Camps are listed geographically, click on a region to jump down.
Middlebury, Bridport, Cornwall, Ripton, Rochester, Weybridge
New Haven, Bristol, Lincoln
Vergennes, Ferrisburgh
Monkton, Starksboro, Hinesburg, Huntington
Salsibury, Brandon, Orwell, Hubbardton
Overnight Camps
Middlebury, Bridport, Cornwall, Ripton, Rochester, Weybridge
Addison Central Teens
Explore the Chittenden Brook Hut, learn photography from local artist Josh Hummel, camp out at Branbury State Park, do some “art bombing,” get into theater and more at these weeklong day camps for teens. Find all the programs here.
- Ages: 12-16
- Dates: weekly sessions TBD
- Times: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- Tuition: pay what you can
- Tuition Assistance: n/a
Aurora Preschool
Each week will look a bit different but will include hikes, crafts, music, group games, guided activities, free choices, dramatic play, forest exploration and discovery.
- Ages: 3-6
- Dates: TBD
- Times: TBD
- Tuition: TBD
- Tuition Assistance: N/A
Better Days Ranch
Horse camp for beginner and experienced riders in Bridport.
- Ages: 5 and up
- Dates: weekly sessions TBD
- Times: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- Tuition: TBD
- Contact: [email protected]
Bridge School
Bridge School Summer Camp is a holistic summer camp experience. All weeks of camp include a fun and balanced approach to the day; blending crafts with outdoor free play, energetic group games, music and storytelling. And, of course, we enjoy eating together — all campers please bring a sack lunch, snack and water bottle.
Registration opens on the Bridge School website in May.
- Ages: entering grades 1-7
- Dates: weekly sessions
- Times: TBD
- Tuition: Bridge Students: $285/week; non-Bridge $325/week
Camp Kookamunga
(Middlebury Parks & Rec)
Middlebury Parks & Rec offers this day camp each year based at Memorial Sports Center and full of field trips, hikes, games, crafts, sports and other activities.
- Ages: entering grades 1-7
- Dates: weekly sessions
- Times: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- Tuition: $220-$253/week
- Tuition Assistance: TBD
Camp Terrahana
Camp Terrahana is located in Middlebury’s Wright Park and Ripton’s Terrahana Forest. Enjoy the Vermont forests in summertime as we play lots of games, gather around campfires, tell stories, experiment with natural crafts, and let ourselves be wild and free!
Registration opens in February.
- Ages: 6-13
- Dates: weekly sessions
- Times: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- Tuition: $300-$400/week
- Tuition Assistance: TBD
Eddy Farm School
At Eddy Farm Riding Camp the focus is learning how to ride while having fun and being safe. Campers groom, tack, and ride their horse daily. The staff is knowledgeable with lots of horse experience and always there to help.
- Ages: TBD
- Dates: TBD
- Times: TBD
- Tuition: TBD
- Tuition Assistance: TBD
Green Mountain Adventures
Now in its 26th season, Green Mountain Adventures offers a variety of outdoor adventure day camps uniquely designed to safely lead children and young adults into the vast playground of rocks, rivers, and mountains surrounding our Central Vermont community. Participants engage in multi-activity wilderness adventures including canoeing and kayaking, mountain biking, hiking, river-tubing, and rock climbing. Each camp provides imaginative and unforgettable journeys in some of the most beautiful backcountry wilderness areas in and around the Green Mountains.
Registration opens January 8. Register here.
- Ages: 6-15
- Dates: weekly sessions
- Times: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Tuition: $450/week
Mary Johnson School Age Summer Camp
Located at Mary Hogan Elementary School, our school–age camp offers a wide range of activities. Swimming, art classes, Taekwondo and Tennis are available to children who have completed kindergarten (and are 6 years old) through completion of grade 5, throughout the summer. An emphasis on outdoor play, group games and making friends, exploring the community and individual choice are key pieces of the experience.
Registration opens in the spring; email Director Aly Gebo ([email protected]) for forms.
- Ages: 6-11
- Dates: TBD
- Times: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Tuition: TBD
- Tuition assistance: Tuition subsidy assistance through Child Care Services. Contact our Subsidy department at [email protected] for information and application.
- Contact: 802-989-5396 or [email protected]
Middlebury Area Land Trust
Each summer, MALT brings its mission to life by connecting local youth with the protected lands of their back yards. In forests, meadows, rivers, wetlands, and everywhere in-between we imagine, play, create, build, and connect with nature, and with each other.
Registration opens February 17.
- Ages: 5-13
- Dates: weekly sessions
- Times: 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
- Tuition: $260-$305
- Tuition assistance: TBD
Middlebury Community Music Center
We believe in immersion as a powerful tool for budding musicians. Our camps promote the joys as well as the focus required to make excellent music — and have fun doing it! Each camp features a final performance, providing a focal point and a celebration for the week.
Registration is open.
- Ages: 4-18
- Dates: weekly sessions
- Times: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- Tuition: Pay what you can
Middlebury Studio School
Middlebury Studio School fosters community engagement and creative growth in the visual arts through quality instruction in clay, fine arts and other crafts.
- Ages: 7-11
- Dates: Weekly camps, June through August
- Times: vary by camp
- Tuition: varies by camp
- Tuition assistance: scholarships available
Monarch Soccer Camp
Join Coach Chris George, the Monarch SC coaching staff, and Middlebury Tiger players for the most fun week of soccer in Addison County. The Monarch Way incorporates age-appropriate coaching methodologies with a focus on teamwork and leadership, while teaching energetic and creative soccer to players of all ages. Our Monarch Summer Camp Series focuses on foundational technical skills and small sided games in a fun and safe environment.
- Ages: 7-11
- Dates: TBD
- Times: TBD
- Tuition: $175-$250
- Tuition assistance: TBD
The Penn Program
The Penn Program offers an alternative education model for middle and high school students in Rochester. Educator Andrew Fersch is offering two summer programs: an Outdoor Adventure & Joyful Learning program for ages 4-5; and a Teen Creative Project for ages 14-18.
- Ages: 4-5; 14-18
- Dates: TBD
- Times: TBD
- Tuition: sliding scale $100-$300
Quilter’s Corner Sewing Camp
If you have a 10-14 year old that has interest in sewing or has experience sewing, these are the perfect camps for them. Projects will be determined by the skills of the student. Great opportunity to learn new techniques and how to sew! Tap into your child’s creativity and watch it soar!
- Ages: 10-14
- Dates: TBD
- Times: TBD
- Tuition: TBD
- Tuition Assistance: TBD
Town Hall Theater
Rock-It Science camp for teens; puppet and theater camp for little ones; and two Young Company musicals.
- Ages: 6 and up
- Dates: TBD
- Times: Rock-In Science is 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; the rest are half day or shorter.
- Tuition: $115-$350
- Tuition Assistance: Scholarships available. Contact [email protected]
More camps to explore!
- Middlebury Indoor Tennis summer lessons and camps – part of the Middlebury Rec Park programs.
- Addison United Soccer Club co-ed soccer camps boys and girls 7-19
- Spotlight Vermont summer dance classes. ages 3-10.
New Haven, Bristol, Lincoln
Bristol Recreation Department
Mountain biking, River Camp, Wheels Camp: Bristol Rec has something for everyone. And this year they are offering a Pay What You Can tuition model:
$25 – Minimum payment
$210 – Standard tuition cost per camper
$250 – MTB camper
Anything more than $210/250 will go towards supporting other campers.
Mountain Bike Camps:
- Ages: 4-15
- Dates: TBD
- Times: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. (9 a.m. to noon for Little Rippers)
- Tuition: Pay what you can
- Tuition Assistance: n/a
Summit Soccer School
Summit Soccer School has provided soccer instruction and fun on the Mt. Abraham campus to Addison County children from some of the area’s most knowledgeable soccer coaches for over 28 years. Summit Soccer School is directed by Dustin Corrigan, Mt. Abraham Union High School’s Varsity Girls Soccer Coach. The coaching staff features area high school and club coaches as well as talented current and former college and high school players from the area.
- Ages: entering grades K-9
- Dates: TBD
- Times: TBD
- Tuition: TBD
- Tuition assistance: sibling discount
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Vermont Literacy Network
Vermont Literacy Network’s eight, half-day summer camps in Bristol are for children ages 3-6 and 7-10. Campers will dive into creative projects like making comic books, exploring illustration, and discovering storytelling through music and dance. With engaging indoor and outdoor activities and small group sizes for individualized support, these camps inspire a love for storytelling in a fun, nurturing environment.
Families can save 25% when enrolling in three or more camps. Learn more and register here.
- Ages: 3-10
- Dates: June 23 to August 15, weekly half-day sessions
- Times: 9 a.m. to noon
- Tuition: $225 per week
Willowell Summer Camps
Willowell Summer CampsWillowell camps aim to foster a sense of pride and respect for nature in youth of all ages. Camps will bring children outdoors for programming that get children playing, getting dirty, and learning from Willowell’s 230 acres of meadows, wetlands and forest. Your children will surely come home each day tired, full of new songs, smelling of campfire, and ready to take on the world with a renewed respect for themselves, their peers, and the great outdoors!
Registration opens on February 7.
- Ages: 4-15
- Dates: TBD
- Times: check individual listings
- Tuition: TBD
- Tuition assistance: Scholarships available. Please contact [email protected] for more information.
Vergennes, Ferrisburgh
CAMP BHC
There are countless things to do at Basin Harbor for kids and all include fun. Our summer camps are structured to make the most of the beautiful surroundings. Waterfront activities, arts and crafts, STEM activities and recreational sports are all part of daily curriculum.
- Ages: TBD
- Dates: TBD
- Time: TBD
- Tuition: TBD
- Tuition Assistance: N/A
Lake Champlain Maritime Museum
LCMM’s Lake Adventure Camps offer a variety of week-long activities led by highly experienced program staff, using the fleet of watercraft, replica vessels, and teaching facilities at our 4-acre lakeside campus. Our programs promote learning, exercise, confidence and teamwork through outdoor, interactive fun.
- Ages: 13-17
- Dates: weekly sessions
- Time: 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
- Tuition: Pay what you can
Rokeby Museum
Join Rokeby Museum for a two-week experience that combines art, nature, and hands-on history. Play fun games as you learn about the Robinson artists and naturalists who once walked these grounds. Study the Robinsons’ sketches, scrapbooks, and paintings, then try your hand at each medium.
No artistic experience required, all supplies are provided. Bring your own lunch; snacks are included.
Contact [email protected] or register here: https://rokeby.org/
- Ages: 9-13
- Dates: July 14 – 25 (Mon.–Fri.)
- Time: 9 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
- Tuition: Pay what you can ($450 suggested per camper)
Very Merry Theatre
Young thespians spend a week at the Vergennes Opera House working on a theatrical production.
- Ages: 6-13
- Dates: TBD
- Time: TBD
- Tuition: TBD
More camps to explore!
Monkton, Starksboro, Hinesburg, Huntington
Common Ground Day Camps
Common Ground Day CampsOur popular one-week day camp invites young campers in the Addison and Chittenden County region to join us for the best things Vermont summers have to offer. Outdoor activities include archery, tennis, swimming, exploring the pond and creek, identifying wildlife, hiking, and gardening. Indoors, we’ll cook together, play music, and explore our artsy side.
- Ages: 6-13
- Dates: TBD
- Times: TBD
- Tuition: TBD
- Tuition assistance: Scholarships available. Contact [email protected] for more information.
Camp Outright
Common Ground Center is proud to partner with Outright Vermont to host two six-day, five-night residential summer camp sessions for queer, trans, questioning, and allied youth. We welcome folks from throughout the U.S. and beyond, with campers that range from age 13-17 and counselors-in-training ages 18-19. You don’t need to identify as LGTBQ+ to come to camp; straight allies are also welcome.
- Ages: 13-17
- Dates: TBD
- Times: overnight
- Tuition: TBD
- Tuition assistance: Scholarships available. Contact [email protected] for more information.
Green Mountain Audubon Center
Our day camps invite children to explore the world around them, get in touch with all of their senses, and connect to the plants and animals that call the Green Mountains home. There are moments of magic every day at camp, whether around the bonfire, on a hike to Lookout Rock, or scooping for critters at the pond.
- Ages: 3-12
- Dates: TBD
- Times: TBD
- Tuition: TBD
- Tuition Assistance: scholarships available
Salisbury, Brandon, Orwell, Hubbardton
Art on the Farm
Outdoor art and play camps for kids offered by Moya Cavanagh and Zelie Wright-Neil on a 100-acre farm in Leicester, VT. Inspired by Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv, this camp is intended to connect children with the natural world through exploration, art, imagination, and play. Children will spend the week exploring the land’s many woods and gardens and interpret what they see through creative projects. For more information and to register contact [email protected].
- Ages: TBD
- Dates: TBD
- Times: TBD
- Tuition: TBD
- Tuition Assistance: NA
Green Mountain Day Camp (Girl Scouts)
Green Mountain Day Camp (Girl Scouts) Green Mountain Day Camp is set at Branbury State Park in Brandon. Have fun exploring beautiful Lake Dunmore and the treasures that hide beneath the surface. Enjoy campfires, cooking outdoors, tenting and more, with new friends this week at camp.
- Ages: TBD
- Dates: TBD
- Times: TBD
- Tuition: TBD
- Tuition Assistance: NA
Mount Independence State Historic Site
Children will enjoy learning about Revolutionary times, Mount Independence, archaeology, and more, with walks and new hands-on activities. Attendees will make special items to bring home. Limited space. Pre-registration required.
- Ages: TBD
- Dates: TBD
- Times: TBD
- Tuition: TBD
- Tuition Assistance: Sibling discounts and scholarships
Overnight Camps
- Aloha Camp for Girls Girls • ages 12-17 • Fairlee • 802-333-3400
- Brown Ledge Camp Girls • ages 10-18 • Colchester • 802-862-2442
- Camp Abnaki Boys • ages 6-16 • North Hero • 802-652-8180
- Camp Aloha Hive Girls • ages 7-12 • Fairlee • 802-333 -3400
- Camp Betsey Cox Girls • ages 6-15 • Pittsford • 866-213-4717
- Camp Billings Coed • ages 8-15 • Fairlee • 802-333-4317
- Camp Birch Hill Coed • ages 6-16 • New Durham, N.H. • 603-859-4525
- Camp Common Ground Family camp • Starksboro • 802-453-2592
- Camp Downer Coed • ages 8-16 • Westport, N.Y. • Sharon • 802-276-4420
- Camp Dudley Boys • ages 10-15 • Westport, N.Y. • 518-962-4720
- Camp Hawkeye Coed • ages 8-16 • Moultonborough, N.H. • 718-315-1297
- Camp Hochelega Girls • ages 6-17 • South Hero • 802-862-7520
- Camp Kiniya Girls • ages 9-15 • Colchester • 802-893-7850
- Camp Outright • ages 13-22 • Starksboro • 802-453-2592
- Camp Sangamon Boys • ages 9-16 • Pittsford • 802-665-7505
- Circus Smirkus Co-ed • ages 5-18 • Greensboro • 802-533-7443
- Forest Lake Camp: Coed • ages 8-15 • Southern Adirondack Mountains of New York • 518-623-4771
- Green Mountain Camp (Girl Scouts) Girls • day camps and overnight camps • 888.474.9686
- Hosmer Point Coed • ages 8-14 • day and overnight camps • 802-586-7767 (summer phone) 802-586-2090 (winter phone)
- Keewaydin Dunmore Boys • ages 8-16 • Salisbury • 802-352-4770
- Lanakila Boys • ages 8-14 • Fairlee • 802-333 -3400
- Pok-O-MacCready Camps Girls/boys/coed • ages 6-16 • Willsboro, N.Y. • 518-963-7656
- Songadeewin Girls • ages 8-16 • Salisbury • 802-352-9860