Participating in Girl Scouts is a great way of providing your daughter with the chance to develop character, learn valuable life skills, make new friends while learning to share and help others together as a team and individually. With Summer approaching soon finding the right Girl Scouts Camps for your child is a very important decision, with many parents wanting to make sure their child is at the best, and safest, camp. The following is a guide to some Girl Scouts Camps currently in New Hampshire. Do some research on the camp and never be afraid to ask other troop leaders or parents for their opinions and recommendations.
Camp Machagamee – Located in Pelham, NH. Camp Machagamee has been on the Camp Runels 300 acre property for over 55 years. The camp brings Girl Scouts ages 6 -16 together here in the summer where they can enjoy swimming, making friends from around the state and singing around the campfire every night. At the camp the girls plan their own daily schedule, take part in special events and theme week activities while also being encouraged to try something new every day.
The camp has trained and certified staff to provide campers with swimming instructions and canoing and boating lessons on Little Island Pond. Girls who are 10 and older, and pass the testing for using a canoe or boat can use the pedal boats and sail boats on the pond. The camp also offers drama, arts and crafts, ecology in the wilderness surrounding the camp, cooking skills, friendly competition sports and producing a presentation for their parents at Final Flag on Friday.
For More Information: Call (978) 689-8015 or (617) 482-1078
Camp Menotomy – Located in Meredith, NH. Camp Menotomy’s 110 acres of heavily wooded pine forests near Lake Winnipesaukee make this a great place for girls to come and enjoy their summer with nature. The camp is open from May 1st – June 15th and September 1st – October 1st and offers many trails and primitive camping sites for girls to learn camping and cooking skills while experience the challenge of the rocky outdoors surrounding them.
The girls also learn life skills through services like recycling, cleaning cabins and trails and preparing food for themselves and the other girls at camp. The camp is also convenient to many of the popular things to do and see in the White Mountains such as Mt. Washington, Weir’s Beach, Cannon Mountain and the Polar Caves in Plymouth.
For More Information: Call Roz Abrams at (978) 701-6321
Wingedspur Farm Day Camp – Located in Candia, New Hampshire Wingedspur Farm Day Camp is an easy drive from Massachusetts, Vermont, Maine and the Southern New Hampshire area around Concord and Manchester. The camp not only works with Girl Scouts for over night trips and day trips to help earn badges but they also offer opportunities to any child from the age of 6 – 16 to come for horse riding lessons.
Day programs for Girl Scouts include instructors teaching girls proper names for horse riding tools, saddle and bridle preparation and how to turn a horse. They will also learn mounting and dismounting techniques, steering and stopping and how to handle a horse on a trail. If you are planning an over night stay you can choose from cabins or primitive areas to pitch a tent. Camp fires are also provided at each site for cooking or roasting Smores over camp fire stories and songs.
For More Information: Call (603) 483-5960
Camp Wabasso – Located on 200 acres in Bradford, New Hampshire Camp Wabasso offers Girl Scouts a fully equipped riding stable with horses and tack that expert instructors use to show girls how to ride and how to care for a horse properly. The camp also offers drama and theater, swimming, boating and lessons, crafts and other friendship oriented camp fun.
If you are planning an over night or longer with your troop you have the choice of cabins and platforms to pitch tents. Buildings on the property include a dining hall, a lodge that houses administrative offices and a crafts area along with Christa’s House, the Health Lodge dedicated to astronaut Christa McAuliffe. The camp includes 2 ponds for plenty of swimming, canoing, kayaking and sailing.
For More Information: Call (603) 938-2240
