Residential Programs Off-Long Island

Camp Wilbur Herrlich
Mt. Tremper Lutheran Camp, Holmes
Activities: pond and stream ecology, geology, survival skills.
Features: access to forest and freshwater streams.
Facilities: cabins, dining hall.
(Fall/Winter/Spring)

 

Frost Valley Environmental Education Center
Frost Valley YMCA, Oliverea
Activities: Project Adventure, geology, and orienteering.
Features: 4,500-acre Catskill Forest Preserve.
Facilities: winterized facilities, two program centers, 45 cabins and 9 lodges, dining hall.
(Fall/Winter/Spring)

 

Greenkill Outdoor/Environmental Education Center
YMCA-YWCA Camping Services of Greater New York, Huguenot
Activities: wildlife studies, Project Adventure, forest ecology.
Features: deciduous and coniferous forests, fields and ponds.
Facilities: activity lodges, modern dormitories, dining hall.
(Fall/Winter/Spring)

Sharpe Reservation, Fishkill
Activities: hiking, camping, fresh-water studies.
Features: 2550-acre site in southern Dutchess County
Facilities: self-contained residences, dining hall.
(Fall/Spring)

 Residential Program- On Long Island

Baiting Hollow, Calverton
Features: borders Long Island Sound, is surrounded by a magnificent salt marsh, and contains a freshwater pond.
Facilities: rustic platform tents.
(Fall/Spring)

Boys and Girls Harbor, East Hampton
Features: 30-acre site on Three Mile Harbor, woodlands, beach and marine habitats.
Facilities: residential cabins, and a modern air-conditioned and heated dormitory facility, dining hall, challenge course with high and low elements.
(Fall, Winter, Spring)

Camp DeWolfe, Wading River Features: 27 acres of wooded waterfront on Long Island Sound.
Facilities: residential cabins, 8 of which are heated, 1/4 mile of beachfront. Challenge course with high and low elements. Arts and crafts building and modern dining hall.
(Fall, Winter, Spring)

Camp Quinipet, Shelter Island
Features: Woodland property on Peconic Bay.
Facility: 7 heated guest houses, indoor recreation and arts and crafts facility, meeting rooms, modern dining hall.
(Fall, Winter, Spring)

Camp Tekakwitha, Hampton Bays
Features: ready access to a broad diversity of marine habitats and historic sites.
Facilities: classroom and modernized tents.
(Spring/Summer)

Dorothy P. Flint, Cornell Cooperative Extension/4H Division, Riverhead
Features: woodlands, a working farm, and a boardwalk/trail to the seashore.
Facilities: science center, open-air arts and crafts building, and over 40 cabins.
(Fall/Spring)

Peconic Dunes, Suffolk County Parks, Southold
Features: dune, woodland, freshwater, and marine habitats adjoining Long Island Sound.
Facilities: cabins and modern dormitories.
(Fall/Spring)

 For information please contact:

Peggy Unger
Enrichment Excursion Coordinator
631-360-3652 or punger@wsboces.org