Tripp Lake Camp Reviews

I have been a counsellor at Tripp Lake Camp for 3 summers and it became a place that I quickly grew to love and became a home away from home. The love, friendship and appreciation from campers, counsellors and the administration is like no other which encourages you to be the best person you can be. It is a camp that offers a wide variety of activities from land sports, theatre, water sports, art shops and more and encourages you to try new activities. I highly recommend TLC to any camper, prospective parent or staff member wanting to have the summer of their lives.

As a counselor for 3 summers, I have come to call this place my home. It is run by amazing staff and admin, trying to give the campers their best summer.

As someone who works as a camp counselor I have a very high standard for how camps should be run and how counselors should interact with their kids. This place needlessly endangered kids, encouraged bullying and oppressive behavior among campers and counselors, and favored counselors who were some of the worst in the profession I have ever seen

I have been a counselor at Tripp for two summers and it has quickly become my home away from home. The campers and counselor are some of the best people that I have ever met and the love everyone shares for each other is very apparent. For a camp that is so rooted in its history and tradition, campers and counselors are so welcoming to new faces, and make everyone feel like family. The talent of the campers is shown everyday in a wide rage of activities such as swim, art shops, and a variety of land sports. Special events such as theater shows and different talent shows further showcase the talent of the girls and the counselors. I recommend this camp to any prospective parent, camper, or staff member looking to have the best summer of their life, and know what it means to live in what we call, "the promise land".

Tripp Lake Camp has always been my home away from home. I was a camper for 9 summers and a counselor for 4. Tripp offers a wide range of activities and offers a daily schedule that allows every child to try a new sport or art shop. While at camp, I found a love for swim and photography which are two activities that I had not previously taken part in before my time at Tripp. The Promise Land offers a safe and encouraging environment where girls are removed from the pressures of the outside world. Tripp Lake's counselors are well respected and trained in their specific departments. As well, they are trained how to handle any negative situation that could arise. Admin has always been proactive in helping continue to keep the bubble of Tripp Lake a happy experience for all. Everyday I use the lessons and values of Tripp Lake and I remain appreciative of all that Tripp has taught me.

My daughter was 13 when she attended this camp. I am still haunted and troubled at how she was bullied at Tripp Lake Camp. Moreover, she received NO protection or feeling of safety from the counselors and camp directors. I was constantly trying to help my daughter, every phone call she made to home was filled with tears and anguish. The girls in her cabin had a mob mentality of ostrasizing and bullying her. The main director, Leslie Levy, and her "second in command" kept blaming my daughter. They said she was "too shy", "too strange' "shows flat effect", etc. It was a traumatic and stressful experience that my daughter survived. I think they finally believed she was bullied when camp was over and the girls were still calling my daughter and taunting her. This is one of the most expensive camps, they require all sorts of mandatory uniform clothing including mandatory folding chairs and blankets and monogramed trunks.. Now we are stuck with items that only remind my daughter of the darkest summer of her life. Don't send your daughter there! P.S.(Just to emphasize how horrible Tripp Lake Camp really is, my daughter went back to her original less expensive (co-ed) camp we pulled her out of to attend Tripp. This is a smaller camp in the
Berkshires. She is happy and thriving also voted "Best Camper" by her bunkmates.)

We live on the UWS of Manhattan, and our 8 year old daughter just completed the two night Rookie Weekend at Tripp Lake.

Overall takeaway: Tripp Lake Camp is a lovely and sweet place, with long-standing traditions, and filled with bright-eyed and confident girls having fun. There was a lot of positive energy, and purposeful intent.

My wife and I are glad that we took the time to drive up to Maine, and grateful that our daughter had this positive experience/introduction to overnight camp.

Leslie, Janet and Stacy were all incredibly warm and welcoming, and our daughter said that the counselors and other girls she met made her feel safe and at home. She also had a lot of fun, made a few friends, and was excited that she was able to participate in some of the Tripp Lake camp traditions (including lots of singing, and a play put on by some of the other campers).

After picking her up Sunday morning, our daughter told us that she definitely wants to go to Tripp Lake for the full summer next year. We took her to visit a few other girls camps in Maine after finishing Rookie Weekend, and all were quite nice. We decided to stop by Tripp Lake again before driving home, and were fortunate to come during sing song practice, and to see a camp meal where the girls were all singing. We got a good sense of the camp spirit.

Thank you again to Tripp Lake for giving our daughter such a wonderful first overnight camp experience.

Beautiful summer camp for girls with activities ranging from golf to archery to arts and crafts and water sports.

The promised land, the best place to be and visit friends

As a fourth year counselor at Tripp Lake Camp I could not recommend this place more highly for counselors and campers alike. I have felt extreme rewards from my time at a true promised land. Camp offers campers the chance to form lasting friendships, memories and show spirit and sportsmanship. The camp offers a wide range of activities from waterski to threatre so that girls interested in activities will have a summer of a life time. The staff are extremely warm and welcoming and are professional in every aspect of camp life. Tripp lake camp has been the best experience of my life, I have grown immensely in my time here and I am thankful for the campers and staff for showing the meaning of friendship, love and laughter.

I came from the UK to coach tennis and ended up having the best summer of my life. Tripp Lake Camp embodies everything that I hoped camp would be. It teaches the kids real life values in an environment that is both secure and enthralling. I personally have never met a group of young individuals so engaging and driven as those that I taught during my time at TLC. I highly recommend this camp to any parent, child or prospective councilor, it really is as we say ''the promised land".