We provide transportation to and from camp throughout most of our service area. There is no additional charge. Se the Bus Route Descriptions and the list of Traditional Bus Stops in our Transportation area for more details.

 (½ day Kindercampers must have their own transportation provided at 12:30).

Bus transportation is contracted with a local bus company. The bus company provides professional, state licensed school bus drivers. Campers are transported in full-sized yellow school buses. We operate 7-8 buses, transporting campers from most areas within 30 miles of camp.

We also own 4 vans that are driven by select members of our camp staff who are specially trained and supervised.

Yes. We hire one (occasionally 2) camp staff members to monitor behavior on the bus, and to be sure that campers are released properly at the appropriate bus stop. Staff members will cross the road with campers whenever campers need to cross. Buses use the same safety/warning lights that they use during the school year.  In addition, many of our staff ride outr buses to work.  They are alsways "on duty" when in the presence of our campers, regardless of whether or not they are the designated bus counselor.

The farther away from camp you live, the more standard our bus stops become. Many campers load the bus as early as 8:00 am, so we choose just a stop or two in each town in order to reduce traveling time. As the buses near camp, we adjust the routes according to enrollment in each individual session. Some buses are full before they enter our local radius and they come straight to camp with no local stops. Towns closer to camp (Mansfield, Storrs, Willington, Willimantic) may have more options for stops, as we can often route incoming buses in a variety of ways. Also, our camp vans offer us more flexibility, sometimes allowing for door-to-door pick-ups.

Unless you have signed a form giving your camper(s) permission to wait for you alone, the camper will not be left at the bus stop. The bus counselor will wait for 2 minutes, and then call the camp to let us know they are continuing on their route with the camper on board. We will try to reach you, and you will probably be calling us, as well. When we are in communication, we will creatively hook you up with your camper. Sometimes it means your having to drive to the end of the route.  More often than not, we can make a connection at a subsequent stop, or have the bus bring the camper back to your location when the route is completed. In the rare case that we have not heard from you by the end of the route, the bus will bring the camper back to camp and we will continue to try to reach you or someone you have indicated as an emergency contact.

Whenever possible we do offer door-to-door-pick-ups. This usually occurs in our local towns (Mansfield, Willington, Storrs, and Willimantic). If you live out-of-town, and are located on an established route, we’re happy to stop a bus anywhere it is safe to stop. We try to avoid adding too much time to the over-all route by going out of the way on a street we don’t need to travel.

Yes. We have transportation software that allows great flexibility and enables us to be sure that your camper(s) get on to the correct bus each morning and afternoon. We print a new bus list for every run.  It's best to give us a day's notice, but we can manage with less. To make an afternoon change in the same day, or for a change for the next morning, we'd like to hear from you before 3:00 p.m.