Overnight Camp

Outdoor Adventure Since 1887

Dates & Rates 2025

‘Mini Camp’, ages 8-10 yrs: (July 15th – 21st 2025)

For campers who aren’t quite ready for 2 weeks away, join us for a 6 day adventure and get a true taste of camp.

 

‘Outdoor Adventure’,  ages 8-14 yrs:

The classic camp program. Campers take part in everything we have to offer: swimming in the lake, biking, canoeing, high-ropes, archery, arts and crafts and the big highlight of the session; Vagabond! An overnight hiking trip.

  • Age groups: (8-10yrs), (11-12yrs) and (13-14yrs).

 

‘Specialty Sessions’: Biking or Canoeing,  ages 12-14yrs:

Enjoy all the main elements of the Outdoor Adventure program and take part in more advanced lessons of biking or canoeing each day.

  • Biking: Existing biking skills are strongly recommended 
  • Canoeing: A confidence in the water is strongly recommended 

 

‘Farmstead at Stony Creek’,  ages 9-12 yrs:

All the action of Outdoor Adventure and hands-on fun at a working farm, caring for animals and tending the garden. The farm hosts specialty cooking sessions teaching all about Farm-to-Table and healthy food!

 

‘Teen Leaders’ ages 15-16 yrs:

Take the spotlight as a future leader at camp! Learn important leadership skills to help and support others, while enjoying an adventure of your own!

TIER 1 (Family Income up to $50,000 annually)

 

Mini Camp: $360
Outdoor Adventure: $750
Canoeing/Biking: $780
Farmstead: $960
Leaders in Training: $900

TIER 2 (Family Income $50,000-$75,000 annually)

 

Mini Camp: $540
Outdoor Adventure: $1050
Canoeing/Biking: $1170
Farmstead: $1440
Leaders in Training: $1350

TIER 3 (Family Income $75,000-$100,000 annually)

 

Mini Camp: $780
Outdoor Adventure: $1575
Canoeing/Biking: $1690
Farmstead: $2080
Leaders in Training: $1950

TIER 4 (Family Income over $100,000 annually)

 

Mini Camp: $1080
Outdoor Adventure: $2125
Canoeing/Biking: $2340
Farmstead: $2880
Leaders in Training: $2337

FULL PRICE

(No tier reduction)

 

Mini Camp: $1200
Outdoor Adventure: $2500
Canoeing/Biking: $2750
Farmstead: $3250
Leaders in Training: $2750

Trail Blazers is able to provide camp at an accessible rate thanks to the generous partnerships and contributions from our funders, doners and federal support programs. As part of this process, all families receiving a Tier discount are required to complete some supplemental forms. If you would like to support the Trail Blazers scholarship fund, please visit our donations page.

About Our Program

Every Trail Blazers program is designed with the same five building blocks – research-backed strategies, seamlessly woven into each day’s plan:

  • GOAL SETTING: deciding upon daily, aspirational group and individual goals and planning paths towards them
  • TEAM BUILDING and CHALLENGE: working together to solve problems and encouraging each other to persist when things get tough
  • FREE PLAY and EXPLORATION: letting wonder and imagination guide the program experience
  • NATURE SCIENCE and SKILL BUILDING: honing in on specific interests and developing a methodical approach to learning
  • REFLECTION: reflecting on one’s performance, focusing on the day’s highs and lows, and getting excited about what tomorrow will bring
 

This approach – which looks different every day, within every program, and for every group – delivers a uniquely powerful youth development experience.

 

 

Transportation is provided from Brooklyn NY, Elizabeth, NJ, and Paterson, NJ.

Learn to lead

Develop your leadership skills

Teen leaders push past their limits by taking part in personal development sessions designed to bring out their inner-leader, such as public speaking, service projects and taking center stage at our all-camp events!

 

Topped off with an extended vagabond and specialty classes with our neighbors at the NJSOC, watch your confidence grow!

Take to the trails!

Grab your helmet!

Designed for campers with existing biking skills, this program teaches you more advanced biking skills than you would learn in Outdoor Adventure. Campers will be biking every single day, so stamina is required.

 

Learn to repair a flat tire, reset your chain and fully personalize your bike to the rider. The program includes an offsite day trips on the Appalachian Trail

Grab your paddle!

Conquer lakes and rivers!

Designed for campers with water confidence and swimming abilities, you will be canoeing every day and learning more advanced skills, from how to right a tipped canoe to coordinating different strokes with your team.

This program includes a day trip down the Delaware River, accompanied by our lifeguards.

Farm-to-Table

Care for animals at Stony Creek Farmstead

In addition to all activities within the Outdoor Adventure program, campers spend 4 nights at Stony Creek, a working farm in Walton NY.

 

Get up close and personal with the animals as you tend the farm, harvest the crops and learn about where your food comes from.

 

This is our most popular program and sells out fast!

55-Acre Lake

At our 55 acre lake

Campers can develop their swimming skills under the supervision of our qualified lifeguards.

 

Or grab a lifejacket and explore the lake by paddleboards, by canoe and by row boat.

 

Fun Fact: Our lake is officially the cleanest body of water in all of NJ!

High Ropes & Low Ropes

Take adventure to new heights!

Challenge yourself on our newest adventure elements at the High-Ropes course and build your team working skills at our Low-Ropes course.

Community Events & Activities

Camp fun with everyone!

From Community Games in the evening to our all-camp events like Carnival and Talent Show, there’s lots of opportunities during your stay to come together and make new friends!

1000 Acres to Explore

Located in 1000 acres of private property

Campers take guided walks around the trails which are home to many diverse local plants and wildlife.

 

Learn outdoor hardskills, like knot-tying, firebuilding and orienteering.

 

Create nature crafts, or nurture the plants in our teaching garden and harvest the vegetables for a cooking class before dinner.

Where Will I Stay?

Situated on 1000 beautiful acres of private property, Trail Blazers offers campers an immersive experience in nature. We do NOT  have cabins. 

 

Living in groups of up to 9 campers (called a ‘small camp’), children will sleep under canvas shelters and will learn how to build fires, put up mosquito nets and use latrines.

 

Running water is available throughout the camp and flushing toilets are located at the shower houses.

 

The challenge and simplicity of this engagement with nature is a tradition that goes back to the very earliest days of Trail Blazers. It is one thing we love most about our program.

Why Choose Us?

Trail Blazers camp is 1000 beautifully forested acres on Lake Mashipacong in northern New Jersey. Camp features 14 campsites, dozens of activity areas, and a private 55-acre lake. 

 

Join us for our classic Outdoor Adventure program, where campers will develop the skills of a true backpacker and learn all about the nature that surrounds them. 

 

Or choose one of our specialty programs to hone biking, canoeing, farm and garden, or leadership skills. Whatever path you choose, Trail Blazers is an adventure unlike any other; open to campers of every background and all experience levels.

 

Our overnight camp program helps your camper develop an appreciation for nature, a collaborative and self-determined spirit, and the ability to set and reach goals for themselves and with a group.

 

Days are filled with small group adventures driven by a schedule that each group tailors to its interests – as such, no two sessions are ever the same. 

 

Every day brings your camper opportunities to develop care and respect for themselves, their friends, our community, and the environment.

Frequently Asked Questions:

Testimonials From Summers Past

“Trail Blazers gave my daughter life long tools and independence that I really wanted her to gain. She enjoyed all the aspects of swimming and paddle boarding. I loved the pictures.”

~ Parent

 

“He has been very energized and is proud to call himself a Trailblazer! He has come home with exciting new navigation skills and an enhanced love of the earth and environment.”

~ Parent

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