Best Faith-based Summer Camps in New Hampshire

Grades 2 to 12 (about ages 6–17)

A faith-based residential camp on Newfound Lake in Hebron, run by Berea Ministries, with week-long Sunday to Saturday sessions for elementary (Discovery Camp), junior/senior high and girls camps. Activities include swimming, boating, archery, riflery, a rock wall and a high ropes course.

As published: 2027, per week: Discovery Camp $800 (before April 30) / $850; Junior/Senior High weeks $790 to $860 (before April 30) / $840 to $910 after; Girls Camp $875 / $925; $150 first-time camper discount

Ages 8–16

A faith-based residential camp for boys in the Lakes Region, with archery, canoeing, horseback riding, sailing and water skiing, plus Explorer Club, Leadership Development, Horsemanship and SCUBA programs. It is part of the Christian Camps network.

As published: 2027: one-week sessions $1,635; two-week sessions $3,335 (registration opens Sept 1)

Ages 8–16

A faith-based residential camp for girls in the Lakes Region with horseback riding, archery, sailing and woodworking. It shares the Christian Camps site and registration with Camp Brookwoods.

As published: 2027: one-week sessions $1,635; two-week sessions $3,335 (registration opens Sept 1)

Ages 6–15 · $1,300–$2,500/session

Camp Fatima for boys in Gilmanton Iron Works and Camp Bernadette for girls in Wolfeboro are Catholic sleepaway camps run by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester. The camps are ACA-accredited, welcome campers of all faiths, and combine swimming, water sports, archery, sports and arts with faith activities such as nightly prayer at the Shrine. Fatima also runs a co-ed Special Needs Week for campers with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

As published: 2027 tuition: two-week sessions $2,500 (June 27 to July 10, July 11 to 24, July 25 to August 7, and August 8 to 21 at Bernadette); one-week Starter Week and August 8 to 14 sessions $1,300; Special Needs Week $1,000. Registration fee $250 per camper per session ($150 for one-week sessions). Sibling discount $100 per session. Need-based financial aid applications are due February 1.

Ages 6–16 · $2,800–$3,900/session

An international, coed Catholic overnight camp on Ossipee Lake, operated by the Marist Brothers since 1949, drawing campers from around the world and running a year-round global staff-hiring process (including visa processing). Tuition is not published, and the camp emphasizes faith, community, and multi-generational family attendance in its own marketing.

As published: Summer 2027 per 2-week session: Opening Rate $2,800 up to Full Rate $3,900

Ages 7–18

Camp Monadnock is a Christian camp founded in 1965 and operated by Berea Ministries at the foot of Mt. Monadnock, offering youth summer and winter camps, family camp, and adult retreats, with activities including sports, archery, rock climbing, hiking, kayaking, and a zipline.

As published: Not published

Ages 5–16 · $700–$800/session

A Christian overnight/day camp and retreat center near the Ossipee Mountains, founded in 1949, that serves youth camp programs alongside adult and family retreats for groups up to 200. Camp-specific tuition isn't published; the site's public content leans more toward retreat-facility marketing than camp program detail.

As published: Camp session tuition not published; only a retreat rate found ($100/person, Women's Retreat)

Ages 5–18 · $300–$630/week

Camp Spofford is a Christian camp on Spofford Lake that runs weeklong overnight and day-only youth camps for ages 8 to 18, plus a local Voyagers day program for ages 5 to 8. The camp states it integrates chapel services, prayer and devotionals into its programming while serving campers from many faith and non-faith backgrounds. Activities include tubing, wakeboarding, a rock wall, archery, a low ropes course, beach time and field games.

As published: 2027: Voyagers (ages 5-8) $300 per week; Junior Weeks (ages 8-12) $615 overnight; Teen and Senior High Weeks $630 overnight; Day Only $450 per week; Aftershock (age 15) $1,400 for three weeks; $100 per child per week deposit for youth camp

A small coed Jewish overnight camp on Sunset Lake in Hampstead, part of Cohen Camps, with an unplugged summer and 2-week, 3.5-week and 7-week sessions. The site says 97% of campers return each summer.

As published: 2027 (first-time / returning): Full season (June 23 to August 11) $13,990 / $14,490; First session $8,625 / $8,825; Second session $8,325 / $8,525; 2-week Ta'am $4,650 (first-timers)

A coed Jewish overnight camp on Lake Potanipo in Brookline, part of Cohen Camps, offering 3.5-week and 7-week sessions plus short introductory programs. The camp is kosher with Sabbath and Israeli cultural programming.

As published: 2027 (first-time / returning): Full season (June 23 to August 11) $13,990 / $14,490; First session $8,625 / $8,825; Second session $8,325 / $8,525; 2-week Taste of Tevya $4,650; 1-week Yalla! Tevya $2,325

Ages 7–15

A Jewish overnight camp on a 65-acre property in Northwood, NH, founded in 1944 and serving grades 3-11 with flexible 2- to 7-week sessions and a dedicated "Kerem" counselor-in-training track for older teens. Pricing and staffing detail are not published on the pages reviewed.

As published: Not published

Ages 8–15

An independent, nonprofit Jewish overnight camp on a lake in Amherst for children from a range of Jewish backgrounds, run by the Friends of Young Judaea. Summer 2027 registration is open.

As published: 2027: full season (7 weeks, June 27 to August 15) $13,900; first session (4 weeks) $8,600; second session (3 weeks) $6,800; two-week first-timer sessions $4,600

Grades 3 to 12 (about ages 7–17)

The outdoor ministries camp of the New Hampshire Conference United Church of Christ on Pine Mountain in the White Mountains, running Christian overnight camps with hiking, climbing and canoeing for grades 3-12. It is ACA accredited and also hosts adult and family retreats.

As published: Sessions page (footer year 2025, dates match 2026): week-long camps $750 / $620 / $545 (three unlabeled choose-your-price tiers); shorter camps $330 / $285 / $240. 2027 sessions "coming soon"

A Christian summer camp and retreat center in central New Hampshire running seven weeks of summer programming for children, youth and adults, with a spring-fed lake and ropes course. It is ACA accredited.

As published: Not published (rates page returned an authorization error)