In 2020, The Summer Camp signed a ten-year lease to host our summer programs at Camp Kirkwold on Lovejoy Pond in Readfield, Maine. Surrounded by 100 acres of upland woods, wetlands and streams, this new location offers ample space and features that are particularly important as we return to camp amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
The sprawling site offers multiple outdoor pavilions, outdoor cooking spaces and campfires, a small playground, an archery site, a level grass-covered field for kickball, soccer and other land sports, and a waterfront that includes a sandy swimming area and watercrafts that include a pontoon boat, a sailboat, canoes, kayaks and stand-up paddle boards.
Permanent camp buildings include a spacious dining hall, seven sleeping bunks, a large wash house, a nurse’s cabin, a dance hall, and an arts and crafts cabin. Temporary shelters include an infectious disease and illness containment space. Standalone handwashing stations are strategically located near activity spaces, campfires and outhouses.
