Best Special needs Summer Camps in Maine

A lakefront recreational and educational camp in Dedham, Maine for individuals with disabilities, offering weekly day and overnight camp sessions from late June to mid-August. Family lodging and rentals are also available; Travel Camp is not currently operating.

As published: Not published

Grades 2 to 11 (about ages 6–16)

An unplugged Jewish overnight camp in Bridgton, Maine for rising 2nd to 11th graders, with a Zohar program for campers with cognitive and physical disabilities. Established 1913.

As published: 2027: Full Season (Jun 22-Aug 11) $16,000 standard ($15,000 summer special, $15,500 early bird); Session 1 or 2 $10,000 standard; 2-Week Session (grades 2-7) $6,000 standard; Mini-Camp $399; CIT full season $8,200; Zohar 2 weeks $8,400 / 3.5 weeks $11,700; tuition includes transportation

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 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"