Activities for Every Kind of Camper
Every day brings adventure, creativity, movement, and camp magic.
Choose Your Adventure
Campers in our flagship program build a completely unique schedule that reflects their interests, curiosities, and sense of adventure. No two campers experience camp exactly the same way.
Follow Your Curiosity
Develop Real Skills
Try Something New
Participate Without Pressure
- Adventure
- Arts
- Athletics
- Challenge
- Equestrian
- Performance
- Target Sports
- Waterfront
Adventure
Campcraft
All Ages | 1 Hour | Mini Camp & 2 Week
Hiking
Ages 10+ | 2 Hours | Mini Camp & 2 Week
Nature Study
All Ages | 1 Hour | Mini Camp & 2 Week
Pet Care
Ages 9 & Under | 1 Hour | Mini Camp & 2 Week
Arts
Drawing & Painting
All Ages | 1 Hour | Mini Camp & 2 Week
Handcrafts
All Ages | 1 Hour | Mini Camp & 2 Week
Sewing
All Ages | 1 Hour | Mini Camp & 2 Week
Athletics
Fencing
All Ages
Landsports
All Ages
Tennis
All Ages
Challenge
Challenge
Ages 10+ | 2 Hours | Mini Camp & 2 Week
Challenge X
Ages 13+ | 2 Hours | 2 Week Only
Jr. Adventure
Ages 9 & Under | 1 Hour | Mini Camp & 2 Week
Jr. Facilitators
Ages 13+ | 2 Hours | 2 Week Only
Equestrian
English Riding
All Ages | 1 Hour | Mini Camp & 2 Week*
Pony Carts
All Ages | 1 Hour | Mini Camp & 2 Week
Ranch Hands
All Ages | 1 Hour | Mini Camp & 2 Week
Vaulting
All Ages | 1 Hour | Mini Camp & 2 Week*
Western Riding
All Ages | 1 Hour | Mini Camp & 2 Week*
Performance
Media Arts
All Ages | 1 Hour | 2 Week Only
Performing Arts
All Ages | 1 Hour | Mini Camp & 2 Week
Videography
All Ages | 1 Hour | 2 Week Only
Target Sports
Archery
Ages 10+ | 1 Hour | Mini Camp & 2 Week
Jr. Target Sports
Ages 9 & Under | 1 Hour | Mini Camp & 2 Week
Riflery
Ages 10+ | 1 Hour | Mini Camp & 2 Week
Tomahawk Throwing
Ages 10+ | 1 Hour | Mini Camp & 2 Week
Waterfront
Canoeing & Kayaking
All Ages* | 2 Hours | Mini Camp & 2 Week
Free Swim
All Ages* | 1 Hour | Mini Camp & 2 Week
Equestrian: *Activity Placements ("try-outs") for experienced campers available for two-week campers.
Waterfront: *Must pass a swim test on Arrival Day
Activities Grow Alongside Your Camper
First-Time Campers
More Guidance.
Returning Campers
More Mastery. More Ownership.
Growing Alongside Their Interests
Our activities are progressive by design, allowing campers to build real skills over time. In horseback riding, a beginner might start by learning to feel comfortable around a horse, mount safely, steer, stop, and ride at a walk. With practice and experience, that same camper can return to more advanced classes in future summers, progressing to skills like trotting, cantering, and barrel racing.
Where It All Comes to Life
At Friendly Pines, activities fit into a bigger camp story. The day moves from chosen activities to shared meals, cabin time, and traditions that have helped define summers here for generations.
- MORNING
- AFTERNOON
- EVENING
- Wake up in the cabins with a full day of camp ahead
- Gather together for flag raising and morning traditions
- Fill up on breakfast in the Dining Lodge
- Practice responsibility and teamwork during cabin cleanup
- Head out for the morning’s first activities
- Regroup with cabins and enjoy some free time
- Refuel with a hot lunch in the Dining Lodge
- Afternoon announcements & silly camp songs
- Take a rest during Siesta in the cabin, perfect time for an afternoon nap, read a book, or write a postcard home.
- Enjoy an afternoon snack before jumping into afternoon activities.
- Regroup with cabins and recieve the daily mail delivery.
- Gather around the Dining Lodge tables for dinner.
- Nightly evening programming with their Village.
- Sing the Friendship Song under the stars before heading back to cabins for bedtime routines.
