Walden, a traditional girls summer camp, ideally situated on Walden Pond in Denmark, Maine was founded in 1916.Our small, closely knit Walden family of 140-150 girls, ages 9-15, enables each camper the opportunity to fully develop her own personality and skills.



Walden prides itself on creating an atmosphere which encourages self confidence, promotes leadership skills, and provides a trusting and secure environment where the girls learn to live together, while appreciating others as individuals.Walden is happiness, laughter, spirit, friendship, warmth, affection and tradition.

In 1916 two determined and farsighted young ladies from New York, Miss Blanche Hirsch and Miss Clara Altschul, traveled to Denmark, Maine to purchase property for a girls' summer camp. They hiked down an old lumber road on the property, which is now Camp Walden, and walked across the ice to view that acreage. However, they liked the land adjacent to the lumber road better and so arranged for the purchase of most of the present property. They planned the camp buildings while there was still snow on the ground and arranged for an icehouse to be built immediately, so the camp would have refrigeration for the summer.