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Generic Camp Schedule for 12 - 14 Year Olds

Camps Colby, DeBruce, and Rushford

If you would like to know more about the specific workshops, visit Workshop Descriptions for Colby, DeBruce, and Rushford.

A Peak at a Week at Camp
(Campers are to be picked up at 9 AM on Saturday after the 8 AM breakfast)
Time Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
07:00 am Wake-up
08:00 Breakfast
08:30 Clean-up
09:00 Principles of
Ecology
Workshop
Day Trips:
Canoeing/
Hiking *
Field Study Workshop Day Trips:
Canoeing/
Hiking *
OR Hunter
Safety
Human
Impact Workshop
09:30
10:00
10:30
11:00
11:30 am Recreation Recreation Recreation
Noon
12:30 Lunch
1:00 pm
1:30 Cabin Time Day Trips: Canoeing/
Hiking *
Cabin Time Day Trips:
Canoeing/
Hiking *
OR Hunter Safety
Cabin Time
2:00 Water Study
Workshop
Forest Study
Workshop
All Camp
Activity
2:30
3:00 Registration & Drop Off
3:30
4:00
4:30 Orientation Recreation Optionals HS or Swim
5:00
5:30 Dinner
6:00
6:30 Group Dynamics Hunter Safety (HS) Intro HS or
Optionals
HS or Recreation HS or
Optionals
All Camp
Activity
7:00
7:30 HS or Evening
Program
8:00 Campfire
8:30 Evening
Program
Campfire Dinner &
Night Hike
Evening
Program
Campfire

10:00 pm

* Some camps only do one (1) day trip per week!!

Sample Optional Activities:

  • Fly Tying
  • Fishing
  • Shelter Building
  • Archery
  • Boating
  • Tracking
  • Nature Art, etc.
  • Fly Fishing
  • Orienteering
  • Map Making
  • Birding
  • Herping

Sample Recreation Activities:

  • Swimming
  • Volleyball
  • Capture the Flag
  • Frisbee
  • Archery Practice, etc.

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  • NYSDEC Camps
    625 Broadway
    Albany, NY 12233-4500
    518-402-8014
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