Sleepaway Camps for 8-Year-Olds
125 camps · 64 family reviews · price levels $ to $$$
Eight is one of the most common first-summer ages — old enough to manage bunk life, young enough to grow up inside a camp family. Every camp below accepts 8-year-olds. Check each camp's Sessions line for shorter first-year options, and read what other parents said about their kids' first summers.
Ranked by honest reviews from real parents, campers, and alumni. Rankings can't be bought or edited by anyone (including us) — camps without reviews yet appear at the end.
★ FeaturedCamp Lenox✓
$$$Berkshires, MA · Otis
5(18 reviews)
Sports-focused traditional sleepaway camp in the Berkshires.
Camp Wah-Nee
$$$Connecticut · Torrington
4.9(7 reviews)
Spirit, tradition, and values on Shadow Lake in Litchfield County.
Camp Pinewood (NC)
$$Southeast · Hendersonville
5(2 reviews)
A classic coed camp with a spectacular waterfront in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
NJY Camps
$$Poconos, PA · Milford
5(2 reviews)
Jewish community overnight camps on 1,500 Pocono acres in Milford, PA.
Camp Chipinaw
$$$Catskills, NY · Swan Lake
4.7(3 reviews)
A classic full-summer coed camp in the Catskills since 1926.
Berkshire Hills Eisenberg Camp
$$Upstate NY · Copake
5(1 review)
A warm, inclusive Jewish sleepaway camp on a private lake in the Berkshires since 1931.
Camp Canadensis
$$$Poconos, PA · Canadensis
5(1 review)
Co-ed Pocono Mountains camp on 1,000 acres with a 75-acre private lake, est. 1941.
Camp Chen-A-Wanda
$$$Poconos, PA · Thompson
5(1 review)
Classic coed 7-week sleepaway camp in the northern Poconos since 1939.
Camp Green Lane
$$$Other · Green Lane
5(1 review)
Family-owned coed overnight camp near Philadelphia, a summer home since 1926.
★ FeaturedCamp Lindenmere
$$Poconos, PA · Henryville
5(1 review)
An all-choice coed camp on 175 Pocono acres — 50+ activities, campers pick their day.
Camp Mataponi
$$$Maine · Naples
5(1 review)
A century-old all-girls sleepaway camp on the shores of Sebago Lake in Maine.
Camp Poyntelle
$$Poconos, PA · Poyntelle
5(1 review)
A traditional Jewish sleepaway camp on a private lake in Wayne County, PA since 1947.
Camp Wayne for Girls
$$$Poconos, PA · Preston Park
5(1 review)
A traditional seven-week summer home for girls in Wayne County.
Camp Young Judaea Sprout Lake
$$Upstate NY · Verbank
5(1 review)
Young Judaea's Hudson Valley camp for younger kids, grades 2-13.
Camps Baco & Che-Na-Wah
$$$Adirondacks, NY · Minerva
5(1 review)
Brother/sister traditions on Balfour Lake in the Adirondacks since 1923.
Chestnut Lake Camp
$$$Poconos, PA · Beach Lake
5(1 review)
A premier coed session camp on 200 acres in the Poconos.
Iroquois Springs
$$$Catskills, NY · Rock Hill
5(1 review)
Coed traditional camp in the southern Catskills with flexible 3- or 6-week sessions.
Pocono Springs Camp
$$$Poconos, PA · Pocono Summit
5(1 review)
A traditional coed overnight camp built around one immersive 5-week session.
Silver Lake Camp
$$$Catskills, NY · Swan Lake
5(1 review)
Flexible-session coed sleepaway camp on a 96-acre lake in the Catskills.
Tranquillity Camp
$Catskills, NY · Earlton
5(1 review)
A century-old nonprofit Jewish sleepaway camp in the Catskill foothills.
URJ Camp Coleman
$$Southeast · Cleveland
5(1 review)
The Reform movement's beloved overnight camp in the north Georgia mountains.
★ FeaturedYMCA Camp Chingachgook
$Adirondacks, NY · Kattskill Bay
5(1 review)
A coed YMCA adventure camp on Lake George in the Adirondacks, since 1913.
Camps Equinunk & Blue Ridge
$$$Poconos, PA · Equinunk
4.5(2 reviews)
Brother/sister camps sharing a 50-acre private lake in the Poconos.
Camp Schodack
$$$Upstate NY · Nassau
4.3(3 reviews)
Coed overnight camp in Nassau, NY, run by the Krouner family since 1957.
Camp Lokanda
$$$Catskills, NY · Glen Spey
4(1 review)
Coed, screen-free traditional camp on Lake Loch Ada in the Catskills.
Camp Pontiac
$$$Upstate NY · Copake
4(1 review)
Seven-week coed sleepaway camp on 150 acres with a 65-acre spring-fed lake.
Island Lake Camp
$$$Poconos, PA · Starrucca
4(1 review)
Co-ed camp in Starrucca, PA with 90+ activities and individualized schedules.
Camp Echo Lake
$$$Adirondacks, NY · Warrensburg
3(1 review)
Full-season coed camp in the Adirondack Park for campers ages 7-16.
Camp Nock-A-Mixon
$$$Other · Kintnersville
3(1 review)
Premier co-ed sleepaway camp in Bucks County, PA.
Peconic Dunes 4-H Camp
$Other · Southold
3(2 reviews)
Nature-rich coed 4-H sleepaway camp between Long Island Sound and Great Pond.
Trail's End Camp
$$$Poconos, PA · Beach Lake
2(1 review)
A seven-week coed camp blending athletics, arts, and adventure.
Camp Kennybrook
$$$Catskills, NY · Monticello
1(1 review)
Family-owned coed Catskills camp in Monticello since 1941.
Camp Taconic
$$$Berkshires, MA · Hinsdale
1(1 review)
Traditions on Lake Ashmere since 1932.
Blue Ridge Camp
$$Southeast · Mountain City
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Family-run coed camp in Georgia's Blue Ridge Mountains since 1969.
Brant Lake Camp
$$$Adirondacks, NY · Brant Lake
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Boys sports sleepaway camp in the Adirondacks, family-run since 1916.
Camp Androscoggin
$$$Maine · Wayne
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Boys camp founded in 1907 on Lake Androscoggin in Wayne, Maine.
★ FeaturedCamp Barney Medintz
$$Southeast · Cleveland
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The Marcus JCC of Atlanta's beloved overnight camp - 540 acres and two lakes in north Georgia.
Camp Blue Bay
$Other · East Hampton
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Girl Scouts sleepaway camp on the beach in East Hampton — open to all girls.
Camp Cayuga
$$$Poconos, PA · Honesdale
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60+ daily activities and flexible sessions on a 350-acre Pocono estate.
Camp Danbee
$$$Berkshires, MA · Hinsdale
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All-girls overnight camp in the Berkshires for ages 7-15.
Camp Echo
$$$Catskills, NY · Burlingham
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A traditional coed camp on a private lake, 90 minutes from New York City.
Camp Greylock
$$$Berkshires, MA · Becket
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Boys sports camp on Center Lake in Becket, MA, founded in 1916.
Camp Havaya
$$Poconos, PA · South Sterling
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The Reconstructionist movement's warm, radically welcoming camp in the Poconos.
Camp IHC
$$$Poconos, PA · Equinunk
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The premier full-summer coed camp experience in the Poconos.
Camp Integrity at Redwood
$Upstate NY · Walden
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IBEW Local 3's beloved union camp for members' children, running since 1972.
Camp Judaea
$$Southeast · Hendersonville
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A coed Israel-centered Jewish camp in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.
Camp Kabeyun
$$$New Hampshire · Alton Bay
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A traditional boys camp on Lake Winnipesaukee where boys choose their own activities, since 1924.
Camp Kinder Ring
$$Upstate NY · Hopewell Junction
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A warm Jewish cultural sleepaway camp on Sylvan Lake since 1927.
Camp Kweebec
$$Other · Schwenksville
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Classic coed overnight camp on 200 acres in the Perkiomen Valley, PA.
Camp Lakota
$$Catskills, NY · Wurtsboro
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A spirited coed camp in the Catskills, 90 minutes from New York City.
Camp Laurel
$$$Maine · Readfield
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Full-season coed camp on Echo Lake in Maine's Belgrade Lakes region.
Camp Louemma
$$New Jersey · Sussex
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A nurturing family-atmosphere coed camp in Sussex County, NJ for over 70 years.
Camp Mah-Kee-Nac
$$$Berkshires, MA · Lenox
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Traditional boys sleepaway camp in Lenox, MA with 2- to 7-week sessions.
Camp Manitou
$$$Maine · Oakland
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Boys camp founded in 1947 in Maine's Belgrade Lakes region.
Camp Matoaka
$$$Maine · Smithfield
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Girls sleepaway camp in Smithfield, Maine offering over 30 activities.
Camp Micah
$$$Maine · Bridgton
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Coed Jewish overnight camp on Peabody Pond in Bridgton, Maine.
Camp Modin
$$$Maine · Belgrade
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The oldest Jewish summer camp in New England, on Salmon Lake since 1922.
Camp Netimus
$$Poconos, PA · Milford
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An all-girls camp with 40+ activities in the Pocono woods since 1930.
Camp Pembroke
$$Other · Pembroke
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New England's only all-girls Jewish overnight camp, on Lake Oldham since 1935.
Camp Pennbrook
$$New Jersey · Ewing
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An all-girls health, nutrition & wellness sleepaway camp in New Jersey.
Camp Pinnacle
$$Southeast · Flat Rock
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A coed adventure camp on a private lake in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.
Camp Quinipet
$Other · Shelter Island Heights
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Waterfront overnight camp on Shelter Island, New York.
Camp Ramah in New England
$$$Other · Palmer
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The Conservative movement's classic kosher overnight camp on a lake in Palmer, MA.
Camp Ramah in the Berkshires
$$$Upstate NY · Wingdale
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Conservative Jewish overnight camp blending ruach, learning, and lakeside fun.
Camp Ramah in the Poconos
$$Poconos, PA · Lakewood
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A Conservative Jewish overnight camp community in Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains.
Camp Ramah in Wisconsin
$$Other · Conover
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The original Ramah camp - immersive Jewish summers in Wisconsin's Northwoods since 1947.
Camp Ramapo (Ramapo for Children)
$$Upstate NY · Rhinebeck
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A supportive sleepaway camp for kids with social, emotional, or learning challenges.
Camp Robindel
$$$New Hampshire · Moultonborough
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A girls sleepaway camp on a cove of Lake Winnipesaukee, established in 1951.
Camp Romaca
$$$Berkshires, MA · Hinsdale
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A close-knit all-girls camp in the Berkshires with a century of sisterhood.
Camp Scatico
$$$Upstate NY · Elizaville
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Family-owned brother/sister sleepaway camp on a Hudson Valley hilltop since 1921.
Camp Seneca Lake
$$Upstate NY · Penn Yan
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JCC Rochester's Jewish overnight camp on the shores of Seneca Lake since 1928.
Camp Seneca Lake (PA)
$$Poconos, PA · Honesdale
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Premier Modern Orthodox coed overnight camp in the Poconos since 1974.
Camp Shohola
$$Poconos, PA · Greeley
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Boys choose their own adventure on Lake Greeley.
Camp Skylemar
$$$Maine · Naples
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Sports-focused boys camp on Trickey Pond in Naples, Maine.
Camp Starlight
$$$Poconos, PA · Starlight
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Brother/sister camp on a 385-acre lakefront campus in Starlight, PA.
Camp Takajo
$$$Maine · Naples
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Full-season boys' camp on Long Lake in Naples, Maine, founded in 1947.
Camp Tapawingo
$$$Maine · Sweden
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A small, spirited all-girls camp on Keyes Pond in Maine since 1919.
Camp Towanda
$$$Poconos, PA · Honesdale
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Family-run co-ed camp on 400+ acres in the Poconos, founded in 1923.
Camp Turk
$Adirondacks, NY · Woodgate
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Affordable coed Adirondack camp on private Round Lake, supported by the NY Masonic fraternity.
Camp Vega
$$$Maine · Fayette
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Girls' summer camp on Echo Lake in Fayette, Maine, established in 1936.
Camp Wa-Klo
$$New Hampshire · Dublin
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A traditional all-girls camp on a New Hampshire lake, empowering girls since 1956.
Camp Walden
$$$Adirondacks, NY · Diamond Point
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Coed traditional sleepaway camp on Lake George for campers ages 8-16.
Camp Walt Whitman
$$$New Hampshire · Piermont
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A coed traditional camp on Lake Armington in Piermont, NH, founded in 1948.
Camp Watitoh
$$$Berkshires, MA · Becket
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Coed traditional overnight camp on Center Lake in the Berkshires since 1937.
Camp Wayne for Boys
$$$Poconos, PA · Preston Park
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A family-owned brother-sister camp tradition since 1921.
Camp Weequahic
$$$Poconos, PA · Lakewood
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Co-ed sleepaway camp in northeastern PA operating since 1953.
Camp Westmont
$$$Poconos, PA · Poyntelle
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Premier coed Pocono camp on 400 acres with a private 100-acre lake.
Camp Wicosuta
$$$New Hampshire · Hebron
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A four-week traditional girls camp on Newfound Lake in Hebron, New Hampshire.
Camp Winadu
$$$Berkshires, MA · Pittsfield
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Full-season boys sports camp in the Berkshires, founded in 1927.
Camp Winaukee
$$$New Hampshire · Moultonborough
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A century-old boys sleepaway camp on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire.
Camp Yavneh
$$New Hampshire · Northwood
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K'lal Yisrael pluralistic Jewish overnight camp with rich Hebrew culture in NH.
Camp Zeke
$$Poconos, PA · Lakewood
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The healthy-living Jewish camp — fitness, farm-to-table food & joyful Judaism.
Camps Kenwood & Evergreen
$$$New Hampshire · Wilmot
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Brother-sister overnight camps on Eagle Pond in Wilmot, NH, founded in 1930.
Capital Camps
$$Other · Waynesboro
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The Washington DC and Baltimore area's Jewish community overnight camp.
Eagle Island Camp
$Adirondacks, NY · Upper Saranac Lake
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A girls camp on its own Adirondack island - a National Historic Landmark since 1903.
French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts
$$Catskills, NY · Hancock
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Coed performing and visual arts sleepaway camp in Hancock, NY for ages 7-17.
Hidden Valley Camp
$$Maine · Freedom
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A creative, electronics-free arts & outdoors camp on 350 acres in Maine.
Independent Lake Camp
$$Poconos, PA · Thompson
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A choice-driven camp where circus, arts, sports, and tech share the stage.
International Gymnastics Camp (IGC)
$Poconos, PA · Stroudsburg
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The world-famous gymnastics sleepaway camp in the Pocono Mountains.
KenMont & KenWood Camps
$$Connecticut · Kent
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Brother/sister camps on a shared lakefront campus in Kent, Connecticut.
Kents Hill Sports Camp
$$$Maine · Readfield
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A girls-only sports camp in Maine where campers major in the sport they love.
Lake Bryn Mawr Camp
$$$Poconos, PA · Honesdale
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A premier all-girls camp where Bryn Mawr Angels have gathered since 1921.
Lake Owego Camp
$$$Poconos, PA · Greeley
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One of America's oldest founding-family boys camps, in the Poconos.
Perlman Camp
$$Poconos, PA · Lake Como
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Warm, pluralistic Jewish coed camp with B'nai B'rith roots in Lake Como, PA.
Pierce Camp Birchmont
$$$New Hampshire · Wolfeboro
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Family-run traditional coed camp on Lake Wentworth since 1951.
Pine Forest Camp
$$$Poconos, PA · Greeley
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One of America's oldest family-run coed camps, in the Poconos since 1931.
Pinemere Camp
$$Poconos, PA · Stroudsburg
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A warm, family-feel Jewish overnight camp in the Poconos since 1942.
Point O'Pines Camp for Girls
$$$Adirondacks, NY · Brant Lake
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Girls camp on a Brant Lake peninsula in the Adirondacks, founded in 1957.
Raquette Lake Camps
$$$Adirondacks, NY · Raquette Lake
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Century-old brother-sister camps on opposite shores of an Adirondack lake, since 1916.
Spruce Lake Wilderness Camp
$Poconos, PA · Canadensis
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Christian overnight adventure camp on 800+ acres in the Pocono Mountains.
Surprise Lake Camp
$Upstate NY · Cold Spring
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America's oldest Jewish sleepaway camp, welcoming all kids in the Hudson Highlands.
Timber Lake Camp
$$$Catskills, NY · Shandaken
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A classic co-ed summer on 500 mountaintop acres in the Catskills.
Timber Lake West
$$$Catskills, NY · Roscoe
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The TLC family's premier 4-week coed camp in the Catskills.
Tripp Lake Camp
$$$Maine · Poland
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Traditional girls' overnight camp in Poland, Maine, operating since 1911.
Tyler Hill Camp
$$$Poconos, PA · Tyler Hill
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Full-summer co-ed camp on 220 acres in Wayne County, PA.
URJ Camp Eisner
$$Berkshires, MA · Great Barrington
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The Reform movement's storied Berkshires camp, sister to Crane Lake.
URJ Camp Harlam
$$Poconos, PA · Kunkletown
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The Reform movement's Poconos camp - a summer home since 1958.
URJ Camp Kalsman
$$Other · Arlington
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The Reform movement's Pacific Northwest camp on 300 acres in Arlington, WA.
URJ Camp Newman
$$Other · Santa Rosa
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The Reform movement's California camp in the hills of Santa Rosa.
URJ Crane Lake Camp
$$Berkshires, MA · West Stockbridge
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The Reform movement's warm, spirited overnight camp in the Berkshires.
URJ Goldman Union Camp Institute (GUCI)
$$Other · Zionsville
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The Reform movement's Midwest camp in Zionsville, Indiana, since 1958.
URJ Greene Family Camp
$$Other · Bruceville
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The Reform movement's Texas camp, serving Texas and Oklahoma since 1976.
URJ Henry S. Jacobs Camp
$$Southeast · Utica
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The Reform movement's Deep South camp in Utica, Mississippi.
URJ Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute (OSRUI)
$$Other · Oconomowoc
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The Reform movement's first camp - Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, since 1952.
West End House Camp
$Maine · East Parsonsfield
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A close-knit, affordable boys' camp on a Maine lakefront since 1908.
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