PLAN YOUR visit

Join us for a memorable summer adventure! Our beautiful 70-acre campus includes seven rental cabins, tent sites, a large dining hall/group space, a screen house for outdoor gatherings, and shared bathrooms.

What is Family Camp?

Parents, grandparents, children, singles, people of all ages come together for a fun, educational week immersed in the beauty of the shores of Cobscook Bay. We welcome family any way you define it.

What’s included?

Three meals per day, tent site or cabin, and lots of Maine wilderness adventures. Register early to reserve a cabin.

Adventure awaits!

Immerse yourself in the natural environment, learning about the nested systems in which we live. You may find yourself discovering a hermit crab while tidepooling, finding moose tracks on the trail, picking out constellations in the night sky, measuring seaweed growth in the intertidal zone, identifying bird calls, learning to owl call, drawing, printing and nature journaling to document your learning, identifying trees and plants, and telling our stories of encounters with the natural world around a nightly campfire. Join us!

Camp Rates:

Adult (over 18 years): Cabin: $600 per person Tent: $500 per person

Child (3-17 years): Cabin: $350 per person Tent: $300 per person

Child under 3: Free

A $200 nonrefundable deposit per family is required at the time of registration.

Camp scholarships are available. As we work towards equity and inclusion for all, we understand that these rates may not be within all budgets. If needed, fill out the application with a note at the end including the amount that you are able to contribute per person. Your deposit payment will not be due until after your support application has been reviewed.

Come for the day or stay for the whole 5-day program. Let Downeast Maine be the muse for your artistic dive into nature printing. Coleen O’Connell, teacher, artist, and naturalist, will guide you in exploring the various ways to print from nature, including direct printing, gelli plate printing, gyotaku (Japanese fish printing), printing with open acrylic paint, collaging, and much more. Open studio will be part of each day, where you can spend your hours printing on your own in whatever technique you wish, or you can take a nap in a hammock in the screen house. We will intersperse our printing time with fabulous hikes. We will bring our own food for the week. Refrigeration and cooking facilities are available. This is an adults-only program. Please consider family camp for nature printing with kids.

Workshop Fees

Lodging: Cabins: $50 per person per night, tents: $30 per person per night

Workshop fee: $35 per day, payable to the instructor

We’d love to have you join us to help us get ready for the summer season. You can choose a project that suits you, whether it’s weeding and planting, cleaning and organizing, clearing trails, or painting and carpentry. We so appreciate all the work that our volunteers have done. You all have really made CETL come to life! Work is ongoing, so please join us this year. Come for a day, or stay overnight in a tent or a cabin. Fill out the interest form below, and we’ll get back to you soon.