With camp life pleasantly interwoven into the rural lifestyle at the farm, girls are treated to a relaxed family atmosphere where the emphasis is placed upon a variety of wholesome, non-competitive experiences. Unlike other camps, at Road’s End Farm all of the counselors join the campers as knowledgeable companions in each of the camp activities. This camaraderie combined with the camp’s limited enrollment results in a well-supervised but largely unregimented environment in which the campers enjoy considerable freedom of choice. To ensure a healthy balance between structured activities and worthwhile pursuits of an individual nature, leisure time is aptly interspersed among the horsemanship, waterfront, and farm aspects of the camp program.
Road’s End Farm is a small summer camp that appeals to campers who love being around horses, caring for them, and riding for enjoyment rather than competition. Being an integral part of a 360 acre farm with 60 saddle animals, the camp program provides campers with unlimited exposure to horses, the work involved in their care, and rural life in a picturesque setting at the end of a quiet dirt road in the southwestern corner of New Hampshire.
The Farm’s three riding rings, twenty miles of private bridle paths, and capable staff enable riders from rank beginners to accomplished equestriennes to improve their English riding skills or to just ride for the pure pleasure of doing so amidst beautiful surroundings. With a beach on the lovely, spring-fed Spofford Lake, the camp offers girls swimming and canoeing under the watchful eyes of Red Cross Lifeguards. Campers also enjoy local day trips paddling down the meandering Connecticut River and hiking to the summit of Mount Monadnock. And what would camp life be like without arts & crafts, talent show skits, and leisure time to nurture budding friendships, all of which are a daily part of the program.
Although well supervised, camp life is lightly structured and decidedly noncompetitive to ensure a close-knit family atmosphere wherein every camper counts and in turn is counted upon. Under the stewardship of the same family since 1945, Road’s End Farm exists nowadays solely for the delight and the betterment of 8 to 16 year old campers who have an abiding interest in horses, a yearning for wholesome country living, and a willingness to roll up their sleeves and cheerfully help out with the chores.
