YMCA Camp Gorham

Camp Gorham is the name of a YMCA summer camp located just north of Eagle Bay, New York in the Adirondack Mountains of New York. The camp is made up of over 1,500 acres (6.1 km²) with a 400-acre (1.6 km²) lake.

The camp originated as a camp which trapper Bill Darts built for himself in 1879. That cabin is now the main part of the Camp Gorham Cottage. As his business grew, more cottages were built and by 1927 Bill's daughter Emma ran it as a boys' camp. In 1960 the camp was sold to the YMCA of Greater Rochester and was originally an offshoot of Camp Cory. Cory staff and campers helped to build the camp, and until 2002 both camps were supervised by the same Executive Director. The camp was then named Camp Gorham in honor of Jack Gorham. The minimum age for attendance is seven and the maximum age is sixteen, with counselors' assistants being slightly older.

A unique feature of the camp is the ranch camp, where campers spend a half of each day caring for and riding horses.

References

External links

• Camp Gorham Homepage

Coordinates: 43°47′55″N 74°51′36″W / 43.798676°N 74.859896°W / 43.798676; -74.859896