Camp Farnsworth
Thetford, VT

Farnsworth is home to our largest summer resident camp, accommodating up to 325 people. The 300-acre facility features large playing fields, a forest setting and private 50-acre lake which can be used for swimming, canoeing, kayaking and ice skating.

Facilities

Camp facilities include small cabins, platform tents and Adirondack shelters. All have beds with mattresses. Each unit has 7-8 cabins/tents and can sleep up to 32 people. All have unit shelters, outdoor fire circles, picnic tables, drinking water and toilets. Toilets may be flush, composting, or latrine. There is a central shower house. Drinking water is available May 15 - October 1st.

Additional buildings include an arts building and dining hall with kitchen that seats up to 350. The recreation building features a stage, can hold 210 people, has flush toilets, shower and kitchenette area (with a small refrigerator and microwave/convection oven). Each building may be rented separately.

Name	Description	Sleeps	Toilets
Dining Hall	Seats 350 with institutional kitchen	0	Flush
Joiner House	2 large gathering rooms with electricity and tables	0	CTS
Kaflick	5 cabins, Unit house with electricity	30	Flush
Nutcracker	4 Adirondack shelters	20	Flush
Ojakle	8 tents, pavilion	32	Flush
Recreation Building	large gathering area with electricity, stage, kitchenette, shower	32	Flush
Sky Meadow	2 tents, 2 small cabins (1 sleeps 12, 1 sleeps 8)	28	CTS
Tall Timbers	7 Adirondacks, pavilion	28	CTS
Tovariche	8 tents, unit house with electricity	32	CTS
Tree House	3 Tree Houses (sleeps 6, 12, 12), pavilion	30	CTS
Windigo	7 Adirondacks, pavilion	28	CTS
Yaryole	7 tents, pavilion with electricity	28	CTS
Yolacan	6 Adirondacks, pavilion	28	Latrine

Fees

Per Night Fee	Girl Scouts Green and White Mountains	Non-Council Girl Scouts / Non-Profit Groups	Private Groups
Boat (canoe or Funyak)**	$5	$5	$10
Unit ** $1.50 surcharge per person, per unit capped at 15 ($22.50)	$50 plus surcharge	$75 plus surcharge	$100 plus surcharge
Anakoosh (program cabin)	$50	$75	$100
Joiner (arts building) **	$35	$52.50	$70
Dining Hall with kitchen **	$300	$450	$600
Recreation Building	$170	$337.50	$450
Whole camp without dining hall** $1.50 surcharge per person, per unit capped at 100 ($150)	$800 plus surcharge	$1200 plus surcharge	$1600 plus surcharge
Whole camp with dining hall & kitchen ** $1.50 surcharge per person, per unit capped at 100 ($150)	$1075 plus surcharge	$1612.50 plus surcharge	$2150 plus surcharge

** Not available October 1st - May 15th

Program Possibilities

Snowshoes, field games, sports area, environmental activities, pond exploration, field studies, wildlife studies, hiking trails, swimming, boating

Local Attractions

Norwich, VT (11 miles) Montshire Museum science museum for children of all ages, King Arthur Flour

Fairlee, VT (15 miles) Fairlee Drive-In Theater

Woodstock, VT (29 miles) Billings Farm and Museum - a living museum of Vermont's rural past, as well as a working dairy farm

Quechee, VT (20 miles) Quechee Gorge, VINS Nature Center

Ski Areas: Whaleback Ski Area, Enfield, NH (13 miles); Storrs Hill Ski Area, Lebanon, NH (24 miles)

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Camp Farnsworth Thetford, VT

Facilities

Name

Description

Sleeps

Toilets

Fees

Per Night Fee

Girl Scouts Green and White Mountains

Non-Council Girl Scouts / Non-Profit Groups

Private Groups

** Not available October 1st - May 15th

Program Possibilities

Local Attractions

Camp Farnsworth
Thetford, VT