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 |
Rec 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 ** |
$50 |
$75 |
$100 |
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** |
$800 |
$1200 |
$1600 |
Whole camp with dining hall & kitchen ** |
$1075 |
$1612.50 |
$2150 |
** 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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