically significant coed Jewish camp in Belgrade — billed as the oldest continuously operating Jewish camp in the U.S. (founded 1922, now past its 100th season) — with a sizable seasonal staff (~200 people) and roughly 1:3 counselor-to-camper cabins, positioning it as an established, full-scale traditional camp rather than a boutique operation.

As published: Full Season: $17,700; Half Session (either half): $10,800 — per-session, Summer 2027 (cash/ACH rate; credit card +3%)

Ages 8–14

An Odd Fellows-sponsored day and overnight camp on True's Pond, open to youth regardless of ability. Activities include kayaking, archery, fishing, swimming, arts and crafts, hiking and campfires.

As published: Not published (directory says under $500 per week)

A family camp weekend for children with limb loss or limb difference and their families, held at Pine Tree Camp on North Pond in Rome, Maine. Programming includes waterfront activities, an adventure day, adaptive sports, peer support groups, arts and crafts, and evening gatherings.

As published: 2026: $500 per person; program fee scholarships available; children 3 and under free

Ages 10–11

A free week-long camp for Maine 5th and 6th graders, held at Camp Mechuwana in Winthrop, with campers nominated by School Resource Officers and led by volunteer first responders. Over 100 children from all 16 Maine counties attend.

As published: Free (nomination required); 2026 dates June 13-19

Ages 6–15 · $4,850–$15,300/session

A girls-only, choice-based sleepaway camp tucked on a mile of shoreline on Great Pond in the Belgrade Lakes — one of the older girls' camps in the country (roughly 120 years running), with a broad activity list (sailing, horseback riding, wilderness trips, farm/garden) but relatively little published detail on staffing ratios or size, suggesting a smaller, low-key operation rather than a marketing-heavy one.

As published: Half Summer (3.5 wks): $9,650; Full Summer (6.5 wks): $15,300; Harmony 10-day programs: $4,850; CIT (3 wks): $5,000; Sea to Sky Adventure (8 days): $2,300 — all per-session, published for Summer 2027

Ages 7–15

A girls' overnight camp on East Pond in the Belgrade Lakes region of Smithfield, Maine, with team and individual sports, arts, culinary classes, dance, adventure trips and a lake and pool aquatics program. Sister camp to Camp Eastwood.

As published: 2027: Full Somer (Jun 24-Aug 10) $17,900; Half Somer (Jun 24-Jul 16 or Jul 19-Aug 10) $10,800; deposit $3,500 full, $2,500 half

Ages 7–17

A French-language overnight camp on Lake Androscoggin in Leeds, Maine, run by a Quebec organization, with long stays, expeditions and a mountain-trekking program for teens. Open since 1938, with limited capacity.

As published: 2026 (currency not stated): ages 7-11 one month $3,785, two weeks $2,195; ages 12-13 $3,895; ages 14-16 $4,035; age 17 $3,895; bus $170 per trip, airport shuttle $90 per trip

A 32-acre waterfront camp on McGrath Pond with daily day camp for grades K-9, plus New England Sports Camps (baseball, field hockey, football, golf, softball) and specialty adventure camps. ACA accredited.

As published: Not published

Ages 7–15 · $18,000/season

A large (300-camper), well-resourced girls' camp on Echo Lake in Fayette on a 300+ acre campus, founded 1936, with a notably high stated camper-return rate (95%+); scale and stated retention together suggest a camp with a strong, loyal existing family base more than one relying on new-customer acquisition.

As published: Base tuition: $18,000 per full summer session (2027: June 26–Aug 11); additional Personal/Trip/Outing fee of $450

Ages 8–15 · $11,900–$17,950/session

A traditional boys' camp on Echo Lake in Fayette that has "intentionally remained" small (no enrollment figure published) with an international camper base; its founding year is genuinely uncertain — widely cited as 1919 by third parties but not confirmed anywhere in the camp's own on-site copy reviewed.

As published: Full Summer: $17,950; 1st Session: $11,900; 2nd Session: $11,900 — per-session, Summer 2027

Ages 6–12

A farm day camp where campers ride horses, walk goats, try goat milking, make cheese, jam and soap, and catch frogs. Runs nine Monday to Friday weeks, 8:30 am to 4:00 pm.

As published: $545 per camper per week (2026); early/late drop-off $15 per session

Ages 7–17

A Quaker overnight camp in South China, Maine with a non-competitive program of electives such as sailing, art, music, ceramics, canoeing, kayaking, photography and hiking. ACA accredited, with one- and two-week sessions divided by age.

As published: 2027 tuition amounts not shown in the page text read; deposit $300 per 2-week session ($150 for 1 week); self-applied aid levels of $400 or $640 off a 2-week session; about 50% of families receive aid

Day camps run at a family-owned organic dairy farm in Albion, with summer farm camp, vacation camps, CIT program and farm education. The farm milks about 50 to 60 Holsteins and Jerseys.

As published: Not published on camp site (directory lists $360 per week for 2026)

Ages 9–18

A music camp on a 40-acre lakefront campus operated by Snow Pond Center for the Arts, with core, chamber music, composition, classical voice and musical theatre programs. Described as a 90 year old nonprofit.

As published: 2027: One session (2 weeks) $3,900; two sessions $7,200; three sessions $9,600 (Sessions: Jun 27-Jul 11, Jul 11-Jul 25, Jul 25-Aug 8)

Ages 8–18

A Maine Conference, United Church of Christ camp offering one-week sessions by age, some themed ("Arts Alive", "Camp Pride"). A leader-in-training program is also offered.

As published: Not published on the pages read; scholarships and discounts offered

Ages 9–15 · $12,500–$15,600/session

A small, historic (1902) boys' wilderness and canoe-tripping camp on an island in Great Pond near Rome — capped at 85–90 campers with an unusually tight overall camper-to-counselor ratio (near 2:1), a staff pipeline drawn heavily from former campers, and a stated 90% camper return rate, all pointing to a close-knit, tradition-heavy program rather than a large commercial one.

As published: "True Cost of Camp": $15,600; Subsidized tuition: $12,500 — per single six-week summer session (2027: June 25–Aug 8)

Ages 5–18

A fully accessible, ACA-accredited camp on North Pond in Rome that has served Maine residents with developmental and physical disabilities since 1945, built around an unusually attentive 3:1 camper-to-counselor ratio and a stated policy of never turning away a camper for inability to pay — a mission-driven, nonprofit-run special-needs camp rather than a fee-maximizing commercial one.

As published: Not published as a dollar figure; site states "Full and partial tuition assistance is available. Pine Tree Camp has never turned away a camper due to inability to pay tuition"

Ages 7–18 · Free

The Summer Camp is a nonprofit, ACA-accredited, no-cost residential camp founded in 1986 that partners with social service agencies to serve roughly 350 girls ages 7-18 each summer from low-income and foster families across New England and New York, operating out of Camp Kirkwold on Lovejoy Pond in Readfield.

As published: Free — fully funded through donor-supported camperships

Ages 8–17 · $4,850–$9,250/session

Wavus is a girls' overnight camp on Damariscotta Lake in Jefferson (near Damariscotta), a sister camp to Camp Kieve under Kieve-Wavus Education, serving ages 8-17 across 26-day main sessions and 10-day Junior sessions with swimming, arts and crafts, team sports, archery, riflery, sailing, and an adventure ropes course.

As published: Main sessions (26 days) $9,250; Junior sessions (10 days) $4,850

Ages 7–16 · $1,067–$2,642/session

YMCA Camp of Maine is a coed overnight camp in Winthrop, Maine, with one- and two-week sessions, separate girls' and boys' villages, an Explorer's Camp for ages 7 to 9 and a Leader In Training program. Activities include waterfront, sports, outdoor life and creative arts. The camp states it was founded in 1915 and uses tiered tuition with a financial aid tier.

As published: 2027 tiered tuition: one-week session $1,067 to $1,334; two-week sessions $2,114 to $2,642; Explorer's Camp (ages 7 to 9) $534 to $668; Tier 4 is a variable rate for families with greater need