Camps with financial aid in New England

Ages 6–16 · $900/session

ASAP! Summer Camp is an arts-focused day camp held at Rumsey Hall School in Washington, CT, led by professional teaching artists across visual, culinary, and performing arts. The program has served the community for roughly 26 years and offers age-tiered tracks from grades 1–10.

As published: $900 base tuition; $100 early-registration discount before April 1; financial aid available (apply by June 1)

Ages 9–18 · $350–$3,500/session

Acadia Mountain Guides runs rock-climbing and outdoor-adventure day and overnight camps out of Bar Harbor for ages 6-18, ranging from entry-level "Mountain Monkeys" day camps to advanced multi-day Rock Pro climbing progressions led by professional guides, including at least one IFMGA-certified guide. Programs combine climbing, hiking, paddling, and survival skills in and around Acadia National Park.

As published: Day camps from $350; overnight camps $1,500-$1,900; 14-day Rock Masters camp $3,500; multi-sport options from $1,400

Ages 5–14 · $450/week

Action Adventures Day Camp is run by Berkshire South in Great Barrington for children entering kindergarten through 8th grade, or up to age 14. Days combine sports, arts and crafts, cooking, gardening, drama, recreational swimming and STEM activities, with weekly themes such as S.T.E.A.M., Wizard Academy and Camp Rock. The camp runs nine weeks, Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm.

As published: 2026 tuition $450 per week; prorated weeks 2 and 9 cost $360.

Ages 6–11 · $300–$325/week

Scout-run day camp open to children in grades 1 to 5, with no Scouting experience required, at Adventure Base Camp (Camp Champlin) in Cranston. Each week has a theme, and activities include archery, boating, swimming, crafts, outdoor cooking, nature and daily STEM projects, with a family campfire program on Fridays.

As published: 2026: $300 per week for a Narragansett Council Scout, $325 for others; extended care $65 per week

Ages 5–12

Full-day arts camp run by the Community Art Center in Cambridge's Port neighborhood, part of its school-age program for ages 5 to 12. It runs nine weeks from July 4th through Labor Day, from 8am to 6pm, and combines artistic skill-building with outdoor fun and weekly field trips to places such as the beach, Hale Reservation and the Institute of Contemporary Art. Three meals are provided daily.

As published: Not published as a flat fee (tuition is on an income-based sliding scale; vouchers and income-eligible slots are accepted; two weeks of fees due as deposit at registration)

Ages 6–14 · $292–$365/week

Artists' Exchange is a nonprofit arts collaborative in Cranston's Rolfe Square that runs weekly themed day camps (visual art, ceramics, digital media, and theater) for ages 5-14 out of its own studio, gallery, and theater campus. It also runs a selective Counselor-in-Training program for teens starting at age 14.

As published: $365/week full day (9am-3pm); $292 for a 4-day week; 5% early-registration discount before March 1 brings the base price to $346.75; extended care $10/hour or $50/week

Ages 3–18 · $350–$385/week

Audubon Sharon Summer Day Camp is a nature-based day camp run by the Sharon Audubon Center, serving children ages 3 through 12th grade on the Center's wildlife sanctuary grounds. It is directed by Camp Director Wendy Miller.

As published: "Tuition for each session is $350 per child per week." (2026); TRIP teen week $385; 4-day week $280

Ages 3–15

Outdoor day camp of the Audubon Society of Rhode Island for children ages 2 1/2 to 15, held at its wildlife refuges in Bristol, RI and Seekonk, MA. Campers explore fields, forests, ponds, streams and the Narragansett Bay coast, with nature education, hikes and games.

As published: Not published (Counselor-in-Training session in 2026 was $225 for members and $275 for non-members; members receive camp fee discounts)

Ages 5–15 · $3,500–$9,150/session

A historic Berkshires YMCA camp complex combining Camp Becket for boys (est. 1903), Chimney Corners Camp for girls (est. 1931), and a day camp serving nearly 800 local children each summer. Distinctive for a structured multi-year staff-leadership pipeline (the "Aides Program") and a decades-old International Camper Exchange Program sending teens to YMCAs worldwide; pricing is income-tiered, $3,500–$9,150 per session.

As published: Overnight, per session, 2027 pricing (tiered — Tier 1 = full cost, lower tiers subsidized): Traditional Camp 4 weeks $6,650–$8,300; Specialty (Construction & Adventure Odyssey) 4 weeks $7,350–$9,150; First-time-camper 2-week $3,500–$4,400; 3-week $5,250–$6,600. Dates & Rates (https://bccymca.org/dates-rates/)

Ages 5–14 · $360–$450/week

Berkshire Art Center runs weekly summer art day camps for ages 5 to 14 in Stockbridge, with some sessions in West Stockbridge and Pittsfield. Each week has a theme combining drawing, painting, building and other creative work, and there is a new outdoor sculpture studio and a weekly walk to TurnPark Art Space. Families can sign up for single weeks across an eleven-week season.

As published: 2026 tuition $360 per week for Monday to Thursday sessions and $450 per week for Monday to Friday sessions; family members save 15%.

Ages 7–16 · $5,500–$13,000/session

A small (capped at 90 boys), centennial (1926) wilderness-oriented boys' camp in Waterford distinguished by an unusually rigorous staff program — a 10-day full-staff orientation, resident nurse practitioner and consulting child psychiatrist, and a tight 3:1 camper-to-counselor ratio — signaling a camp that markets itself heavily on care and staff quality rather than size or amenities.

As published: 2027 Dates & Rates: Full Session "$13,000"; Cubs Camp (13 days) "$5,500"

Ages 5–15 · $103–$565/week

Blue Hills Nature Camp is a Mass Audubon day camp based at Blue Hills Trailside Museum on Chickatawbut Hill, with access to the 7,000-acre Blue Hills Reservation. Campers ages 5 to 15 explore nature through hands-on activities, art and daily hikes, in age groups from Chickadees to Teen Adventurers. The camp states it is accredited by the American Camp Association (ACA-accredited) and uses a sliding-scale tuition based on family income.

As published: 2026 sliding-scale weekly tuition of $103 to $515 for most age groups and $113 to $565 for Teen Adventurers, set by family income tier; before camp $17 to $85 and after camp $33 to $165 per week. Camp states 2027 registration is coming soon.

Ages 5–16

Nature day camp at Mass Audubon's Broad Meadow Brook Wildlife Sanctuary in Worcester for children from about 4.5 to 16 years old. Campers spend most days outdoors investigating habitats, ecosystems and wildlife at the sanctuary and beyond, with noncompetitive games, songs and stories. Tuition is set on a sliding scale based on annual household income.

As published: Not published on the camp page (see Programs and Pricing); families register at a tuition rate based on annual gross income

Ages 5–17 · $521–$810/week

Brookline Arts Center offers weeklong, full-day summer art programs for kids and teens ages 5 to 17 at its studio at 86 Monmouth Street. Weekly themes cover drawing, painting, collage, sculpture, comics and a guided ceramics studio, each led by a named instructor. The center says financial aid is available.

As published: 2026 class fees of $521 to $810 per week plus materials fees of $45 to $55, depending on the program; programs run 9:00a to 4:00p or 9:00a to 2:00p

$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

Brunswick Parks and Recreation Department runs a municipal Summer Day Camp for children entering grades K-8, with age-specific programs (Kinder Camp, Imagination Camp for grades 1-2, and Explorers Camp for other grades) featuring arts and crafts, sports, STEM projects, and team-building activities, plus an early-bird discount and scholarship program.

As published: Not published (early-bird discount available for registrations paid in full by April 1; scholarships available)

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 5–13

Camp Aldersgate is a United Methodist Church-affiliated, ACA-accredited camp and retreat center on over 280 acres in North Scituate, running both day camp (ages 5-13) and overnight camp (ages 7-17) with a private lake, ropes courses, and themed weeks. It is a member of the Rhode Island Association of Camps.

As published: Not published (rates page did not display pricing in accessible text form)

Ages 7–17 · $5,500–$12,600/session

Camp Arcadia is an ACA-accredited sleepaway camp for girls ages 7 to 17 in Otisfield, Maine, with full-season, session and introductory programs. The camp's stated mission is to build confidence and life skills, encourage healthy challenges and deepen respect for the outdoors. Its site says it has run since 1916 and has a separate scholarship foundation.

As published: 2027: Full Season (June 26 to August 13) $12,600; First Session (June 26 to July 24) $9,600; Second Session (July 25 to August 13) $7,000; Introductory Sessions A, B and C (grades 1 to 3, about two weeks) $5,500 each

Ages 5–18 · $425–$525/week

A Girl Scout summer day camp in Weston for campers entering kindergarten through grade 12, running six themed weeks in July and August. Activities include a daily swim in the on-site pool supervised by certified lifeguards, archery, outdoor cooking and survival skills. Bus routes and financial aid on request are listed.

As published: 2026 weekly rates range by week and fee tier: $425-$500 (weeks 1, 3, 4, 6) and $450-$525 (weeks 2 and 5); older campers in weeks 2 and 5 can join an overnight

Ages 7–17 · $4,200–$13,200/session

A Jewish boys' overnight camp in Amesbury founded in 1931, notable for explicitly exceeding ACA ratio guidelines with a stated 4:1 camper-to-staff ratio and relatively small bunks (avg. ~11 campers). Camp size is inferred at roughly 200–300+ campers from published bunk capacities; the camp explicitly notes past campers from Europe and Israel.

As published: 2027: Full Session 7 weeks $13,200; Session 1 3.5 weeks $8,300; Mini Camp 2 weeks $4,200

Ages 5–16 · $300–$495/week

Camp Beech Cliff is a nonprofit day camp on 50 acres bordering Acadia National Park in Mount Desert, offering one-week sessions for ages 5-15 that balance outdoor adventure (rock wall, ropes courses, archery) with creative programming. Originally a boys' camp from the 1950s to 1978, it was reborn as a coed day camp in 1991 and became an independently operated, ACA-accredited nonprofit by 2002.

As published: 2026: "$495 for everyone / $300 with resident discount" per week

Ages 8–14 · $3,595–$9,270/session

Camp Betsey Cox is an overnight camp for girls, young women and gender non-binary campers on Burr Pond near Rutland, founded in 1953 and still a family business. Campers completing grades 3-8 choose from activities including riding, a farm, pottery, weaving, performing arts and outdoor skills, and older girls can join a three-year Leadership program. Sessions run from two to eight weeks.

As published: 2027: Session 1 (three weeks, June 27-July 17) $5,047; Sessions 1 and 2 (five weeks) $8,413; Session 2 (two weeks, July 18-31) $3,595; all three sessions (eight weeks, June 27-August 21) $9,270. Early enrollment discount of 3 percent by December 31; tuition discounts and payment plans available case by case.

Ages 6–16 · $1,271–$1,877/week

Camp Bishopswood is an Episcopal coed overnight camp on Lake Megunticook in Hope, Maine, with one-week youth camp sessions for ages 8 to 16, short mini-camps for ages 6 to 8, a counselor-in-training program and a day camp. It uses a voluntary three-tier pricing system and offers scholarships. Activities include waterfront, performing arts, camp craft, art barn, campouts and hikes.

As published: 2027 voluntary tiered pricing for one-week youth camps (ages 8 to 16): Tier 1 $1,271, Tier 2 $1,633, Tier 3 $1,877 per week; Session 1 (4 weeks) $5,084 to $7,508; Session 2 (3 weeks) $3,813 to $5,631; 7-week $8,897 to $13,139; three-day mini-camps $572 to $845

Ages 7–18 · $375–$800/session

Camp Bonnie Brae is an ACA-accredited Girl Scout camp on Big Pond in East Otis, offering themed overnight sessions of three or six nights for girls entering grades 2 through 12, plus a one-week day camp for grades 1 to 3. Activities include a low elements challenge course, an archery range, an art loft and waterfront activities such as swimming, kayaking, canoeing and paddle boarding. The camp describes itself as having more than a century of tradition.

As published: 2026 overnight sessions $375 (three nights), $725 or $800 (six nights); non-members pay an extra $55. Leadership programs: CIT $700, camp intern $300.

Ages 5–13 · $228–$386/week

Camp COMO is the state-licensed summer day camp of the Stonington Community Center (COMO), running 10 weeks of programming on a 16-acre campus for preschool through grade 7, with specialty options in arts, technology, and athletics.

As published: 2026 pricing: full day $321 (members) / $386 (non-members) per week; half-day $228 (members) / $293 (non-members) per week; $50 non-refundable deposit per week

$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

Camp Cedar Hill is a historic Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts day camp on 75 acres in Waltham, welcoming girls from kindergarten through grade 12 for traditional day camp and Girl Scout troop camping, with archery, two pools, boating, and high/low ropes courses.

As published: Not published on the camp page (directs visitors to the separate 2026 Camp Guide); extended care add-ons are $10 (7:30–9am) and $15 (4–6pm)

Grades 2 to 11 (about ages 6–16) · $2,250–$8,250/session

Camp Chewonki is a nature-based overnight camp in Wiscasset, run by the Chewonki Foundation, for children from the end of 2nd grade through 8th grade, with backcountry trips for teens. Puffins (completing grades 2 to 3) attend an 11-day session, and full-session campers (completing grades 3 to 8) attend three weeks. Camp life centers on canoeing, kayaking, backpacking and ecology and wildlife study, and older campers can join canoe and backpacking trips in Maine, Vermont and Quebec.

As published: 2027 tiered tuition on an honor system: 3-week camp sessions and 3-week trips are $8,250 (Tier 1), $7,250 (Tier 2) and $6,000 (Tier 3); 2-week trips and the Puffin program are $4,500, $3,500 and $2,250. Tier 4 is a scholarship that requires a financial aid application. The camp says it provides more than $400,000 in need-based aid each year.

Ages 5–13

Camp Cutler is a YMCA of Greater Hartford day camp at the Hale YMCA in Putnam, serving grades K–7 (ages 5–12) with arts and crafts, STEM, literacy, sports, free daily swim lessons, and free breakfast/lunch through Putnam School Food Services. Staff complete over 40 hours of orientation before campers arrive.

As published: Not published (2027 pricing listed as "coming soon"); Y Vacation Days priced at $65/day (member) or $105/day (program participant)

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 8–17 · $4,950–$11,475/session

Camp Encore/Coda is a music-focused camp in Sweden, Maine, for campers finishing grades 3 through 11, with overnight sessions of two, three or six weeks and a day camp. Campers take part in ensembles, musical theater, jazz, rock, orchestra and vocal programs alongside a waterfront and recreation. The camp describes a non-competitive community of around 100 campers.

As published: 2027 overnight full rate: Session I or II (3 weeks) $6,980 each; Full Session (6 weeks) $11,475; Staccato 2-week sessions $4,950 each. A lower community rate (honor system) is offered: $6,575 for 3 weeks and $10,800 for 6 weeks. Day camp pricing not published

Ages 8–17 · $1,900–$3,700/session

Overnight live-action role-playing camps run by The Story School, where campers complete STEAM lessons to earn abilities and then battle monsters in an ongoing story. Camp Fable serves ages 8 to 16 in two-week sessions and Camp Grimoire is a teen week for ages 14 to 17. The camp states it is fully inclusive of LGBTQIA+ and neurodiverse campers, and the organization has operated since 2013.

As published: 2027 pre-registration prices: Camp Fable $3,700 per two-week session (three sessions), Camp Grimoire $1,900 for one week; pre-registration saves up to $300 per session; camp page states prices range from $1,800 to $3,800 depending on length and type

Ages 5–17 · $375–$2,000/session

Camp Farnsworth is a 240-plus-acre overnight and day Girl Scout camp with its own 50-acre lake in Thetford Center, serving girls in grades K–11 through weeklong resident sessions, short campettes, and specialty programs such as horseback riding. The camp traces its roots to 1909 and became a Girl Scout property in 1959.

As published: Programs range roughly $200–$2,000 depending on session length (e.g., 2-night sessions ~$375; 5-night ~$800–$950; 12-night ~$1,500–$2,000); $100 non-refundable deposit required at registration

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 7–13 · $225/week

Camp Foster is the summer day camp of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Manchester, set on 20 acres in Bedford. Campers entering grades 2 to 7 spend the day swimming, boating, doing arts and crafts, athletics, STEM activities, performing arts and a ropes course, and ride buses from the Union Street Clubhouse in Manchester. The club also runs Kidz Kamp for grades K-1 and a Tween/Teen program for grades 6 to 12.

As published: 2026: $225 per week for Camp Foster (grades 2-7), Kidz Kamp (grades K-1) and the full-day Tween/Teen program; 10 weeks beginning June 22, 2026, 6:30am to 6:00pm Monday to Friday, breakfast and dinner included