Camp Farwell

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Camp Farwell
Slogan Camp Farwell is the first girls summer camp in Vermont, the first girls summer camp in New England and the first girls summer camp in the United States!
Location Newbury, Vermont, U.S.
Coordinates 44°05′08″N72°07′17″W / 44.08557°N 72.121274°W / 44.08557; -72.121274 Coordinates: 44°05′08″N72°07′17″W / 44.08557°N 72.121274°W / 44.08557; -72.121274
Opened 1889
Operating season June - August
Website http://www.farwell.com

Camp Farwell is a 100 acres (40 ha) summer camp for girls in Newbury, Vermont on Halls Lake. Founded in 1889 by Julia Farwell, it may be the longest running all-girls camp in the United States. [1] [2]

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