Six cots
Campers and staff live together in 16′ canvas tents with six cots each.
Summer camp for boys in the Maine woods.
Ages 7 to 17. Canvas tents, a mile of Moose Pond shore and wilderness trips, every summer since 1908.
Camp opens · June 26, 2027
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Moose Pond, Bridgton, Maine · 44°03′N 70°47′W
Four small camps on one big pond.
Junior, Intermediate, Senior and CIT each run as a camp of their own, with their own staff, docks and fields, so an eight-year-old and a fifteen-year-old never share an archery range. Together they are Winona: 200 boys, 110 staff, sixteen-foot canvas tents and not a single screen.
What sets Winona apart
four boys to every counselor
four new friends in every tent
three archery ranges, one per unit
- 1908in continual operation since
- 200boys in every session
- 16′canvas tents, six cots, no electricity
- 1 mileof shore on Moose Pond
- 110staff each summer
The 16′ canvas tent.
Home for the summer, under the pines.
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At the morning and afternoon assemblies each boy hears what is on offer and decides for himself. Try a day.
Sign-up sheet
Then: dinner, and an evening program for the whole unit, like capture the flag, speedball or Name That Tune.
No weekly timetable and no set group: each boy decides, twice a day.
One camp.
Four units, two teams, one shore: everybody gathers in front of the lodge.
Red & Gray since day one
Winona is four camps by age. Find his unit.
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Units overlap by a year. The directors confirm his unit at enrollment.
Ages 11–13
Intermediate Winona
“Inty” is the unit full of opportunity and new experiences. Mountain trippers head for the White Mountains or the Mahoosucs on trips of one to five days; canoe trips go two and three nights to lakes around Maine and New Hampshire. Boys who want to focus on campcraft can join the Maine Woodscraft program.
- Its totem is Oscar, a polar bear.
- Levels run Chipmunk, Beaver, Eagle.
- Evenings: speedball in the field, Stratego in the grove.
Into the wild.
The Mahoosucs and the White Mountains are an hour from camp.
44°03′N 70°47′W → the Presidentials
From a day hike to a week in the wild.
Every unit has its own trip leader and trips pitched to its age. The longer ones come with the years.
From a day hike to a week in the wild.
Every unit has its own trip leader and trips pitched to its age. The longer ones come with the years.
Mahoosucs · White MountainsDay hike
Most Junior trips are day hikes within an hour of camp, in the Mahoosuc Range of Maine and the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
1 dayDay hike
Most Junior trips are day hikes within an hour of camp, in the Mahoosuc Range of Maine and the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
1 nightCanoe, from the shore
Junior canoe trippers start with overnights on Moose Pond, leaving right from camp.
2–3 nightsLakes of Maine & New Hampshire
Intermediate canoe trips paddle Mooselookmeguntic, Azicohos, Richardson, Flagstaff and Umbagog.
up to 5 daysSummit trips
Mountain trippers in Inty and Senior work up to five days on the ridges of Maine and New Hampshire.
White waterKayak the Kennebec
From surfing at Popham Beach to the white water at Errol, New Hampshire, and the Kennebec, Saco and Androscoggin rivers.
7 daysThe Allagash
The big one: Senior campers paddle the Allagash Wilderness Waterway, and climb at Acadia National Park.
Has anyone ever caught the BAT?
In 1919 a counselor in a mask and black cape ran hollering through camp. Ever since, the BAT turns up at camp functions, then escapes into the woods or onto the water. He is one of the current staff, and nobody knows who until Awards Night. Catch and unmask him and you get a free summer.
108summers of the BAT
0unmaskings. The longest winning streak in the world.
The camp as drawn by its own map. Tap a letter.
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Dining Hall & Summer Offices
Family-style meals, camper waiters, and the Main Office on the second floor, where you check in.
Camp opens on Saturday, June 26. The camp suggests enrolling before December 31, 2026, to secure a preferred session.
Full season
6 weeks
Sat June 26 – Sun August 8
$11,800
First half
3 weeks
Sat June 26 – Sat July 17
$8,200
Second half
3 weeks
Sun July 18 – Sun August 8
$8,200
Early enrollment discounts and Camperships (camper scholarships) are available through the office. A two-week introductory program, Pathways, opens for enrollment in January.
Start the 2027 applicationHundreds of acres of Maine woods, nearly a mile of Moose Pond shore, and seventeen activities to choose from twice a day.Hundreds of acres, a mile of shore.
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Staunch and True.
Winona's de facto motto: courage, integrity and friendships. It comes from the lyrics of one of the camp's best-loved songs, The Pines of Winona.
- 01All inclusive
- 02Respect
- 03One camp
- 04Friendships
- 05Tall pines and clear waters
- 06Leaders
Winona is becoming a camp forever.
The 120th season is 2027.
As Winona approaches its 120th season, the camp is moving from private family ownership to a nonprofit foundation: the Winona Camps Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization guided by a mission-driven Board of Directors. That structure guarantees that Winona remains a camp forever.
The experience does not change. The traditions, the staff and the community continue on the shores of Moose Pond, and Spencer and Laura Ordway stay in their leadership roles. For alumni there will be reunions, communications and ways to support the foundation.
Read the announcement