Overnight Camp - The Mohawk Spirit
Camp Mohawk - Since 1919

YMCA Camp Mohawk is licensed by the Connecticut State Department of Health and accredited by the American Camping Association. Accreditation is a distinction only one in every four camps seeks and earns. To earn accreditation, our camp complies with up to 300 health, safety and program quality standards. We invest in accreditation because the girls we serve deserve the best. It’s a behind the scenes risk management process that assures us we are prepared for the uncertainties so we can concentrate on the children.

Since 1919

Mohawk was founded in 1919 by the directors (then called Secretaries) of the New Haven, Litchfield, and Fairfield County CT YMCA's. Its original purpose was to provide an outdoor camping experience for the young boys and girls of cities within their counties.  For 47 years, Mohawk operated a month for boys and a month for girls each summer.  In 1967, Mohawk became an all girls operation.  

Camp Mohawk is an independent YMCA with no affiliation with any other YMCA other than the National YMCA of the USA. It is a operated by a volunteer Board of Trustees, which hires the Executive Director to implement the program.

YMCA Camp Mohawk now serves girls from Connecticut, primarily Litchfield and Fairfield Counties especially Stamford, Darien, and New Canaan, New York primarily Westchester, Nassau, Suffolk Counties, and New York City as well several other states and countries.
Located on the south side of Mohawk Mountain in Cornwall, Connecticut; surrounded by 2,200 acres of state forest the camp is ideally suited for environmental exploration as well as hiking and camping.