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CAMP EARTH CONNECTION
Camp Activities, Programs and Local Events
Camp Earth Connection and Local Upcoming Events/Activities
HAPPENING NOW:
- Reservations for Cabins and Campsites for 2025 Season Opens Soon
May 2025
- Campground Opens on Friday May 2, 2025
- Ithaca Farmer’s Market, Saturdays, 9am – 3pm at Steamboat Landing in Ithaca
- Memorial Day Holiday Weekend: Friday, May 23 – Monday, May 26.
- Campfire Pancake Breakfast, Starting Memorial Day Weekend, Saturdays, from May 24 through Labor Day Weekend, August 30th.
- Ithaca Festival, May 29th – June 1st
June 2025
- June is LGBTQ+ PRIDE month at Camp Earth Connection. We value and celebrate Diversity!
- Campfire Pancake Breakfasts, Saturdays 8:30-9:30am or until pancakes are gone!
- LGBTQ+ Pride Camping Weekend, June 13th – 15th. Email Eshay for more information and to register at campearthconnection@gmail.com
- June 21st, Ithaca’s Reggae Festival
- A Walk in the Woods: A 3-Day Backpacking Trip in the Finger Lakes Region with Eshay. Email Eshay at campearthconnection@gmail.com for more information and to register.
July 2025
- July 4th Holiday Weekend (begins Friday, July 4th)
- Finger Lakes Grass Roots Festival – July 7-20
- Campfire Pancake Breakfasts, Saturdays 8:30-9:30am or until pancakes are gone!
August 2025
- Final Campfire Pancake Breakfast of the season on Saturday, August 30, 2025
September 2025
- Labor Day Holiday Weekend, begins Friday August 29th – Monday, Sept. 1st
- Eshay’s Fall Forest Retreat for the LGBTQ & BIPOC Communities: An Introspective Weekend of Healing, Growing and Outdoor Living & Survival Skills, Sept. 5th- Sept. 7th – Regular camping is closed except for seasonal guests. For more information email Eshay at campearthconnection@gmail.com
October 2025
- A Walk in the Woods: A 3-Day Backpacking Trip in the Adirondacks with Eshay. Email Eshay at campearthconnection@gmail.com for more information and to register.
- Indigenous Peoples Day Holiday Weekend, October 10-13 Camp Earth Connection would like to honor and acknowledge all the native peoples of this land who still live here and who’s lives and land were stolen from them. In particular in this region we recognize, the Haudenosaunee people(aka Iroquois as named by the white man) and the Gayogoho:no (Cayuga as named by the white man.)
- November 1st, 2025 – Camp Earth Connection Closes for the Season. See you next year
Camp Earth Connection includes a campground with both primitive and cabin camping facilities; adult programming, such as the Healing Hearts Retreats; and Children and Family Summer Programs. The camp is also rented out to individuals, families, and groups to host camping, special events and celebrations of all kinds.
Our Mission & Vision
At Camp Earth Connection we provide a safe space for all individuals, children and families. We design our programs to be inclusive and anti-biased and provide a diverse staff to meet the needs of a diverse community in an alcohol and drug free environment. We create communities that embrace and respect diversity.
Camp Earth Connection provides inspirational outdoor experiences which result in a greater appreciation for nature and a passion for learning more about the environment. Camp Earth Connection is all about connection with each other and our planet.
Location
Camp Earth Connection is nestled in the beautiful Hammond Hill State Forest in the town of Dryden, 12 miles East of Ithaca, New York. A 19-mile Trail System accessible from the camp is designed to offer recreation activities such as hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding, and cross-country skiing.
