Athena Girls Camp is located on a beautiful wooded peninsula that extends a half mile into
Panther Pond. The 90 acre peninsula is criss-crossed by a few miles
of trails through oak, birch, hemlock, and white pine trees.
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Dodgeball, scatterball, kick ball, capture the flag,
and tug-of-war are conducted on our expansive athletic field. The edges of the
5000 square yard field are shaded by
towering pine trees.
The field rests on sandy soil that drains quickly.
The
forest trail system is used for
tennis ball fights and capture the flag. Trails traverse the
peninsula and follow the shore of
the lake, providing spectacular views.
The natural beach is flat, wide, fifty yards long, and composed of fine
golden sand that makes it a great site for swimming, beach volleyball,
slip-n-slide, and water fights. The beach is bordered by great shade trees.
The
camp dining hall sits right on the shore so that every table has a view of
Panther Pond through large screened windows.
Campers stay overnight in ten airy screened cabins that are as close as
fifteen yards from the beach and no more than forty yards from the beach.
Girls' cabins are on one side of the beach, and boys' cabins are on the other.
Cabins are supervised by the residential counselor staff every night. Campers
fall asleep at night to the sound of breezes rustling through the pine trees and
waves lapping against the shore.