Camp Hale, which is located on Squam Lake in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, has been providing residential camping experience to approximately 125 boys every summer since 1900.   The basic camping program serves 7 to 14 year old boys utilizing the natural setting of Squam Lake and the White Mountains to provide an alternative environment, opportunity for development, and realization of personal potential within the framework of an enriching experience and reprieve from the stresses of urban living.  These experiences are broken into three parts of the day representing, individual achievement, peer group interaction, and community responsibility. The Leaders in Training program targets 14 to 16 year olds, generally former campers, as potential counselors and prepares them through work, special training sessions and mentor supervised leadership experiences.

TRAINED ADULT STAFF

24 HOUR SUPERVISION

ESTEEM DEVELOPMENT

ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

ON SITE MEDICAL TEAM

Camp Rates are 250 per week

Camp Hale has a sliding fee scale

Please contact the Camp Office at

617-375-8150.phone

617-236-0162.fax

 
Camp Counselors and Staff

Camp Hale is fortunate to have a high number of returning counselors.  The camp also hosts a large number of counselors from outside the United States giving the camp a truly international environment. Instruction is provided in multi-cultural issues, conflict resolution, youth worker training, Life guarding, CPR and first aid.  On-site training conducted by the Camp Hale Director, Assistant Director, Program Director, other USES staff and Squam Lake community members is provided for all counselors and counselors-in-training for a full ten days before camp begins. Another training session is held between camp sessions and focuses on needs identified during the first session, and also covers trip preparation and reconnaissance skills to prepare counselors for leading challenging overnight trips for the older campers. Counselors-in-training participate in two days of training at Camp.

Look up our history in the Camp Hale Book entitled Camp Hale, A Century of Camping as well as songs from the campers and alumni in the accompanying CD Camp Hale, A Century of Songs available from the camp Hale office at the United South End Settlements’ Harriet Tubman House.

Camp Hale maintains a very strong relationship with its neighbors and a strong Alumni Association (including men who attended Camp in the ‘30’s, ‘40’s, and ‘50’s).  

About the Camp Hale Alumni Association   

Interested in staff positions? Please email humanresources@uses.org with your letter of interest and attach your resume.