YMCA Camp Chingachgook on Lake George

The most beautiful place in the world: Camp Chingachgook, established in 1913, sits on the quiet east shore of Lake Goerge in the Adirondack State Park. With 200 acres bordering thousands of acres of forever wild Adirondack Forest Preserve, Chingachgook accesses more than 50 miles of trails along the lake and mountains summits.

Kids enjoy a wide variety of waterfront activities on Chingachgook's extensive shoreline with two 80-foot docks and a fleet of 90 sailboats, canoes, kayaks, rowboats, and waterski boats. Other facilities include tennis, volleyball, and basketball courts, softball and soccer fields, art, woodworking, and photography studios, rifle and archery ranges, high- and low- ropes courses, climbing tower, bouldering wall, dining hall, and hiking center. The health lodge is staffed 24 hours each day.

Bunk cabins accommodate 8 to 10 campers, a counselor, assistant, and counselor-in-training, and are arranged in separate units based on gender and age.

At Chingachgook, we design our programs to develop a child's mind, body, and spirit. The rhythm of Camp balances group activities with individual pursuits, and education with recreation.

Reserve your place on one of our Sunday Open House Tours! Each Sunday from April to the third week of June you can tour Chingachgook with the Camp Director and find out what makes our camp so special. To reserve you family's place on one of our tours please call 518-656-9462.

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104 Days Away!
Well, that's until Session One starts, staff training is even closer! In just 93 short days (well, not short, they're still 24 hours long) over 100 summer staff will start to show up at Camp to prepare Chingachgook for another epic summer on the lake! What are you looking forward to the most? Me? The lake of course!

When: Fri, May 25, 2012 until Mon, May 28, 2012 at 4:00 PM to 12:00 PM

Where: YMCA Camp Chingachgook on Lake George

What a better way to kick off the summer than at Family Camp at YMCA Camp Chingachgook on Lake George? Enjoy canoeing, hiking, archery, rock climbing, ropes course, arts and crafts, nature walks, games, campfires, and more-all designed for families to enjoy time together!

When: Sun, May 27, 2012 at 2:00 PM

Where: YMCA Camp Chingachgook on Lake George

See the place where life-changing experiences can happen for your child! The Open House at YMCA Camp Chingachgook will feature a stroll about one of the best camp settings in the country, as well as endearing stories about how camp experiences have changed so many lives. Stay later to hike on your own on many of the marked trails including nearby lookouts and Buck Mountain.

When: Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 2:00 PM

Where: YMCA Camp Chingachgook on Lake George

See the place where life-changing experiences can happen for your child! The Open House at YMCA Camp Chingachgook will feature a stroll about one of the best camp settings in the country, as well as endearing stories about how camp experiences have changed so many lives. Stay later to hike on your own on many of the marked trails including nearby lookouts and Buck Mountain.

When: Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 2:00 PM

Where: YMCA Camp Chingachgook on Lake George

See the place where life-changing experiences can happen for your child! The Open House at YMCA Camp Chingachgook will feature a stroll about one of the best camp settings in the country, as well as endearing stories about how camp experiences have changed so many lives. Stay later to hike on your own on many of the marked trails including nearby lookouts and Buck Mountain.