Echo Hill is a summer camp which has been dedicated for over fifty years to helping children have a happy, exciting and meaningful experience of living with others in the out of-doors. It is close to nature and isolated from strenuous city life and the pressures of the school year; a situation in which a learning experience takes place most easily.
Echo Hill is a summer place where a child may experience fun, freedom and adventure in abundance with a program which is broad enough to challenge and satisfy the needs of today’s active youth. The camp is staffed by mature counselors who stress the health, safety and individual needs of each camper.
Echo Hill fosters an unusual amount of love and kindness which leads to lasting friendships and unforgettable memories. It is, above all else, a place where a child may practice the inalienable right of youth; to be free and happy.
Echo Hill Camp is beautifully situated upon a bluff sloping down to a mile of sandy beach on Maryland’s Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay. The area is rural and sparsely populated, but within easy reach of Washington, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and New York. The camp is located on a 350 acre farm consisting of sunny fields and woodlands. It is a rustic camp with most campers living in large platform tents. Each tent or cabin has one or to two counselors in residence with the group. The total enrollment is 145 campers which provides an excellent ratio of one counselor for every three campers.
Echo Hill strives to provide an atmosphere conducive to the creative expression of self; to create an atmosphere in which a camper becomes aware of, and learns a healthy respect for his environment; and to provide an atmosphere in which a child, for his own personal reasons, seeks to acquire new physical or artistic skills. Our program offers a broad range of activities.
