Camps with horseback riding in Connecticut

A horse camp at Brushy Hill Farm, 15 Coachmans Drive, with a daily riding lesson, stable management, barn safety, horse care and first aid, grooming and tacking up, games, crafts and weekly demonstrations including a farrier visit. The farm says the camp has run for over 45 years and lists eleven 2026 weekly sessions from June 15 to August 28.

As published: 2026: $350 per camper per week; camp runs 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., extended or full-day options available on request (price not published); payment in full required to reserve dates

Ages 5–16 · $2,674–$4,849/session

A traditional YMCA sleepaway and day camp on a 560-acre property with a private lake in the Litchfield Hills, founded in 1901 and now over 125 years old — one of the older, larger-footprint YMCA camps in the state. It runs two-week sleepaway sessions, day-camp weeks, and an equestrian/ranch program, and is the only camp in this Connecticut set that publishes an explicit staff-to-camper ratio (1:4), signaling a supervision-focused pitch to parents.

As published: 2027 Tier 1-3 per 2-week session: sleepaway $3,349/$2,999/$2,674; 4-week LIT up to $4,849

Ages 5–17 · $965–$3,495/session

A YMCA overnight and day camp in the Litchfield Hills approaching its 100th anniversary (~1928 founding), distinguished within this set by having the only substantive, dedicated international-camper program — a real webpage with grade-conversion charts for France, Spain, and the UK. It offers tiered sleepaway, riding, teen/LEAD, and day-camp tracks with income-based financial-aid pricing, and runs CIT and Red Cross lifeguard-certification pathways for older teens.

As published: 2027 tiered pricing per two-week session: Sleepaway $2,475–$2,975 (Tier 4 = financial aid); Riding Camp $2,825–$3,325; Teen/LEAD $2,475–$2,975; Day Camp $935–$1,085 (5th/half week $465–$545)

Ages 6–14 · $385/week

A farm-life day camp in Simsbury for ages 6 to 14, running seven one-week sessions from 9 am to 1 pm with snack and lunch provided. Campers feed and care for animals, garden organically, gather eggs, take hayrides, ride ponies and horses, and hike to streams and fields. The farm lists all 2026 weeks as sold out.

As published: 2026: $385 per week per child, with a $25 fee for switching weeks.

Ages 9–15

A coed 4-H overnight camp in Marlborough with seven one-week sessions (June 21 to August 15, 2026), a two-day Mini Camp, a Bring Your Own Horse week and an optional horse activity add-on. Activities include archery, swimming, boating, nature, outpost camping and arts and crafts.

As published: 2026 tiered: overnight week $800 (Tier 1) or $710 (Tier 2); Bring Your Own Horse $820/$730; Mini Camp $160/$140; horse add-on $150; $70 discount for 4-H club members

Ages 5–13 · $525/week

High Hopes is a therapeutic horseback riding center offering 8.5 weeks of summer horse camps in Old Lyme, including an inclusive camp for children of all abilities and a program for at-risk youth. Counselors are required to be 18+, with preferred knowledge of disabilities/behavior management and prior horse experience.

As published: "Cost: $525" for each one-week camp, Monday-Friday 9-1 (2026 dates)

A weekly summer riding program at Mead Farm, 107 June Road, for beginners age 6 and up with a daily riding lesson, horse feeding, stall mucking, grooming and tacking; families sign up for any combination of days or weeks. The farm's site links a 2026 summer brochure; the farm states it was founded in 1928.

As published: $1,375 per week, 8:30 AM to 1 PM (from a Greenwich Free Press feature; the farm's own page did not show a price and the brochure PDF was an unreadable scan)

Ages 8–16

A girls' riding camp in Ellington founded in 1956 as San Juan Ranch, teaching riding skills, horse care and horsemanship. It offers overnight camp in sessions of up to three weeks, plus a day camp, adult camp and family camp.

As published: Day camp 2026: $975 per session (sessions June 22-26 and July 27-31). Overnight camp uses three voluntary pricing tiers (Tier 1 full cost, Tier 2 basic cost, Tier 3 minimum cost); dollar amounts are in an image and were not readable

Grades 3 to 10 (about ages 7–15)

A screen-free residential and day camp at Marvelwood School, 476 Skiff Mountain Road, for rising 3rd through 10th graders, with archery, mountain biking, swimming, horseback riding, art, performing arts and optional learning-support enrichment (Orton-Gillingham, multisensory math, executive function). Sessions are June 27 to July 18, July 18 to August 8, or the full six weeks; the page does not label the year.

As published: Residential $2,500 per week; day $2,000 per week; a second enrichment activity is $425 extra per week; financial aid available

Ages 8–15

A riding camp on the Ethel Walker School campus with daily lessons, horse care, work with farriers and vets, equine science, crafts and a Friday horse show, offered as a residential program (typically girls 10-15) and a day program (typically ages 8-15, boys welcome). The camp says it has run since the early 1990s and that 2027 information will be posted later this fall.

As published: Not published

Ages 6–15 · $350–$650/week

A 4-H day and overnight camp on 270 acres of woodlands and ponds in Connecticut's "Quiet Corner," running since 1954 and positioned as one of the more affordable options in this set (2025 pricing started at $420 for day camp and $650 for overnight). It serves boys and girls ages 6–15 with a Junior Counselor/Teen Leadership pathway for older youth.

As published: 2025-listed pricing "starting at": Resident/Overnight Camp starting at $650; Day Camp starting at $420. Exact pricing basis (per week vs. per session) and 2026 figures were not published on the page reviewed

Ages 5–15 · $483–$1,646/week

A traditional all-girls overnight camp in Litchfield dating to at least 1920 (per third-party listings, not confirmed on the camp's own site), serving ages 7–15 across sessions of 1–9 weeks with a roughly 40-activity weekly program and an on-site riding stable of about 20 horses. It's positioned as one of the longest-running girls' sleepaway camps in the Litchfield Hills cluster.

As published: 2027: Day Camp $483 per week; 1-week overnight $1,646; 2-week overnight $3,039 per session