Best Sports Summer Camps in Vermont

$7,625–$12,465/session

Marking its centennial in 2026, Brown Ledge is a girls' camp (ages 10–17) on Malletts Bay of Lake Champlain in Colchester, built around a distinctive "freedom of choice" philosophy that lets campers help shape their own daily schedule across horsemanship, theater, riflery/archery, water sports, and the arts.

As published: 2027 pricing: 8-week session — Tier 1 $12,465 / Tier 2 $11,465 / MPB Scholarship (need-based); 4-week session — Tier 1 $8,525 / Tier 2 $7,625 / MPB Scholarship. $800 deposit

Ages 8–16 · $560–$780/week

Camp Downer is a Sharon-based overnight camp for ages 8–16 on a 705-acre property with fourteen sleeping cabins, positioned squarely around affordability, with voluntary tiered pricing as low as $560/week and one- and two-week sessions built around aquatics, archery, riflery, sports, and the arts.

As published: One-week sessions (2026, voluntary tiered pricing): Tier A $780 / Tier B $670 / Tier C $560. Two-week session (Session 3 only): Tier A $1,540 / Tier B $1,430 / Tier C $1,320

Ages 6–17 · $2,270–$13,855/session

Founded in 1889 on Halls Lake in Newbury, Camp Farwell bills itself as the longest continuously running all-girls sleepaway camp in the U.S. It offers a traditional girls' program anchored by a strong horseback-riding program alongside team sports, performing arts, and waterfront activities on a 100-acre site, with messaging centered on camper empowerment.

As published: 2026 rates page (via search, 2027 not seen): Rookie Week $2,270; 7 Week $13,855; sessions 1-7 weeks, excludes riding add-ons

Ages 9–14 · $9,800–$13,800/season

Nearly 100 years old (founded 1927), Camp Killooleet is a screen-free, deliberately non-competitive traditional sleepaway camp for ages 9–14 on 300 acres bordering the Green Mountain National Forest in Hancock. It's distinguished by camper-choice scheduling and an unusually broad mix of sports and arts offerings, including ceramics, woodworking, silverwork, and video.

As published: Full summer session: $13,800 (camp also lists a "calculated cost to cover expenses" of $14,300); July-only option for first-time campers (one month): $9,800. Tuition covers all food, activities, trips

Ages 10–15 · $3,950–$8,350/session

Camp Kiniya is an overnight camp for girls ages 9-14 on the shores of Lake Champlain, founded in 1919 and run by Camp Dudley since 2006. Campers have a single 25-day session, choose arts, athletics and outdoor majors, and take age-scaled hiking, climbing or canoe trips in the Green Mountains. Tuition is offered in tiers with a tuition assistance option.

As published: 2027 tiered tuition shared with Camp Dudley: Tier 1 $8,350 (true cost), Tier 2 $7,250, Tier 3 $6,150, Tier 4 $5,050, Tier 5 $3,950, and Tier 6 is the tuition assistance program with a financial aid application. Non-refundable $400 deposit (or a reduced amount). Camp states over 22 percent of campers at both camps used tuition assistance in 2026.

Essex Junction Recreation & Parks runs a traditional full-day municipal summer camp at Maple Street Park and local EWSD schools, alongside a STARS-accredited licensed afterschool program during the school year. It's a classic community day-camp model with arts and crafts, sports, games, and swim instruction.

As published: Not published

Grades 1 to 10 (about ages 5–15)

A town-run day camp in Stowe combining hiking, biking, water sports, creative, science and sports activities that campers choose themselves, with weekly theme weeks and Friday field trips. Groups run from Kinders through TREC (grades 6-9), Monday to Friday, 7:45am to 4:15pm.

As published: 2026: Kinders/Explorers/Innovators $255/week resident, $265/week non-resident ($1,450 / $1,500 full camp); TREC $265/week resident, $275/week non-resident ($1,500 / $1,550 full camp). Payment plan and scholarships available

Ages 3–10

Mountain Camp is Stratton Mountain Resort's summer day camp for ages 3–10, running weekly from June through August with mountain-exploration, arts/science, and sports themes, plus separate add-on mountain-biking and junior tennis camp offerings — a resort amenity program rather than a standalone traditional camp.

As published: Not published — the resort's summer-camps page could not be retrieved directly (access error); published third-party-indexed info shows 5-day Mountain Camps run weekly June 15–Aug 28, 2026, but exact per-week price was not confirmed from the camp's own site. (For comparison, Stratton's separately priced Junior Tennis Camp lists $550 for a 5-day full-day session and $375 for 5-day half-day, per site-indexed content — this is a different, add-on program, not the general Mountain Camp rate)

Ages 11–17 · $700–$1,050/week

A one-week (July 2026) specialty soccer camp for ages 11–17 held on the Vermont Academy campus in Saxtons River, run in partnership with the Spanish league LaLiga and staffed by UEFA-certified coaches, with day and boarding options — a single-sport add-on program rather than a full-summer traditional camp.

As published: LaLiga Soccer Camp (one week, July 19–24, 2026): Day camper $700 (includes training sessions and lunch); Boarding camper $1,050 (includes housing, meals, activities). (Vermont Academy's other summer offerings — VAMS Mountain Bike Camp, Solstice Project — did not have published pricing on the pages accessed)

Ages 7–16 · $2,990–$5,780/session

Established in 1968 on 200+ acres in Roxbury, Windridge is a specialized sports camp combining highly regarded tennis, soccer, golf, and horseback-riding programs with a full traditional-camp elective slate (arts & crafts, ropes course, mountain biking); Tennis Magazine has named it one of the top ten tennis camps in the U.S.

As published: 2027 session rates: Full sessions (ages 7–15, 17 days) $5,780; Rookie sessions (ages 7–10, 10 days) $3,450; CIT sessions (age 16, 17 days) $2,990. Add-ons: golf major $150; horseback-riding major $1,450. $500 deposit due at enrollment; two-session discount $500; CIT tuition is half standard rate