We are an Adirondacks summer camp for boys and girls ages 8-14, located in the mountains outside Lake Placid, NY.
Here children experience the natural world and an array of creative and challenging activities in a simple, unhurried, child-centered environment.
To experience being a member of a group of kids who share some of the same interests and activities. To participate in the arts without being judged, be outdoors in a beautiful, safe place. Be in the company of awesome, inspiring adults and young adults who he will want to emulate. To be surrounded by the positive and always in the process of becoming/growing. To be independent.
For nearly a century, Camp Treetops has given children time. Time to consider and reflect; time to fall in love with the earth and understand their responsibility to it; time to make friends for a lifetime; time to experience genuine accomplishment and the rush of unbounded joy. Helen Haskell, legendary Camp director from 1929-1969, […]
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Early every morning, while dew still clings to the grass, a group of campers on the Garden Harvest farm chore help the farmers to gather all of the produce that is needed for the day. They pull beets from the soil, cut lettuce, and pluck green beans that hide among leaves and vines. Everything gets […]
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