Best Traditional Sleepaway Camps in the Adirondacks

Classic sleepaway camps with a bit of everything, so kids can try it all.

Best Traditional Sleepaway Camps in the Adirondacks, 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.

Photo of Camp Chateaugay

Camp Chateaugay

Adirondacks, NY · Merrill

5(5 reviews)

Where Everyone Belongs.

TraditionalCoedAges 7–17Kosher-style
Camps Baco & Che-Na-Wah

Camps Baco & Che-Na-Wah

Adirondacks, NY · Minerva

5(1 review)

Brother/sister traditions on Lake Balfour in the Adirondacks since 1923.

TraditionalBrother/SisterEntering grades 2-11
Camp Echo Lake

Camp Echo Lake

Adirondacks, NY · Warrensburg

3(1 review)

Full-season coed camp in the Southern Adirondacks for campers entering grades 2-11.

TraditionalCoedEntering grades 2-11
Camp Dudley

Camp Dudley

Adirondacks, NY · Westport

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The oldest continuously operating summer camp in the U.S., on Lake Champlain since 1885.

TraditionalBoysAges 10–15
Camp Turk

Camp Turk

Adirondacks, NY · Woodgate

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Coed Adirondack camp on private Round Lake, with Masonic roots going back to 1923.

TraditionalCoedAges 7–16
Camp Walden

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.

TraditionalCoedAges 7–16
Eagle Island 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.

TraditionalGirlsAges 8–17
Point O'Pines Camp for Girls

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.

TraditionalGirlsAges 7–15
Raquette Lake Camps

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.

TraditionalBrother/SisterAges 6–15
Tapawingo (Adirondacks)

Tapawingo (Adirondacks)

Adirondacks, NY · Speculator

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A Christian girls' sleepaway camp on its own island in Lake Pleasant, NY.

TraditionalGirlsAges 9–17