KELT Kids Summer Day Camp

KELT Kids Camp will have a new and expanded home base in 2025!

Come join Kennebec Estuary Land Trust and Brightfield educators for a week of exploration and play at the Brightfield School in Bath. Every day will be a new adventure!

Registration will now be at the Brightfield School website. We will update this page with a link when before goes live - in early February!

what’s new:

This year, our nature day camp will bring you to the most beautiful places on the Maine coast and in the Kennebec Estuary in the summer! With our new home base at the experiential Brightfield School in Bath, we have a beautiful basecamp and a passenger van that can bring campers on daily excursions. Together, we will discover amazing local spots and memorable moments - every day will be a new adventure!

Campers will hike in Thorne Head, learn to paddleboard on Sewell Pond, hike Morse Mountain, & learn to clam at Reid (and then build a fire and make fresh clam chowder!). Our week will culminate in a beach day at Fort Popham. Our educators come with decades of experience in experiential education that will guarantee some truly sparkling experiences outside in the ponds, marshes, oceans, and forests of this special corner of Maine.

KELT has been running a beloved day camp out of Sewell Pond in Arrowsic for years, and this new collaboration with Brightfield will let KELT Kids Camp transform into an even more epic nature camp - with better staff support and the ability to travel offsite. We can't wait for you to discover our favorite natural places with us!

At a Glance:

2025 KELT Kids Summer Day Camp Dates: July 14 - 18, 2025

Ages: 6-10 years old. Maximum of 12 campers.

Hours: Drop off 8:45 – 9:00 am / Pick up 2:45 – 3:00 pm

Location: Brightfield School at 340 Oak Grove Avenue, Bath Maine

Weekly Tuition: $300 for full week / scholarships available

“Thank you for such a beautiful week! KELT has been a favorite camp over the years, my kids LOVE being outside all day (and night!) and as parents we value the rich list of activities offered. We are forever fans.”

— Camp Parent After 2024 Session

How to Register:

There is high demand for summer day camp and we run registration on a lottery basis to give all families an equal (and hopefully less stressful) opportunity to enroll. Campers are limited to one week of camp per year.

Registration for 2025 will be announced in late January. We will open the lottery at the Brightfield website for families to register. All families will have equal access. Camper slots will be allocated within two weeks, and we will contact all families then if you have a spot in camp, or where you are on the waitlist.

Once you have secured your spot, please complete your camp payment by March 1. Scholarships will be available for any campers wishing to participate – see FAQ for details.

Sign up for an email reminder of camp registration for next year by joining our member email list at the bottom of this page.

Please let our Camp Director, Emily Pistell, know if you have any questions by emailing epistell@kennebecestuary.org.