In Vermont, schools let out in mid-June and start back up again at the end of August. For 10 weeks or so, kids are hanging out at home — unless you can find something else for them to do.

Luckily, the Green Mountain State is home to a vast array of camps and summer programs that offer the kind of learning experiences you just can't find in the classroom. At camp, kids can make new friends, get outdoors and test their independence by spending time away from home.

Or if you'd rather have your little learners concentrate more on academics, there are camps for that, too.

To help you understand all of your options, we've created an easy-to-navigate directory of area summer camps. We've noted the type of camp, the age of the campers, the location and the dates of the sessions. We've also included phone numbers and websites where you can find program details and fees.

Below, you'll find a list of traditional day and sleepaway programs; academic and adventure camps; camps that offer arts, sports and science instruction; as well as nature camps and specialty programs. We hope this guide helps you fill those long summer days. Can't wait for them to get here already.

General Interest Day Camps

• Camp Abenaki Mascoma
  (Girl Scouts) Girls • ages 5-18 • June 29-July 10 • Thetford • 888-474-9686
• Camp Edge
  Day • coed • ages 5-12 • June 15-August 28 • Essex/Williston/South Burlington • 879-7734
• Camp Greylock
  Coed • ages 6-15 • June 23-August 22 • Ferrisburgh • 652-8139
• Camp Koda
  (YMCA) Coed • ages 5-12 • June 23-August 22 • various locations • 652-8150
• Camp Twin Hills
  (Girl Scouts) Girls • ages 5-18 • June 29-July 17 • Richmond • 888-474-9686
• Farm & Wilderness
  Barn Day Camp Coed • ages 4-10 • June 29-August 14 • Plymouth • 422-3761
• Green Mountain Day Camp
  (Girl Scouts) Girls • ages 5-18 • June 22-June 26 • Salisbury • 989-4449
• Heartworks Summer Camp
  Coed • ages 2-5 • June 22-August 14 • Shelburne • 985-2153
• Renaissance Enrichment Academy
  Coed • ages 6-11 • June 22-July 24 • Shelburne • 985-2153
• Saxon Hill Summer Camp
  Coed • ages 3-9 • Call for dates • Jericho • 899-3832
• The Schoolhouse
  Coed • ages 5-13 • June 22-August 21 • South Burlington • 658-4164

Traditional Sleepaway Camps

• Aloha Camp for Girls
  Girls • ages 12-17 • June 24-August 12 • Fairlee • 333 -3400
• Brown Ledge Camp
  Girls • ages 10-18 • June 25-August 19 • Colchester • 862-2442
• Camp Abnaki
  Boys • ages 6-16 • June 21-August 15 • North Hero • 652-8180
• Camp Betsey Cox
  Girls • ages 6-15 • June 28-August 22 • Pittsford • 866-213-4717
• Camp Birch Hill
  Coed • ages 6-16 • June 28-August 9 • New Durham, N.H. • 603-859-4525
• Camp Dudley 
  Boys • ages 10-15 • June 23-August 24 • Westport, N.Y. • 518-962-4720
• Camp Hawkeye
  Coed • ages 8-16 • June 29-August 23 • Moultonborough, N.H. • 718-315-1297
• Camp Hochelega
  Girls • ages 6-17 • June 28-August 15 • South Hero •862-7520
• Hosmer Point
  Coed • ages 5-15 • June 21-August 14 • Craftsbury Common • 586-7767
• Camp Kiniya
  Girls • ages 9-15 • June 23-August 24 • Colchester • 893-7850
• Camp Sangamon
  Boys • ages 9-16 • June 28-August 22 • Pittsford • 665-7505
• Keewaydin Dunmore
  Boys • ages 8-16 • June 28-August 22 • Salisbury • 352-4770
• Pok-O-MacCready Camps
  Girls/boys/coed • ages 6-16 • June 28-August 15 • Willsboro, N.Y. • 518-963-7656
• Songadeewin
  Girls • ages 8-16 • June 28-August 22 • Salisbury • 352-9860

Adventure Camps

• Champlain Discovery
  Day/sleepaway • coed • ages 13-16 • June 22-July 25 • Vergennes • 475-2022
• Green Mountain Freestyle Center
  Day • coed • ages 6-18 • Call for dates • Williston • 652-2454
• Green Mountain Rock Climbing Center
  Day/sleepaway • coed • ages 7-18 • July 6-August 14 • Quechee/Rutland • 773-3343
• Farm & Wilderness
  Sleepaway • girls/boys/coed • ages 9-17 • July 1-August 16 • Plymouth/Mt. Holly • 422-3761
• Keewaydin Temagami
  Sleepaway • coed • ages 10-18 • June 20-August 11 • various locations • 352-4709
• Lake Champlain Maritime Museum Lake Adventure Camps
  Day • coed • ages 4-16 • June 22-August 14 • Burlington/Vergennes • 475-2022
• Night Eagle
  Wilderness Adventure Sleepaway • boys • ages 9-14 • June 28-August 8 • Cuttingsville • 446-6100
• Northern Lights
  Rock and Ice Day • coed • ages 6-15 • June 22-August 21 • Essex Junction • 316-3300
• Petra Cliffs
  Day/sleepaway • coed • ages 6-16 • June 15-August 21 • Burlington • 657-3872
• Raised Jay
  Day/sleepaway • coed • ages 6-15 • July 6-August 14 • Jay • 327-2596
• Smuggs Camp
  Day/sleepaway • coed • ages 5-15 • June 15-July 31 • Smugglers' Notch • 332-6841
• Talent Skatepark
  Day • coed • ages 5-13 • June 15-August 21 • Williston •864-2069
• Vermont Adventure Camps
  Sleepaway • coed • ages 13-17 • June 14-August 15 • Thetford Center • 591-0328

Academic Camps

• Future Einsteins
  Day • coed • ages 6-12 • June 9-August 21 • Colchester • 288-9035
• International Children's School
  Day • coed • ages 3-6 • July 6-24 • South Burlington • 865-3344
• Kumon Math & Reading of the Upper Valley
  Day • coed • ages 3-18 • June 1-August 30 • Norwich • 649-1416
• Middlebury Monterey Language Academy
  Sleepaway • coed • ages 13-18 • June 21-July 16 • Colchester (French, Chinese) / Poultney (Arabic, German, Spanish) • 888-216-0135
• Stern Center for Language and Learning Camp Compass
  Day • coed • call for ages and dates • Williston • 878-2332
• Sylvan Learning Center
  Day • coed • call for ages and dates • South Burlington • 864-5600
• Talent Development Institute
  Day/sleepaway • coed • ages 9-14 • June 21-27 • Johnson • 658-9941

Performing Arts Camps

• American Dance Training Camp
  Sleepaway • girls • ages 8-17 • June 5-August 1 • Stratton Mountain • 866-383-2382
  
• Burklyn Ballet Theatre
  Sleepaway • coed • ages 10-20 • June 28-August 9 • Johnson • 877-287-5596
  
• Burlington Taiko
  Day • coed • ages 6 and up • call for dates • Burlington • 999-4255
  
• Circus Smirkus
  Day/sleepaway • coed • ages 5-18 • June 15-August 15 • Greensboro • 533-7443
  
• FlynnArts
  Day • coed • ages 4-22 • June 15-August 14 • Burlington/Shelburne/Colchester • 863-5966
  
• Footworks Studio of Dance
  Day • coed • ages 4-12 • June 22-26; June 29-July 3; check website for August camps • Milton • 922-7577
  
• Fusion 802
  Day • coed • ages 3-12 • July 1-31 • South Burlington • 444-0100
• Girls Rock
  Day • girls • ages 8-18 • July 20-25; August 10-15 • Winooski • 503-0409
• Green Mountain Youth Symphony Creative Arts & Music Program
  Sleepaway • coed • all ages • August 9-15 • Johnson • [email protected]
• Honest Yoga
  Day • coed • ages 4-15 • June 15-August 24 • South Burlington • 497-0136
• Island Arts Academy
  Day • coed • ages 10 and up • August 3-7 (jazz); August 10-14 (hip-hop and Broadway dance) • North Hero • [email protected], 372-5363
• Lyric Theatre
  Day • coed • ages 9 and up • July 13-31 • Williston • 658-1484
• McFadden Academy of Irish Dance 
  Day • coed • July 6-24 • Williston/Middlebury • 999-5041
• Spotlight on Dance 
  Day • coed • ages 3-6 • June 15-19; July 6-10 • South Burlington • 865-7626
• Stowe Dance Academy
  Day • coed • ages 3-18 • June 15-August 14 • Stowe/Waitsfield (Mad River Dance Academy) • 253-5151
• Summer Dance with Karen Amirault 
  Day • coed • ages 6-18 • July 6-31 • Burlington/Middlebury • [email protected]
• Town Hall Theater
  Day • coed • ages 18 and under • June 22-August 23 • Middlebury • 388-1436
  
• Trad Camp (Young Traditions)
  Day • coed • ages 6-18 • July 27-31 • Shelburne • [email protected]
  
• Urban Dance Complex
  Day • coed • ages 6-15 • July 13-21 • Williston • 863-6600
  
• Vermont Ballet Theatre School
  Day • coed • ages 3-18 • June 8-19; July 27-August 14 • Essex/Shelburne • 878-2941
• Vermont Jazz Camp
  Day • coed • ages 10-18 • July 6-10 • Colchester • 372-5363
• Vermont Youth Orchestra Association
  Day • coed • ages 6-15 • June 22-26; August 3-7 • Colchester • 655-5030
• Very Merry Theatre
  Day • coed • ages 6-18 • June 15-August 7 • Burlington/Charlotte • 355-1461

Visual Arts Camps

• BCA Center
  Day • coed • ages 3-18 • June 15-August 14 • Burlington • 865-7166 • burlington
• Davis Studio
  Day • coed • ages 4-17 • June 15- August 21 • Burlington • 425-2700
• Helen Day Art Center
  Day • coed • ages 3-16 • June 15-August 21 • Stowe • 253-8358
• Island Arts Academy
  Day • coed • ages 12 and up • August 3-7 • North Hero • [email protected], 372-5363
• Purple Crayon/ArtisTree Community Arts Center
  Day • coed • ages 3-16 • June 20-August 26 • South Pomfret • 457-3500
• Seminary Arts Center
  Day • coed • ages 5 and up • June 22-August 21 • Waterbury • 253-8790
• Shelburne Craft School
  Day • coed • ages 5-18 • June 22-July 31 • Shelburne • 985-3648
• Shelburne Museum LEAP! Summer Camp
  Day • coed • ages 6-13 • June 29-August 14 • Shelburne • 985-3346, ext. 3395
• Turtle Lane Art and Nature Camp
  Day • coed • ages 3-12 • July 6-31 • Shelburne • adiehlnoble@lakechamplain
• Wingspan Studio
  Day • coed • ages 5-13 • June 15-August 31 • Burlington • 233-7676

Science/Nature Camps

• Camp Paw Paw (Humane Society of Chittenden County)
  Day • coed • ages 7-12 • July 6-24; July 27-August 14 • South Burlington • 862-0135, ext. 12
• Crow's Path
  Day • coed • ages 6-14 • June 29-August 1 • Burlington • 860-7284
  
• Echo Leahy Center for Lake Champlain
  Day • coed • ages 5-11 • June 22-August 25 • Burlington • 864-1848, ext. 142
• Green Mountain Conservation Camps
  Sleep-away • boys/girls • ages 12-16 • June 21-August 21 • Woodbury/Castleton • 828-1460
• Lamoille County Nature Center
  Day • coed • call for ages and dates • Morrisville • 888-9218, ext. 117
• Montshire Museum of Science
  Day • coed • ages 4-13 • June 22-August 14 • Norwich • 649-2200
• New Village Farm
  Day • coed • ages 5-18 • June 8-August 21 • Shelburne • 338-0116
• North Branch Nature Center
  Day • coed • ages 4-14 • June 15-August 14 • Montpelier • 229-6206
• Orchard Valley Waldorf School
  Day • coed • ages 3-8 • June 15-August 14 • Montpelier • 985-2153
• Otter Creek Wildlife Rescue
  Day • coed • ages 6-15 • call for dates • Addison (pickup/drop-off site in Charlotte) • 759-3148
• UVM Perkins Museum Environmental
  Day Camp Day • coed • ages 6-13 • July 13-17 • Burlington • 656-1344
• Vermont Audubon
  Day • coed • ages 3-17 • June 29-July 17 • Huntington • 434-3068
• Vermont Institute of Natural Science Nature Camp
  Day • coed • ages 4-13 • June 22-August 21 • Quechee/South Pomfret/Hanover/White River Junction • 359-5000

Specialty Camps

• Bethany Birches Camp
  Religious • sleepaway • girls • ages 9-18 • June 21-August 6 • Plymouth • 672-5220
• Camp Abnaki Family Camp
  Family camp • sleepaway • all ages • May 22-25; September 4-7 • North Hero • 862-7520
• Camp Common Ground
  Family camp • sleepaway • all ages • July 18-August 14 • Starksboro • 800-430-2667
• Camp for Me
  Adopted children • day • coed • ages 7-17 • July 6-10; July 14-18 • Stowe • 338-7382
• Camp Outright
  Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning youth • sleepaway • coed • ages 13-18 • August 16-22 • Starksboro • 865-9677
• Military Teen Discovery Camp
  Teens from military families • sleepaway • coed • ages 13-17 • June 27-August 15 • Eden • 656-2073
• Mount Snow Family Camp
  Family camp • sleepaway • all ages • July 12-August 9 • West Dover • 800-290-1823
• Pok-O-MacCready Family Camp
  Family camp • sleepaway • all ages • August 19-23 • Willsboro, New York • 518-963-7656
• Tech Savvy Camp
  Technology • day • girls/coed • ages 9-15 • July 27-August 7 • call for locations in Chittenden and Orleans counties • 557-0013
• The Rock Point Center
  Religious • day/sleepaway • coed • ages 5-18 • June 28-August 7 • Burlington • 658-6233
• Young Hacks Academy
  Computer programming • day • coed • ages 9-14 • July 6-31 • Multiple locations in Vermont • [email protected]

Sports Camps

• Catamount Cross-Country Running Camp
  Day • coed • ages 10-17 • July 13-17 • Williston • 879-6001
• Dunkley's Gymnastics Camp
  Sleepaway • girls • ages 7-17 • June 21-August 14 • South Hero • 899-3479
• Enniskery Farm
  Day • coed • ages 7-12 • June 15-August 21 • Colchester • 872-9992
• Farmhouse Center Riding
  Day • coed • ages 5-17 • June 15-August 21 • Colchester • 872-8712
• Fell-Vallee Equestrian Center's Summer Program
  Day • coed • ages 5-14 • June 15-August 13 • Hinesburg • 482-4393
• Green Mountain Gymnastics
  Day • coed • ages 4-12 • June 22-August 21 • Williston • 652-2454
• Green Mountain Field Hockey Academy
  Sleepaway • girls • ages 11-18 • call for dates • UVM, Burlington • [email protected]
• Green Mountain Running Camp
  Sleepaway • coed • ages 11-18 • August 2-21 • Meriden, New Hampshire • 800-645-3226
• Gymstar Gymnastics
  Day • coed • ages 3-10 • June 15-August 21 • Shelburne • 985-8948
• Lake Champlain Community Sailing Center
  Day • coed • ages 6-16 • June 15-August 28 • Burlington • 864-2499 • community
• Malletts Bay Boat Club Junior Sailing Program
  Day • coed • ages 8-17 • June 16-August 8 • Colchester • 363-9125
• Martial Way
  Day • coed • ages 5-13 • June 22-August 14 • Milton • 893-8893
• MetroRock
  Day • coed • ages 5-15 • June 22-August 28 • Essex • 878-4500
• Next Level Basketball Camp
  Day/sleepaway • girls • ages 5-17• June 28-July 2 (sleepaway); August 2-6 (sleepaway); August 3-7 (day) • UVM, Burlington • 891-6620
• Northern Edge Lacrosse Camp
  Day/sleepaway • girls • ages 10-18 • July 20-22 • Burlington • 656-7709
• Redhawks Lacrosse Camp 
  Day • Girls • Grades 3-8 • June 27-July 1 • Hinesburg (CVU High School) • [email protected]
• Redhawk Soccer Camp
  Day • coed • ages 5-14 • July 6-10 • Shelburne • [email protected]
• Regal Gymnastics
  Day • coed • ages 6-14 • June 22-August 21 • Essex • 655-3300
• St. Michael's College Summer Sports Camps
  Day/sleepaway • boys/girls/coed • ages 7-18 • June 15-August 7 • Colchester • [email protected]
• Vermont Soccer School
  Sleepaway • girls/boys • ages 9-18 • July 12-16; July 19-22 • Johnson • 309-3983
• Vermont Voltage
  Day/sleepaway • coed • ages 10-18 • July 12-August 7 • Milton/Colchester • 527-1077