West End House Camp

West End House Camp West End House Camp is a historic overnight boys camp in a beautiful modern setting. Be part of the start of our second century!

Magnificent lakefront property in the foothills of the White Mountains in southern Maine. Fun, friendly competition, growth, and lifelong friendships! Athletic activities include basketball, soccer, softball, baseball, batting cage, flag football, volleyball, lacrosse, and tennis. Waterfront activities include waterskiing, tubing, swimming, canoeing, kayaking, sailing, paddleboards, waterslide, wa

ter trampoline, aqualaunch, paddleboats, and fishing. Other activities include archery, mountain biking, arts & crafts, rocketry, astronomy, karaoke, and special events in and out of camp. Modern facilities are second to none! Top notch, down to earth, diverse group of kids who become friends for life and benefit from the extensive West End House Camp network. Caring, bright, talented, and experienced staff, mostly former campers!

At our waterfront, the better you swim, the more the pond opens up.Pass the next level of our daily Instructional Swim a...
09/04/2026

At our waterfront, the better you swim, the more the pond opens up.

Pass the next level of our daily Instructional Swim and you earn deeper water and more privileges. You earn more elective time, too. Sailing. Waterskiing. Tubing. Paddling and fishing. Cruising the lake on the pontoon boat with your bunk.

So a kid who was nervous about the deep end in June is the one asking to test up by July. He can see exactly what's waiting on the other side of the check.

We run the waterfront in a way that makes a boy want to grow.

Summer 2027's open for signup! We give tours all fall. westendhousecamp.org/sessions

Color War: Day zero. The teams are an hour old.The fireworks and horseplay are done, and every boy at camp has just foun...
09/02/2026

Color War: Day zero. The teams are an hour old.

The fireworks and horseplay are done, and every boy at camp has just found out whether he'll live, dine, rehearse and compete as Blue or White for the next 5 days.

A high senior captain steps up in front of his brand-new White team. He's known most of these boys for years. Now they're his to lead, and he talks to them like it, like they've already got something worth defending.

White lost Color War this year. It's immortalized on the plaque in the mess hall.

That sign in the background was right anyway.

Many of those boys will rehash that week for the rest of their lives. The score, the close calls, the comebacks. And every time someone will remember the excitement and heart of "day zero", before a single point was on the board.

First day back at school and he walked right in like he'd done it all before.Big building, bigger kids, and him.He's don...
08/31/2026

First day back at school and he walked right in like he'd done it all before.

Big building, bigger kids, and him.

He's done harder. Twelve strangers in a cabin, and he figured it out. Games won by a hair, games lost by more. Every older boy in the place had been the new kid once too.

The nerves you didn't see this morning got handled in July. These boys learn to walk tall.

He made his bed: Nobody asked him to.That's the first thing parents notice. A few weeks home from camp and something has...
08/29/2026

He made his bed: Nobody asked him to.

That's the first thing parents notice. A few weeks home from camp and something has settled in. He clears his plate. He finishes the thing he started. Maybe he's even eased off a bit or let his little brother win.

A summer of winning, losing, and living alongside other boys does that.

Come see where it starts. We give tours all fall.
westendhousecamp.org

08/26/2026

Nothing gets boys this age to sit still. 500 feet of climbing steps, slides and boulders bought us a few minutes!

This is the senior half of camp at the top of White Horse Ledge, on the edge of the White Mountains. They earned the rest (and snacks!) on the way up.

The counselors on the ledge are only a few years older. They set the pace on the climb and sat down right beside the boys at the top.

A hard climb, a view he earned, and a boy who surprises himself. That's the summer we build.

A summer here reaches past the lake. Tours by appointment all fall long.

https://westendhousecamp.org/sessions

Most of these boys in that 1952 photo are grandfathers now. Some others in the rest are just getting started.Same water,...
08/24/2026

Most of these boys in that 1952 photo are grandfathers now. Some others in the rest are just getting started.

Same water, same easy afternoons learning to swim, paddle a canoe, and feel at home on the lake.

Those same grandfathers helped us build and sustain place where a boy competes like a brother-in-arms, earns his place, and learns real grit from near-peer coaches who know when to push him and when to catch him.

A summer home for great young men. We give tours all fall.
westendhousecamp.org/sessions

The Old Timer's came home this week! A whole week living in brotherhood back at the place where it all started.We held o...
08/22/2026

The Old Timer's came home this week! A whole week living in brotherhood back at the place where it all started.

We held our first successful Red Barn Walk where alumni raised money in their own hometowns, then walked two miles together to carry it back to camp. Brotherhood supporting the boys who come next, the way it has since 1908.

Because of them, the next generation of boys gets their summer. Thank you.

For five days of intense competition, lifelong friends and brothers fought on opposite teams. Bunks split down the middl...
08/21/2026

For five days of intense competition, lifelong friends and brothers fought on opposite teams. Bunks split down the middle.

Before the boys heard the final scores, our staff reminded them what matters more. One camp. Brothers first.

After the scores were read, and camp reached for the one thing that always brings boys back together. Dessert. A jumbo cake and milk treat, and celebrated as one camp again.

That's a West End summer. The hard days and the sweet ending.

Enrollment for next year is open now.

westendhousecamp.org

The bus is rolling!If you're planning to meet your camper at the bus in Boston you can expect them at the Riverside MBTA...
08/15/2026

The bus is rolling!

If you're planning to meet your camper at the bus in Boston you can expect them at the Riverside MBTA parking lot at around 12 noon.

367 Grove St, Newton, MA 02466

Pickup is ongoing at camp.

Parents, thank you again for trusting us with your son this summer. We hope to see everyone back for our 2027 season!

The grit and intensity of Color War are behind us, and the boys have earned the slower days that come at the end of a su...
08/15/2026

The grit and intensity of Color War are behind us, and the boys have earned the slower days that come at the end of a summer.

Most of the camp loaded up for a day at Funtown on Thursday, where they rode every ride worth riding and split the afternoon between the roller coasters and the snack stands. A corps of waterfront staff and Gottliebers stayed behind to pack up most of the waterfront and enjoy a few hours of quiet camp.

Back at camp yesterday, a Big Cleanup and Watermelon Championships filled the morning. We cleared the schedule for an open afternoon and let the boys unwind and savor some last casual hours around camp. Some made straight for the waterfront or the rec hall, some found a shady spot to do something. Or nothing.

If your family is already thinking about next summer, registration for 2027 is open, and our early enrollment discounts reward the families who plan ahead. https://westendhousecamp.org/sessions/

Today they head home perhaps a little more independent and a lot more themselves, carrying a summer of boyhood memories, and the Spirit of the House.

Address

294 Road Between The Ponds
Parsonsfield, ME
04047

Telephone

+16177807161

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