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Sports Broadcasting (Activity Spotlight)

    A roaming improv comedy exercise. Full of interviews, commentaries, and plenty of laughs!   Among the dozens of fun activities at Camp Birch Hill, “Sports Broadcasting” might have the strangest name… Alphabetically it squeezes into our list of classes between “Sailing” and “Soccer”, two activities whose name gives you a pretty good idea…

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Citizen Scientists at Camp Birch Hill

Marchs Pond to Be Studied as Part of NASA-Funded Research Project   In May, a group of scientists began work to better understand how the amount of water in Marchs Pond is changing over time, and what factors may be influencing those changes. The team worked with Camp Birch Hill’s Chrissy Morell Carter to install…

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The Big Tree: Natural History at Camp Birch Hill

The Big Tree: Natural History at Camp Birch Hill. Written by Matt D’Anieri. One cannot tell the vibrant history of Camp Birch Hill without mentioning the eastern white pine tree. These towering conifers greet us everywhere we walk, from the cabins at lower camp, up to the cafeteria and rec hall, and across the fields…

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Camp Birch Hill Horseback Riding Program

Our horseback riding program is one of our most popular programs at camp and it has been for almost a century! Campers have been enjoying horse riding at Birch Hill since the 1930’s! We get a lot of questions throughout the year about what our campers can expect from the program, so we thought we…

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Camp Birch Hill Activity Spotlight: Photography, Acting and Improv and Sports Broadcasting

Activity Spotlight: Photography, Acting and Improv and Sports Broadcasting  At Camp Birch Hill we offer a broad range of activities for our campers to enjoy. Our elective based schedule has a variety of options ranging from arts, sports and adventure. We pride ourselves on being a summer camp that encourages our campers to try everything.…

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Evening Program at Camp Birch Hill: Lip Syncs

Camp Birch Hill Lip Syncs       Camp Birch Hill Lip Syncs are a tradition that campers can count on enjoying every session of the summer. Camp would not be the same without this epic evening program and the excitement leading up to it. Performing on stage with your cabin mates creates some of the…

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Evening Program at Camp Birch Hill: CI-Trees

CI-TREES Welcome to another edition of our evening program spotlight! Earlier this year we discussed Batman vs Superman, Capture the Flag, Egyptian Waterpolo and our Friday night socials. Today we are are going to be talking about CI-Trees, formerly known as the Great Counselor Hunt.   CI-Trees is a very popular evening program because campers looooooove…

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Theme Days at Camp Birch Hill

Twin Day               Camp spirit is a fundamental part of day to day life at Camp Birch Hill. The reason everyone loves camp so much is because we have so much fun here! As the inventors of fun we are always thinking of ways to take it to the…

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S Days at Camp Birch Hill: Festival Day

Birch Hill Festival Day Since camp ended earlier this month, we have found ourselves reminiscing back over the summer at some of our favorite memories. The sessions flew by so quickly with all the fun we had that it’s hard to think of just a few. There are SO many!! During the year as we…

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The Camp Birch Hill Spring Pickle Ball Classic 2018

June 1st through June 3rd we hosted our second biannual Pickleball Tournament: The 2018 Camp Birch Hill Spring Pickleball Classic. It was a fantastic weekend with great people, spectacular weather and excellent pickling. Players came from Vermont, New York, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts and Canada to compete in the tournament and enjoy a weekend away at…

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