Summit Camp & Travel

Summit Camp & Travel is a sleepaway summer camp for youth 8 years to 21 years that have social and emotional learning challenges. They offer sessions of any length that are from 1-9 weeks.

Summit has multiple programs that serve youth, teens, and young adults that have social, emotional, and learning challenges. There’s really too much to list here, so be sure to go to their website and explore. For instance, the travel part of the camping experience includes trips to Southern California & Nevada and trips to view Northeast colleges that end with a visit to Universal Studios in Florida.

There are six core areas of activity at Summit; which are represented 1 – 2 x daily:

The Arts Programs: Ceramics, Visual Arts, Woodworking, Performing Arts, Glee/Dance, Music

The Nature/Science Programs: Computers, Video Arts, Discovery, Nature

The Waterfront Programs: Swimming, Boating, Banana boat, Swim lessons, Canoe, Kayak, ‘Magic carpet’ area

The Adventure Programs: Low Ropes, High Ropes, Climbing Wall, Trust Games, Mountain Biking, Campcraft, Cookout

The Athletics Programs: Soccer, Basketball, Baseball/Softball, Kickball, Archery, Martial Arts, Go-Karting, Health & Fitness, GAGA, Tennis, Trampolining, General Athletics, Track & Field

The Social Learning Programs: Tribes (social skills program), Activities of Daily Living, tOMS (executive function skill development), Mindfulness, Yoga, the Jobs Program (15+ only), Independence house (15+ only)

Summit has a resident summer staff in addition to counselors and specialists. The team of senior directors includes a Master of Education, a licensed social worker, a counseling psychologist, and a school psychologist.

There is an on-site physician and a group of RNs for excellent medication management and treatment on-site. The head counselor has been a proud member of the Summit community since 1983.

There are 30 traditional wooden cabins with electric and private facilities in each. The main buildings include ar newly refinished dining hall, an air-conditioned recreational hall, a medical facility, and a newly built outdoor pavilion.

Summit utilizes three A-frame buildings for arts programs, a wilderness treehouse with a campfire area for cookouts, a newly resurfaced basketball/tennis courts, a high/low ropes course with climbing wall, heated pool, private lake, nature fields with a farm area, martial arts dojo, and a go-kart track with 3 karts.

Summit has a small amphitheater adjacent to the lake, with a miraculous view of the beautiful setting where swimming, canoeing, and riding banana boats are a part of lake recreation. The camp resides on a gently rising hillside, thus providing the physical basis for their motto, “The Magic on the Hill.”