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Specialty Camps and
Expeditions
Ages 11-17
Register
With Teen Expeditions, each day brings a new physical and mental
adventure requiring determination and the ability to try hard while
discovering new skills, challenges, and places.
Whether staying at Alton Jones, setting up a base camp at a
public campground, or hiking, canoeing, or kayaking to a new
campsite each night, each group will be completely independent. Camping is in screen-house cabins when at Alton Jones and
tents for off campus trips. Everyone
helps cook on camp stoves except when meals are provided.
Check-in is Sunday from 2:00-3:00 PM. Camp ends Friday with check-out at 3:00 PM (a
photo ID is required).
Calendar of Specialty Camps
and Expeditions
Outdoor
Skills
Ages
11-13
Spend the week putting your wilderness skills to the
test. Start out at Alton Jones to learn the foundations
of outdoor skills: map- and compass-reading, building fires,
cooking outdoors, and leaving no trace. Then use those
skills on a three-day, two-night backpacking/tent camping
adventure that will be both safe and fun. When not on
trail, you will stay in same-sex rustic screen houses with a
bathhouse nearby.
$675.00 Offered Weeks 4, 6, & 8.
Night
Camp
Ages
11-13
Get in touch with your nocturnal side as you explore nature at
night. Take evening hikes to study the night sky and
learn more about owls, bats, and other nocturnal
animals. As the week goes on, you will gradually work
your way up to staying awake all night long.
$675.00 Offered Weeks 3, 5, 6 & 7.
Waterways
Ages 11-13
Learn canoeing techniques and test your skills on the gentle
flatwater and thrilling swiftwater of the Pawcatuck River. You
will cover ways to canoe safely, read a river, pack a canoe, and
cook on a camp stove. Each day we will make our way downriver
to a new campsite and a new adventure!
$675.00 Weeks 3, 5 & 7.
Bay
Mania
Ages 11-13
Take a ferry ride to Prudence Island, in the heart of the
Narragansett Bay, for a three-day sleepover visit to the
Narragansett Bay Research Reserve to explore salt marshes and
tidal creeks, learn about clams and oysters, and go
snorkeling, crabbing, fishing, and swimming. Wrap it all
up with an oceanographic cruise with Save the Bay.
$750.00 Offered Weeks 3, 4, 5, 6 & 8.
Marine
Madness
Ages
11-13
Boat, swim, or snorkel along the New England coast to learn
about life in tide pools, salt marshes, coastal ponds and
barrier beaches. Dig beneath the surface to learn about
the habitats of crabs, clams, algae, sea stars, and many other
marine organisms. Go behind the scenes and sleep
overnight in the undersea world at Mystic Aquarium. Experience oceanography aboard Project Oceanology’s
boat Envirolab.
$750.00 Offered Weeks 2, 4, 7 & 8.
Coastal
Explorers
Ages
14-17
Dive into ocean exploration! Snorkel,
learn coastal sampling techniques, explore
salt marshes, go crabbing, study a tidal creek, and seine for fish while staying at Prudence Island's
Narragansett Bay Research Reserve. Explore life under the bay
on an oceanographic cruise.
$775.00 Week 7.
Wave Chasers
Ages
14-17
Alton Jones is happy to bring back its popular
surfing camp! Spend the week surfing in coastal waters off Rhode
Island and New Hampshire. You will also try
stand-up-paddle-boarding and sailing! Previous surfing
experience is preferred but not required.
$890.00 Week 4.
Berkshire Quest
Ages
14-17
Set out for a week of extreme adventures in the western Massachusetts Berkshires. Along with Alton Jones staff and Zoar Outdoor, you'll enjoy
ziplining through the forest canopy, rock-climbing, rafting the whitewaters of the Deerfield River and summiting Mt. Greylock, the highest peak in Massachusetts.
In the evenings, set up camp at Zoar Outdoor and Beartown State Forest. With minimal travel each day, this program offers campers maximum activity time. $890.00
Weeks 3 & 8.
Granite
State of Mind
Ages
14-17
Adventures
abound in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Sample
world-class rock climbing in Rumney. Kayak along the
Pemigewasset River. Set up base camp in Franconia Notch for
some challenging day hikes. End your week with a simulated
skydiving experience in a vertical wind tunnel!
$890.00 Week 5.
Northern
Explorers
Ages
14-17
Experience
some of the best whitewater Maine has to offer. You will spend two
full days rafting on the Kennebec River in northern Maine.
Finish your week by taking off on a floatplane to search for
moose from the air and enjoy the bird's eye view.
$890.00 Week 6.
CALENDAR
Specialty Camps and Expeditions 2013
Available Spaces
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Week 2
June 30 - 5
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Marine Madness
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Week 3
July 7 - 12 |
Night Camp
Bay Mania
Waterways
Berkshire Quest |
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Week 4
July 14 - 19 |
Marine Madness
Bay Mania
Outdoor Skills
Wave Chasers |
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Week 5
July 21-26 |
Night Camp
Bay Mania
Waterways
Granite State |
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Week 6
July 28 - Aug. 2 |
Night Camp
Bay Mania
Outdoor Skills
Northern Explorers |
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Week 7
August 4 - 9 |
Night Camp
Marine Madness
Waterways
Coastal Explorers |
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Week 8
August 11-16 |
Marine Madness
Bay Mania
Outdoor Skills
Berkshire Quest |
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