Hillside Summer Camp Open House

Students Embrace the Scientific Process

May 23, 2023

Get a Jump on Summer 2020!

Visit Hillside and start planning a most memorable experience for your child.

Hillside Summer Camp offers outdoor exploration paired with unique farm and wildlife activities right in Brewster, NY. Find out why Hillside is one of the top choices for families of Putnam, Westchester and Fairfield Counties.

Learn about full-day programs for ages 4-15

Meet camp staff face-to-face

Tour the campgrounds

About Hillside Summer Camp: Outdoor exploration paired with unique farm and wildlife activities enrich the Hillside program. Over 160 acres of natural beauty include a sandy canoe launch along the Great Swamp and the Green Chimneys Farm & Wildlife Center, where campers make furry and feathered friends with 300+ animals. And an indoor pool means swimming in almost any weather. Green Chimneys Summer Camp is accredited by the American Camp Association and licensed by the New York State Department of Health.

Brownie

With the completion of an elaborate new habitat built by Green Chimneys’ woodshop students, the Farm Science classroom was able to welcome Brownie into her new home. Brownie previously lived alone in her cage in the farm and wildlife office, but guinea pigs do best in larger environments. The new habitat allows her to live in a herd as she would in the wild, with many places to hide and ways to practice her skills. Brownie has always been a social creature, and she has taken over the guinea pig herd but is a very peaceful leader.