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Adirondack Woodcraft Camps

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Overview

Adirondack Woodcraft Camps features 100 years of tradition and character wrapped into a residential camp program that was founded in 1925. We have an emphasis on outdoor leadership and wilderness living skills with the six million acre Adirondac...

Program

Instructional Swimming Distance Swimming Canoeing Kayaking Paddle Boarding Sailing Row Boating High Ropes Course Climbing wall Zip lines Mountain Biking Archery Rifelry Orienteering / Map and Compass Outdoor Leadership and Camp Skills Nature and...
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Adventure
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Archery
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Arts and Crafts
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Backpacking
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Basketball
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Campfire

Accommodation & facilities

Dining Hall - historic building where whole camp east at same timeLong House - historic recreation hall and games building, stage, and indoor campfire Health Center - with housing for nurse and beds for sick campers 14 Cabins - 3 season screened...
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Archery
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Arts room
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Baseball field
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Basketball Court
Library
Classrooms
Dining
Dining Room

Location and contact

Nearest airport

The nearest airport to Adirondack Woodcraft Camps is Albany. Airport pickup is available upon request. We offer camp van picks ups from Albany and Newark airports.

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$4,575

Available from June to August

Minimum stay 3 weeks
This is a rare find for Multi-Activity

Especially loved for the activity: Multi-Activity.

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  1. Such a wonderful camp! Truly special and above and beyond my expectations. Our daughter went for the first time last year and it was delightful to see how much she grew and developed in her time there. Your child will feel that level of attention to detail from activities, councillors, how the camp is organised, and how the campers are cared for – and cared about. Even the food is amazingly fresh and delicious. Our daughter loved her day-long canoe trip and hiking trip so much and felt so great about her accomplishments from going through these experiences.

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  2. We have had our kids attend Woodcraft each of the last 6 summer and I can honestly say that each year the children we pick up at the end of the summer are significantly more self confident and knowledgeable than the children we dropped off at the start

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  3. We looked at dozens of camps boasting everything from computers to go-carts but the more we looked the more we were attracted to the sincerity and traditional programs at Woodcraft. When our daughter Eliza sent us her first ecstatic post card describing in vivid detail the wonder and pride she felt after climbing her first mountain, we knew that we had made the right choice.

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  4. My daughter went to this camp for the first time this summer and absolutely loved it. She will definitely be going back next summer. The camp directors Christina and Doug Bartlett never tire in their efforts to make the campers happy and safe! My daughter bonded with her cabin friends and her counselors very quickly. When I picked her up after her 2 week Rookie program she was in tears – not wanting to leave her new friends. I am so happy that she found someplace where she felt so comfortable. She raves about her experiences such as camping out, earning badges and the water front activities but also loved the food. It is a well rounded positive experience for kids. We love Woodcraft!

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Q&A

There is a camp Nurse on site and emergency services available if needed. Our health center does have overnight accomodations if a campers or staff are ill and need to be isolated from the rest of camp until well.

Each cabin group has a counselor in charge.
There is then a head counselor in charge of all the counseling staff.
Administrative staff consists of the two owners directors, program director, waterfront director, trip director and the camp nurse.
All trips taken go with two counseling staff at least one is Wilderness First Aide certified

They must attend our 2 week staff training and most but not all are Wilderness First Aide certified as well as being certified Lifeguards.

Criminal background and sex offender checks are done on all staff every year whether new or returning, including all directors.

All staff go through the staff training provided by the leadership staff at Adirondack Woodcraft led by the directors who have a combined 50 years in summer camp administrative experience.

We operate camp with the philosophy called KARE Kindness and Respect for Everyone. This is true in everything we do. We teach campers to care of each other first and foremost and to embrace our differences. We are a small camp but we pull campers and staff from all over the country and the world and this makes us very diverse and very special. However we go beyond this and teach campers to care for themselves and to push themselves outside their day to day comfort zone. Finally we teach campers to care for the environment around them by being stewards of the wilderness so that it may be around for generations to come.

New York State permits us to operate our residential summer camp and that is a very strict set of guidelines, likely the toughest in the United States. This permit must be renewed every year and requires a minimum of two sites visits each summer to make sure we are staying safe. It covers every aspect of camp from foodservice and sleeping quarters to swimming and wilderness travel protocols. We meet or exceed every requirement. Summer camp is not what we do it is who we are and a lifestyle we have embraced in every way possible.

Staff are permitted to have mobile phone for emergencies for trip but campers are required to turn in their phone to the office upon arrival and get in back when they depart camp. Summer in the Adirondacks is a time to unplug, make new friends, get in touch with the outdoors and remember what it is like to be a kid!

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Accomodation & facilities

Activities

Overview

Instructional Swimming Distance Swimming Canoeing Kayaking Paddle Boarding Sailing Row Boating High Ropes Course Climbing wall Zip lines Mountain Biking Archery Rifelry Orienteering / Map and Compass Outdoor Leadership and Camp Skills Nature and Science Soccer Basketball Tennis Pickle Ball Beach Volleyball Gaga Frisbee Golf Kickball Softball Lacrosse Ping Pong Arts and Crafts Dance Music Group Games and Special Events Cooking Campfires Day trips - hiking, canoeing, mountain biking Overnight trips either backpacking or canoe packing

Included activities

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Adventure
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Archery
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Arts and Crafts
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Backpacking
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Basketball
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Campfire
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Camping Skills/Outdoor Living
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Ceramics
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CIT/Counselor Development
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Day Trips
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Fishing
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GaGa
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Games
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Hiking
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Kayaking
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Lacrosse
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Leadership Development
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Mountain Biking
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Nature Exposure
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Orienteering
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Paddleboarding
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Pickleball
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Riflery
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Rock Climbing
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Ropes Course
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Sailing
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Soccer
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Sports
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Swimming
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Tennis
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Ultimate Frisbee
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Volleyball
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Water Activities
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Water Polo
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Wilderness Trips
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Woodworking
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Zip Line

Optional activities

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Rafting

Academics

Language Lessons

Schedule

7:30 am Reveille (wake up) 8:00 am Breakfast 8:45 am Cabin Clean-up 9:15 am 1st Activity 10:25 am 2nd Activity 12:00 pm Lunch 1:00 pm Rest Hour 2:10 pm 3rd Activity 3:10 pm 4th Activity 4:10 pm Choice 5:10 pm General Swim 6:15 pm Dinner 7:30 pm Evening Activity 8:30 pm Call to Quarters 9:00 pm Taps (lights out)
Every Wednesday is all camp trip day - local hiking, biking, boating trip just for the day.
Every Sunday is all camp campfire - fun and entertainment for all at the 100 year old campfire circle.
Weekly different age groups go out for backpacking or canoeing trips for 2-5 days depending on age.