Age Groups
Day camp only campers aged grades K-2.
What are Mudpuppies?
"...To make the love of Christ visible through the practices of hospitality, responsible care for the earth, and meaningful fellowship that strengthens the community."
What is Chestnut Ridge's Mission Statement?
The main building where we eat our meals and where the office is located
What is the Morris Center?
An activity where campers can play in the lake on various large objects
What is Lake Toys?
A place where campers go swimming.
What is the Pool?
Middle school campers (grades 6-8) that are both day campers and res campers
What are Duskies?
The value you demonstrate by picking up litter and turning off your lights when you leave the cabin.
What is Responsible Care for the Earth?
A fun place to hike to with Mudpuppies, especially for lunch.
What is Big Rock?
An evening activity where opposing teams get painted with red and blue paint
What is Battleball?
A place where campers and staff can go to ride/care for/pet horses.
What is Horses?
The age group where campers first doing Res camp as well as Day camp. Campers are grades 3-5.
What are Waterdogs?
The value you demonstrate when you greet strangers and welcome them to the community.
What is Hospitality?
A place to go swimming and canoeing
What is the Lake?
An evening activity centered around water activities and ends in the pool.
What is Pool Party?
A place where teambuilding often happens and that contains obstacles on the ground.
What is the Low Challenge Course/Low Challenge?
The oldest campers that are overnight only.
The value you demonstrate when you get to know, spend time with, and show genuine care for those in your community.
What is Meaningful Fellowship?
A large field (formerly) made of red clay where large group games are played.
What is Mars?
A period of time where campers choose which activity they want to do that's not with their cabin group.
What is Electives?
A place where many animals live and we can go on a hayride to.
What is the Farm?
The youngest campers aged Pre-K to Kindergarten that are only here half a day.
What are Pollywogs?
The name for a big part of camp where the Pavilion is located and lot of our activities take place.
What is Main Camp?
An activity where the group goes to Site 3 and explores various artistic endeavors.
A course where campers are climbing up in the air while hooked in to wires via lobster claws.
What is Statics?