Established in 1964, The Ballibay Campsshare a beautiful 174-acre mountaintop campus in Northeastern Pennsylvania. The camps share the same residential and foodservice facilities, but offer different programs and daily schedules, somewhat like different colleges within a university. The total campus population of all camps combined never exceeds 200 people. Becasue the camps use overlapping areas of the campus and share many staff, it is typically easy for campers attending any one of the camps to take advatage of the programs offered by any of the other camps.

We believe that a small camp is a happy camp, so rather than expanding our camp's capacity over the years, we have created multiple small camps. Everyone knows everyone at each of our camps. With never more than 140 campers, and always at least 45 staff, we maintain very small communities with an outstanding child-adult ratio (typically 3:1). No one feels lost, and everyone "fits in." Campers attest to how easy it is to make friends here, even for the most introverted of kids. Parents tell us how much confidence their experience at a Ballibay Camp has given them.

Cabin sizes also remain small, with usually 8-12 campers and at least two counselors living in each bunk. Only our cabins are organized by age and grade; all of our program areas mix ages and genders, allowing campers to make friends and work creatively alongside a diverse group of fellow campers. Superb individual attention and an open, non-competitive environment serve as the foundation of The Ballibay Camps' truly unique and supportive communities.