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.
This was our daughter’s first summer away and it was potentially going to be really challenging. She stayed for 4 weeks and wanted more. She is ready for the whole summer. She learned that she could be happy without her parents for a long stretch of time, able to make good friends, handle challenging situations by using her own resources and seeking out others when help was needed. She felt confident and loved. She had great support from the staff.
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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