Camp Jewell

Are you looking for something to do this Columbus Day weekend? Well just around the corner is Colebrook, CT, home of Camp Jewell. Camp Jewell is open year-round, but however, Columbus Day weekend is a popular weekend to go. Camp Jewell is a branch of the YMCA of the Greater Hartford area. The campsite offers 540 acres of fun. There are tons of activities to do here, including horseback riding, swimming, archery, mountain boarding, rock climbing, kayaking, pottery, guitar, high ropes, hiking, fishing, soccer and many more! There's even a giant slide featuring an 80-foot drop and a whole arena dubbed The Thunder Dome dedicated to wiffleball and holds up to 600 people! Farther in to the woods are high ropes and low ropes courses, and that includes a zipline from the top of the forest trees. According to the Camp Jewell website, http://yghcj.peashootermanager.com/index.cfm, "In the winter, guests often enjoy cross-country skiing over our extensive network of trails, snowshoeing around the lake or simply taking a walk outside...followed by hot chocolate in the dining hall! Many children and 
adults alike get their first cross-country skiing experience at Camp Jewell. Guests may also ice-skate on one of our two ice rinks. Our winter guests enjoy quaint horse-drawn wagon rides through the beautiful forest, complete with hot chocolate!  Many guests like to warm up on a cold day with a lightning fast trip down camp's snow tubing hill!  Camp has it's own snow-making system, insuring a longer tubing season." There are 29 cabins (heated in the winter) fitting between 26 to 86 guests! The floor plan address is: http://yghcj.peashootermanager.com/library/files/Main%20Camp%20Cabin%20Layouts.pdf 
And a map of everything that Camp Jewell has to offer and its locations can be found here at this address: http://campjewell.org/library/files/Camp%20Map%20for%20Website_2010.pdf There is also an overnight summer camp, where you will spend the night, every night, for 2 weeks. Their sports arenas and fields are spread along the bottom, and offer many sporting activities, plus a few I bet you've never heard of! On a clear night you can see the outer rings of The Milky Way before you head off to bed for a night of sleep and tomorrow begin a new day of fun! To contact Camp Jewell, please call
1-888-412-CAMP (2267) or e-mail the campsite at camp.jewell@ghymca.org for any questions, comments, or concerns regarding the staff, or any other questions you may have to offer about the activities and programs during your stay at Camp Jewell.