Best Traditional Sleepaway Camps
Classic sleepaway camps with a bit of everything, so kids can try it all.
Best Traditional Sleepaway Camps, ranked by reviews from real parents, campers, and alumni. Rankings can't be bought or edited by anyone (including us): camps rise as their families share honest reviews.
Camp Wah-Nee
Connecticut · Torrington
4.9(7 reviews)
Spirit, tradition, and values on Shadow Lake in the Connecticut Berkshires.
Camp Chateaugay
Adirondacks, NY · Merrill
5(5 reviews)
Where Everyone Belongs.
Camp Pinewood (NC)
Southeast · Hendersonville
5(2 reviews)
A classic coed camp with a spectacular waterfront in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Camp Wayne for Boys
Poconos, PA · Preston Park
5(2 reviews)
A traditional family-owned brother-sister camp since 1921.
NJY Camps
Poconos, PA · Milford
5(2 reviews)
Jewish community overnight camps on 1,250 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.
Camps Equinunk & Blue Ridge
Poconos, PA · Equinunk
4.7(3 reviews)
Brother/sister camps sharing a 50-acre private lake in the Poconos.
Berkshire Hills Eisenberg Camp
Berkshires · 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
Pennsylvania · Green Lane
5(1 review)
Family-owned coed overnight camp near Philadelphia, a summer home since 1926.
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 and premier Jewish sleepaway camp on a stunning private lake in Wayne County, PA. Operating since 1947.
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Camp Ramah in the Berkshires
Upstate NY · Wingdale
5(1 review)
Conservative Jewish overnight camp blending ruach, learning, and lakeside fun.
Camp Robindel
New Hampshire · Moultonborough
5(1 review)
A girls sleepaway camp tucked away in a beautiful cove on Lake Winnipesaukee, since 1951.
Camp Starlight
Poconos, PA · Starlight
5(1 review)
Brother/sister camp on a 385-acre lakefront campus in Starlight, PA.
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 Lake Balfour 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.
Pocono Springs Camp
Poconos, PA · East Stroudsburg
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 Jewish sleepaway camp in the Catskill foothills.
🎁 Ten for Two perk: Free camp swag package for your first-time camper if you mention Ten for Two when you register.
URJ Camp Coleman
Southeast · Cleveland
5(1 review)
The Reform movement's beloved overnight camp in the north Georgia mountains.
URJ Camp Eisner
Berkshires · Great Barrington
5(1 review)
The Reform movement's storied Berkshires camp, sister to Crane Lake.
WeHaKee Camp for Girls
Wisconsin · Winter
5(1 review)
A century of girls' camping on Hunter Lake in the Northwoods.
🎁 Ten for Two perk: $250 off when you enroll by 11/30/26
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 camp in the Catskills since 1937.
Camp Pontiac
Upstate NY · Copake
4(1 review)
Seven-week coed sleepaway camp with the Berkshires as its backyard.
Camp Echo Lake
Adirondacks, NY · Warrensburg
3(1 review)
Full-season coed camp in the Southern Adirondacks for campers entering grades 2-11.
Camp Nock-A-Mixon
Pennsylvania · Kintnersville
3(1 review)
Traditional co-ed sleepaway camp in Bucks County, PA.
Peconic Dunes 4-H Camp
Long Island, NY · 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 full-summer coed camp blending athletics, arts, and adventure.
Camp Taconic
Berkshires · Hinsdale
1(1 review)
Traditions on Lake Ashmere since 1932.
Pine Forest Camp
Poconos, PA · Greeley
1(1 review)
One of America's oldest family-run camps, since 1931.
Blue Ridge Camp
Southeast · Clayton
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Family-run coed camp in Georgia's Blue Ridge Mountains since 1969.
Camp Akiba
Poconos, PA · Stroudsburg
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Your summer home awaits!
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Camp Androscoggin
Maine · Wayne
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Boys camp founded in 1907 on Lake Androscoggin in Wayne, Maine.
Camp Barney Medintz
Southeast · Cleveland
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The Marcus JCC of Atlanta's beloved overnight camp - more than 500 acres and two lakes in north Georgia.
Camp Blue Bay
Long Island, NY · 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 Cedar
Maine · Casco
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A classic full-summer boys' camp on Coffee Pond in Casco, Maine.
Camp Cody
New Hampshire · Freedom
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Coed traditional camp on Ossipee Lake in New Hampshire, est. 1926.
Camp Danbee
Berkshires · Hinsdale
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All-girls overnight camp on Lake Ashmere in the Berkshires for girls finishing grades 1-9.
Camp Dudley
Adirondacks, NY · Westport
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The oldest continuously operating summer camp in the U.S., on Lake Champlain since 1885.
Camp Echo
Catskills, NY · Burlingham
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A traditional coed camp on a private lake, 90 minutes from New York City.
Camp Edey
Long Island, NY · Bayport
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Girl Scouts sleepaway camp on 95 lakeside acres in Bayport, Long Island.
Camp Havaya
Poconos, PA · South Sterling
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The Reconstructionist movement's warm, welcoming camp in the Poconos.
Camp IHC
Poconos, PA · Equinunk
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The premier full-summer coed camp in Pennsylvania's Endless Mountains.
Camp Judaea
Southeast · Hendersonville
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A coed Israel-centered Jewish camp in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.
Camp Kinder Ring
Upstate NY · Hopewell Junction
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A warm Jewish cultural sleepaway camp on Sylvan Lake since 1927.
Camp Kweebec
Pennsylvania · 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 Mah-Kee-Nac
Berkshires · 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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One of the oldest Jewish summer camps in the US, founded in 1922 and on Salmon Lake since 1992.
Camp Pembroke
Massachusetts · Pembroke
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The Northeast's only inclusively-Jewish overnight camp for girls, founded in 1935.
Camp Quinipet
Long Island, NY · Shelter Island Heights
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Waterfront overnight camp on Shelter Island, New York.
Camp Ramah Darom
Southeast · Clayton
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Bringing people of all ages together for exceptional experiences in Jewish living and learning on our 185-acre campus
🎁 Ten for Two perk: $150 discount + exclusive Ramah Darom sweatshirt
Camp Ramah in New England
Massachusetts · Palmer
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The Conservative movement's classic kosher overnight camp on a lake in Palmer, MA.
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
Wisconsin · Conover
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Immersive Jewish summers in Wisconsin's Northwoods since 1947.
Camp Romaca
Berkshires · 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 in the Hudson Valley 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, welcoming campers 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 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 spirited all-girls camp on Keyes Pond in Maine since 1919.
Camp Tel Yehudah
Catskills, NY · Barryville
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Young Judaea's national teen leadership camp on the Delaware River, since 1948.
Camp Tevya
New Hampshire · Brookline
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The Cohen Camps' coed Jewish camp on Lake Potanipo, since 1940.
Camp Towanda
Poconos, PA · Honesdale
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Co-ed camp on 400+ acres in the Poconos.
Camp Turk
Adirondacks, NY · Woodgate
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Coed Adirondack camp on private Round Lake, with Masonic roots going back to 1923.
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 1938.
Camp Walden
Adirondacks, NY · Diamond Point
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Coed traditional sleepaway camp on Trout Lake near Lake George for campers ages 7-16.
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 · Becket
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Coed traditional overnight camp on Center Lake in the Berkshires since 1937.
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 Wildwood
Maine · Bridgton
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Family-owned boys' camp on Woods Pond in Bridgton, Maine, since 1953.
Camp Yavneh
New Hampshire · Northwood
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K'lal Yisrael pluralistic Jewish overnight camp with rich Hebrew culture in NH.
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
Pennsylvania · Waynesboro
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The Washington DC and Baltimore area's Jewish community overnight camp.
Eagle Island Camp
Adirondacks, NY · Saranac Lake
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A girls camp on its own Adirondack island, home to a 1903 Great Camp that is now a National Historic Landmark.
KenMont & KenWood Camps
Connecticut · Kent
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Brother/sister camps on North Spectacle Lake in Kent, Connecticut.
Lake Bryn Mawr Camp
Poconos, PA · Honesdale
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An 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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Perlman Camp is a co-ed, choice-based summer camp for ages 7–16 in the beautiful Poconos, offering flexible 2-, 3-, 4-, and 7-week programs.
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Pierce Camp Birchmont
New Hampshire · Wolfeboro
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Family-run traditional coed camp on Lake Wentworth since 1951.
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 900+ acres in the Pocono Mountains.
Surprise Lake Camp
Upstate NY · Cold Spring
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The nation's longest-running Jewish sleepaway camp, welcoming all kids in the Hudson Valley.
Tapawingo (Adirondacks)
Adirondacks, NY · Speculator
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A Christian girls' sleepaway camp on its own island in Lake Pleasant, NY.
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 coed session camp in the Catskills, with a July Session and an August Session.
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 6 Points Sci-Tech & Arts Academy
Pennsylvania · West Chester
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The Reform movement's science, tech and arts camp near Philadelphia.
URJ Camp Harlam
Poconos, PA · Kunkletown
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The Reform movement's Poconos camp - a summer home since 1958.
URJ Camp Kalsman
Washington · Arlington
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The Reform movement's Pacific Northwest camp on 300 acres in Arlington, WA.
URJ Camp Newman
California · Santa Rosa
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The Reform movement's California camp in the hills of Santa Rosa.
URJ Crane Lake Camp
Berkshires · West Stockbridge
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The Reform movement's warm, spirited overnight camp in the Berkshires.
URJ Goldman Union Camp Institute (GUCI)
Indiana · Zionsville
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The Reform movement's Midwest camp in Zionsville, Indiana, since 1958.
URJ Greene Family Camp
Texas · 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)
Wisconsin · Oconomowoc
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The Reform movement's first camp - Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, since 1952.
West End House Camp
Maine · Parsonsfield
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A close-knit, affordable boys' camp on a Maine lakefront since 1908.
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