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Youth camps in Connecticut
513 youth camps in 141 Connecticut cities and towns, from the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood licensing data.
This is the state's list, not our picks. We haven't reviewed these camps. Camps that don't need a state camp license, and camps still waiting for approval, aren't on it, so there may be more camps near you.
Check any camp's license on the official Connecticut eLicense lookup.
Cities with the most camps
All cities and towns A–Z
- Andover 2
- Ansonia 3
- Ashford 5
- Avon 5
- Bantam 1
- Barkhamsted 1
- Berlin 3
- Bethel 2
- Bloomfield 4
- Branford 3
- Bridgeport 8
- Bristol 2
- Brookfield 2
- Burlington 1
- Cheshire 4
- Chester 3
- Colebrook 3
- Columbia 1
- Cornwall 1
- Cos Cob 2
- Cromwell 3
- Danbury 8
- Darien 7
- Deep River 1
- Derby 2
- Durham 1
- East Haddam 1
- East Hartford 2
- East Hartland 1
- East Haven 2
- East Lyme 1
- Easton 1
- Ellington 2
- Enfield 1
- Essex 1
- Fairfield 32
- Farmington 9
- Glastonbury 3
- Goshen 2
- Granby 3
- Greenwich 19
- Griswold 1
- Groton 1
- Guilford 2
- Haddam 1
- Hamden 11
- Hartford 16
- Hebron 1
- Ivoryton 1
- Kent 5
- Killingly 1
- Killingworth 2
- Lakeside 1
- Lakeville 3
- Litchfield 6
- Lyme 1
- Madison 5
- Manchester 6
- Mansfield Center 1
- Marlborough 1
- Meriden 6
- Middlebury 3
- Middlefield 3
- Middletown 3
- Milford 8
- Monroe 2
- Moodus 1
- Morris 3
- Mystic 4
- Naugatuck 1
- New Canaan 10
- New Fairfield 2
- New Hartford 2
- New Haven 29
- New London 4
- New Milford 3
- New Preston Marble Dale 1
- Newtown 4
- North Franklin 2
- North Haven 1
- Norwalk 14
- Oakdale 1
- Old Greenwich 2
- Old Lyme 3
- Old Saybrook 2
- Orange 1
- Oxford 1
- Plainville 1
- Plantsville 2
- Plymouth 1
- Pomfret 3
- Pomfret Center 2
- Portland 2
- Prospect 2
- Putnam 1
- Quaker Hill 2
- Redding 3
- Ridgefield 6
- Rocky Hill 1
- Salisbury 1
- Seymour 1
- Sharon 3
- Shelton 2
- Simsbury 8
- South Glastonbury 1
- South Kent 2
- South Windham 1
- South Windsor 1
- Southbury 2
- Southington 2
- Southport 2
- Stamford 21
- Storrs Mansfield 1
- Stratford 2
- Suffield 2
- Thompson 1
- Tolland 3
- Torrington 5
- Trumbull 8
- Vernon Rockville 1
- Wallingford 7
- Washington 2
- Washington Depot 3
- Waterbury 8
- Waterford 1
- Watertown 1
- West Hartford 11
- West Haven 4
- West Redding 1
- West Simsbury 1
- Westbrook 1
- Weston 5
- Westport 9
- Wethersfield 2
- Wilton 7
- Windsor 6
- Windsor Locks 1
- Winsted 1
- Woodbridge 3
- Woodbury 2
- Woodstock Valley 1
Connecticut camp rules
Day and overnight camps need a camp license or permit. Both day camps and resident (overnight) camps need an annual youth camp license from OEC, applied for at least 30 days before opening (CGS §19a-421). The law covers camps serving 5 or more children aged 3 to 15 for 3 or more days a week during school vacations or weekends, or any program advertised as a camp. Exempt: classroom-based summer instruction with no risky activities, public and approved private school summer programs, licensed child care centers, Boys & Girls Club drop-in programs for ages 6 and up, and day camps run by a municipal agency (CGS §19a-420).
Agency: Connecticut Office of Early Childhood (OEC), Division of Licensing
Official sources: CGS chapter 368r, Youth Camps (§19a-420 to §19a-430) · 2026 Supplement, chapter 368r (2025 amendments) · OEC Licensing for Youth Camps
All Connecticut rules for child care and camps · Camp license rules in every state · Checked October 2026. General information, not legal advice.
More for Connecticut families
- Child care and after-school programs in Connecticut
- Free summer meals for kids in Connecticut: USDA meal sites. These are not camps.
- Youth, sports and camp nonprofits in Connecticut, from IRS data. Being listed there doesn't mean a camp is licensed.
Camp not listed?
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Sources
- Connecticut child care and youth camp licensing, Connecticut Office of Early Childhood. Daily; rows updated October 20, 2026. Public Domain. Source data