Overnight camps in Vermont

A girls' overnight camp on Lake Morey founded in 1905, with tent and cabin living on a property of over 1,200 acres. 2027 sessions run from a two-week intro session to a seven-week full season (June 25 to August 11).

As published: 2027: full session $14,475; 3-week sessions $9,400; 2-week intro $6,000 (2026 full session was $14,200)

Ages 5–16

A Vermont day and overnight summer camp in Plymouth with age-based programs from Day Camp (5-10) through Summit (11-16) and Leadership (13-16). Core and Summit include overnight sessions with Sunday check-in and Friday check-out.

As published: Not published (sliding scale; $50 non-refundable deposit; 10% multi-session household discount; discounts for Plymouth residents; financial assistance available)

$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 9–17

A co-ed overnight camp for neurodivergent children and teens on 400 wooded acres with a 65-acre lake, offering traditional camp activities with a social-skills focus and a high counselor-to-camper ratio. 2027 runs two three-week sessions, plus a family camp and a "Beyond Akeela" program.

As published: 2027: $9,900 per three-week session (June 25 to July 16; July 19 to August 9); Family Camp $4,400; Beyond Akeela $8,950

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 8–15 · $2,400–$2,700/session

Established in 1906, Camp Billings is a nonprofit, affordability-focused co-ed sleepaway camp for ages 8–15 on Lake Fairlee with a large global alumni network and 2026 per-session pricing in the $2,200–$2,500 range.

As published: Summer 2026: Session 1 (June 28–July 11) $2,200; Sessions 2–4 (July 12–Aug 22) $2,500 each

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 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 6–17 · $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

A girls' overnight camp for younger campers on Lake Morey, offering tents on platforms or rustic cabins since 1915. 2027 options are a seven-week session (June 25 to August 11), two three-week sessions and two two-week intro sessions.

As published: 2027: full session $14,475; 3-week sessions $9,400; 2-week intro $6,000 (2026 full session $14,200)

An ACA-accredited inclusive girls-plus day and overnight camp on the shores of Lake Champlain, run by YWCA Vermont. The 2027 season offers day camp (rising 1st through rising 11th grade), overnight sessions, a mini-camp hybrid, and a Counselor in Training program.

As published: 2026 rates (2027 rates "Coming Soon"): day camp $615 / $515 / $450 per week (Tier A/B/C); overnight $1,450 / $1,275 / $1,075 per session; mini-camp $950 / $800 / $665; CIT $2,150 / $1,950 / $1,750 for 5 weeks. Circle of Girls+ scholarships available.

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.

Ages 8–14 · $9,400–$14,475/session

Lanakila is an overnight camp for boys and gender nonbinary youth in grades 3-8 on Lake Morey, run by the Aloha Foundation. Campers choose from daily activity periods that include sailing, ropes, archery, woodshop and a first-session camp musical, with a minimalist, rustic approach. Sessions run three weeks, seven weeks or longer through a Bridge program.

As published: 2027: full seven-week season $14,475 (June 25-August 11); each three-week session $9,400 (June 25-July 18 and July 20-August 11); Bridge program (eight weeks, from June 21) $14,475. Campership aid is based on household income.

Ages 13–17

A one-week residential summer camp run by Outright Vermont for LGBTQ+ and allied teens ages 13 to 17, with hiking, swimming, archery, campfires, arts, theater games and social justice workshops. Summer 2026 sessions ran July 3 to 9 and July 11 to 17.

As published: 2026: $1,400 full tuition per one-week session; partial and full scholarships and installment plans available

Ages 8–14 · $3,595–$8,413/session

Camp Sangamon is an overnight camp for boys and non-binary children on 200 acres with a small lake near Rutland, founded in 1922. Campers direct their own day by choosing from over twenty activities, including waterfront, creative arts, a farm and garden program, riding and hiking trips. The community is about 90 campers living in cabin groups of eight to ten with three staff leaders.

As published: 2027: two-week sessions $3,595 (July 18-31 and August 1-14); three-week Session 1 (June 27-July 17) $5,047; Sessions 2 and 3 (July 18-August 14) listed at $6,728; Sessions 1 and 2 (June 27-July 31) $8,413. Enroll by December 31 for a 3 percent discount; need-based aid and payment plans available.

Ages 7–17

A free, year-round camp for Vermont and northern New York children who have or have had cancer, with a one-week overnight summer camp (ages 7-17) and winter weekends. 2027 winter weekends are scheduled for ages 7-10, 11-14 and 15-17.

As published: Free for families

Ages 5–18 · $250–$5,500/session

Smirkus Camp is a circus arts camp held under big top tents on a 35-acre hilltop campus in Greensboro in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom. It offers day and overnight options from a one-day Smirkling introduction for ages 5-12 through multi-week placement-based programs for ages 12-18, taught by circus coaches in acrobatics, juggling, aerials and performance. Campers can choose female, male or non-binary housing in two dormitory buildings.

As published: 2027: Smirkling day camp (June 19, ages 5-12) $250; Smirkling Overnight (June 19-20, ages 6-12) $495; All Levels one week $1,825 and two weeks $3,650 (ages 8-16); Intermediate two weeks $3,650 (ages 12-18); Intermediate Skills Intensive $3,850; Advanced Individual Acts three weeks $5,225; Road Show three weeks (July 25-August 14) $5,500. Layover between sessions $350.

Ages 7–17 · $1,450–$2,600/session

Dunkley's is an overnight gymnastics camp on the shores of Lake Champlain that the camp calls Vermont's first and only sleepaway gymnastics camp. It takes about 50 campers per session, from beginners through USAG Level 9, with girls' weeks and two co-ed weeks. Afternoons add waterfront activities, martial arts, dance, art, cooking and woodworking.

As published: 2027: one-week session $1,450; two-week sessions $2,600; non-refundable $300 deposit per session; 5 percent sibling discount. Sessions run Sunday through Friday.

Ages 4–17 · $1,400–$7,200/session

Farm & Wilderness is a large, historic (operating since 1939) system of six ACA-accredited overnight and day camps spread across a 4,800-acre property in Plymouth, offering a traditional mix of outdoor/wilderness skills (hiking, canoeing, rock climbing, organic farming, carpentry) and the arts for ages 4–17. It stands out for its sliding-scale "campership" pricing model, which makes a nominally expensive camp ($7,200 base for a 3-week session) accessible down to a few hundred dollars for lower-income families.

As published: Overnight camps (3-week session): $7,200 base; sliding-scale "campership" $1,320–$7,200 based on family income. The Clearing (2-week overnight): $4,900 ($887–$4,900 with campership). Barn Day Camp (2-week): $1,400 ($300–$1,400 with campership)

Grades 9 to 11 (about ages 13–16)

Vermont's residential summer enrichment program for high school students, with institutes in arts, engineering, entrepreneurship, global issues, health and medicine, math, technology and design, weather and climate, and youth action, held on college campuses. The page calls it Vermont's longest-running accelerated enrichment program; applications are closed until next season.

As published: Sliding scale by household income, as low as $10 per the site; third-party payer rate $3,100 (short course) or $3,400 (long course)

Ages 12–16

Week-long residential conservation camps run by the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department at Camp Kehoe on Lake Bomoseen (Castleton) and Buck Lake (Woodbury), teaching fish and wildlife conservation, ecology, forestry and outdoor skills. Separate boys' and girls' basic weeks serve ages 12 to 14, with advanced weeks for returning campers up to 16.

As published: 2026: $300 per week (2024 press release said $250 and food, lodging and equipment included; financial assistance available)

Ages 9–15 · $700–$2,600/session

Hosmer Point is a co-ed residential camp on a lake in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom, part of the Craftsbury Outdoor Center family and run by a nonprofit foundation. Campers in grades 3-9 attend 13-day sleepaway sessions and set their own daily activity schedule. Tuition uses an honor-system, income-based sliding scale, and the campus is unplugged.

As published: Sliding scale for 13-day camps (camp lists 2026 brackets): $700, $1000, $1300, $1600, $1900, $2200, $2500 (true cost of camp), up to $2600 and above; tuition covers meals, lodging and programming with no additional fees. 2027 sessions: June 20-July 2, July 4-16, July 18-30, August 1-13.

Ages 8–16 · $5,975–$12,650/session

Keewaydin Dunmore is a boys' overnight camp on Lake Dunmore in the Green Mountains, established in 1910. Campers ages 8-16 combine in-camp activities with a canoeing and hiking trip program, and each camper takes a camping trip every month. Older campers can join extended canoe trips into Quebec.

As published: 2027: 8 weeks $12,650 (June 27-August 21); 4 weeks $9,750; 2 weeks (new campers ages 8-10 only) $5,975; 5-week Wilderness trip (ages 16-18) $11,000. Early bird discount of $250 if enrolled by November 1. Optional extras listed: Burlington Airport transport $125, NYC chaperoned bus $250.

A residential summer music school in Weston with a Junior Session for students in grades 4-8, a Senior Session for high schoolers, and adult workshops, taught by professional musicians who live on campus. The Junior Session is listed for August 14-29, 2027, and the school marks its 75th anniversary in summer 2027.

As published: Junior Session $4,200 all-inclusive (stated for summer 2026; 2027 price not seen); financial aid for demonstrated need

Ages 6–16

The Lake Champlain Maritime Museum runs summer day camps for ages 6-16 on subjects such as fishing, watershed ecology, snorkeling, metalsmithing and boating, plus overnight teen programs for ages 13-16 that include kayak building, a seven-day kayak expedition and a sailing skills camp. All camps are pay-what-you-can, with a standard tuition listed for each camp. The museum opened in 1985 and the programs connect to Lake Champlain history, archaeology and ecology.

As published: Standard tuition shown for each camp, paid on a pay-what-you-can basis: day camps about $400 for a week; three-week kayak building camp $2,950; Champlain Discovery kayak expedition $2,065; Sail Champlain five-day overnight camp $1,475. Pricing year is not stated on the page.

Ages 8–15

Adventure and mountain-biking camps in the Mad River Valley designed and led by professional guides, with day and overnight options. 2027 sessions run June 21 to August 20 (dates tentative), 8am to 4pm Monday to Friday, with registration opening November 20.

As published: Honor-based sliding scale by household income. 6-day overnight: $1,450 (income $185K and up), $1,050 ($100K to $185K), $795 ($70K to $99K), $650 ($50K to $69K), $450 (under $49K). 5-day overnight: $1,210, $855, $655, $545, $375. Day camps $375 at every income level. Scholarships available for families who need more help

A Stowe adventure camp offering weekday day camp for ages 6 and up through summer 2026, plus Thursday overnight campouts and multi-day mountain biking, surf, river and Maine and Adirondack adventures. The company says it opened its doors in 1994.

As published: Day camp $500 per week (June 22 to September 4, 2026, 8:30am to 4:30pm); early summer week $125 per day or $500 per week; Thursday overnight campout $100; multi-day adventures $495 to $1,250 (for example Mountain Bike Camp $495, Surf Camp $595, Maine Adventure $1,250)

$1,335–$5,145/session

Night Eagle is a small, deliberately primitive wilderness camp for boys ages 10–14 in Wallingford, in Vermont's Green Mountains, where campers live in Lakota-style tipis and spend their days on survival and bushcraft skills — fire-making, tracking, shelter-building — rather than conventional camp amenities.

As published: 2026 rates: 1 week $1,335; 2 weeks $2,465; 3 weeks $3,290; 4 weeks $3,910; 6 weeks $5,145

Ages 6–17

Summer day camps (ages 6-14) and overnight expedition trips (ages 11-17) run by the Burlington climbing center, led by guides, trip leaders and counselors. The 2027 calendar is listed as coming soon, with registration opening February 1.

As published: Not published (scholarships available)

Ages 5–18 · $155–$345/week

River of Life Camp is a Christian camp in Irasburg, in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom, operating since 2002 and offering Bible-centered overnight and day programming plus specialty options like horse camp for campers roughly ages 5–18, notable for a staff team largely made up of the camp's own former campers.

As published: 2026 (via site search snippets): overnight "$345/week"; day camp "$155 a week"; horse camp add-on $100

Ages 8–18

A horsemanship and eventing overnight camp on a 200-acre family farm in Tunbridge, with three-phase eventing lessons and tubing in the nearby White River. 2026 ran six sessions of one or two weeks from June 21 to August 29.

As published: 2026: $1,950 per one-week session; $3,900 per two-week session

Ages 6–13 · $495–$545/week

Rugged Adventures is an outdoor adventure camp based in Stowe, founded in 2010 and run by professional educators, offering both day camps and overnight adventure trips with hiking, biking, and swimming in the Green Mountains.

As published: "Maximum age for overnights is 13."

Ages 14–18 · $2,245–$3,145/session

SOCAPA is a pre-college-style teen arts intensive (ages 14–18) held on the Champlain College campus in Burlington, offering film, acting, photography, dance, and music tracks with professional-grade production facilities — a specialized arts program rather than a traditional camp.

As published: 2026 tuition: 2-week sessions $2,145–$3,745 (varies by discipline); 3-week sessions $2,895–$4,495. Room & board (residential): double/triple occupancy $775/week, single room $1,275/week. Day-student meals/activities fee: $55/week. 5% multi-session/sibling discount

Ages 5–17

Shelburne Farms, the well-known nonprofit working farm and education center on Lake Champlain, runs a farm-based summer camp program for ages 5–17, including a teen Youth Leader track for ages 14–17. The organization offers need-based sliding-scale financial assistance to reduce cost barriers for families.

As published: Not published (need-based sliding-scale financial assistance available; before/after care is $3 per half hour per family)

Ages 8–16

A girls' overnight camp on Lake Dunmore founded in 1921, combining on-site activities with canoeing, hiking and a wilderness trip program. Sister camp to Keewaydin Dunmore but a separate girls' camp.

As published: 2027: 8 weeks $12,650; 4 weeks $9,750; 2 weeks $5,975 (new campers entering grades 2-4); Songa Wilderness $11,000. 2026: 8 weeks $12,200. $250 early bird discount by Nov 1; 5% sibling discount