Dates & FAQs

Birchmont is in the state of New Hampshire in the north-east of the United States, about 90 minutes drive north from Boston. We’re on the shores of Lake Wentworth, and close to the vacation resort town of Wolfeboro.

Our counselors (Group Leaders, Head Counselors and Specialists) live in shared cabins with our campers and other staff. Typically 10-12 campers will be in the main room, with 3-4 staff sharing a separate counselor room. All of our cabins have full bathrooms and electricity – so it’s pretty nice! Senior adult staff live in separate staff accommodation, but we’ll discuss all this with you at interview!

All of our counselors are asked to be available for the full duration of camp, including our orientation periods. This is to ensure you’re properly trained, and so that the campers can have the best experience all the way through to the end of camp. Some of our roles – such as camp nurses and drivers – have more flexible schedules, as they don’t need to live in camper cabins.

If you’re from the US and have the right to work, you can just hit the ‘Apply Now’ link on the side of the page! If you’re from outside the US, you are welcome to apply directly through the website, but you will also need to come through a hiring agency for visa sponsorship reasons. We work with a number of agencies, and can point you in the right direction if you need help!

Your pay will vary depending on the role you’re given and the level of responsibility you will have at camp – but we pay salaries that are competitive in the camp industry. We also provide you with full room and board, laundry, staff t-shirts, transportation on your days and nights off, and staff appreciation dinners and events.

Working at summer camp is not a typical job! If you’re living in a camper cabin, you’re ‘on’ pretty much all day – but it’s an experience like no other. You will officially have two nights, two “rest hours” and one full day off a week. On those days and nights, we provide transport to local towns and cities (Wolfeboro, Portsmouth, Portland, Boston) so you can have some time off-grounds and get to experience the sights and sounds of New England!

Every day at camp is different, but we do try to work to a regular schedule. For all of our camp counselors, the day starts with Reveille at 7:45am – it’s time to wake the campers up, help them make their beds, tidy their cabins and get ready for the day ahead. We all eat with our assigned groups, and then at 9am it’s time for the day’s activities to start! Our Group Leaders, Head Counselors and General Counselors will accompany their group to all activities or on off-grounds trips, making sure the campers are safe, having fun, and learning new things in our huge range of activity options. Our Activity Specialists will head off to their specialty area to deliver our arts, athletic and waterfront programs.

We have four activity periods in the morning, then groups come back together for lunch and rest hour at 12, before we head into 4 more activity periods for the afternoon. As with the morning, group staff will go with the group, and Activity Specialists will go to their areas if scheduled (if not, they’ll be back with the group helping as additional General Counselors!). Dinner is at 6pm, and we have one final Evening Activity period from 7-8pm. Once the day’s activities are finished, all on-duty staff head back to their cabin areas, and help the kids get ready for bed – making sure they are tidying up, sorting laundry, packing for a trip the next day – or whatever needs to be done! Lights out starts at 9:30pm, and it’s time to sleep, rest and get ready for another beautiful Birchmont day!