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Since 1947, as campers arrive at Camp Takajo they are greeted by the Takajo Arch. You may start your tour here by selecting one of the white arrows. Before you begin your tour, please take a moment to read the twelve ideals listed on our arch. These ideals guide our philosophy at Camp Takajo and serve as a constant reminder of the importance of living life with integrity. Feel free to explore around camp. Camp Takajo's Arch Ideals: Integrity, Tolerance, Sportsmanship, Friendliness, Self-reliance, Magnanimity, Loyalty, Obedience, Courage, Faith, Love, and Honesty.
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Home away from home. Our cabins house anywhere from seven to nine campers and two counselors. All cabins have electricity, bathrooms, and plenty of storage space for clothing.
Bunk Life
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Home away from home. Our cabins house anywhere from seven to nine campers and two counselors. All cabins have electricity, bathrooms, and plenty of storage space for clothing.
Beach Volleyball Court
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I love to dive in the sand, don't you? Campers can do it all day long at the beach volleyball court!
Junior Quad
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Serving as the heart of our Junior age group, Junior quad offers a large grass field surrounded by Junior Camp bunks, a shower house, bleachers, and an outdoor meeting area complete with benches.
Warrior Quad
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The Warrior Quad is where I live. It is home to our youngest campers, ages seven to ten years old. It offers a large grass field surrounded by bunks for campers to sleep in, the Warrior shower house and meeting-area bleachers.
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The Warrior Basketball Court is designed for our Warrior campers, specifically for boys ages seven through ten years old. The four glass backboards are height adjustable for our younger campers.
Commons
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The deck surrounding the front of the Commons is a meeting area- very popular for its Adirondack chairs and the amazing views of Long Lake and the mountains beyond. The Commons building is our staff lounge. Counselors may store personal items in lockers here, watch TV, communicate with friends and family via e-mail, and take a break on one of the sofas.
Snack Shack
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The deck surrounding the front of the Commons is a meeting area- very popular for its Adirondack chairs and the amazing views of Long Lake and the mountains beyond. The Commons building is our staff lounge. Counselors may store personal items in lockers here, watch TV, communicate with friends and family via e-mail, and take a break on one of the sofas.
K-Quad
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"K-Quad is named for the many bunks whose names start with the letter "K" and is home to some of our Junior and Senior campers. This quad is set among towering pine trees and looks out to our magnificent lake."
Waterfront
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"Welcome to Takajo's waterfront. Takajo rests on the shores of Long Lake, which is 1 and 1/2 miles across and 11 miles long. We have two dock sections that create swim pools, and two shallow areas for our youngest campers to swim and play water basketball. Our ""deep end"" has a dive platform, a fast slide, and a diving board. We offer instructional swim classes, water-skiing, wake boarding, knee boarding, sailing, canoeing and kayaking. "
Lodge
Sailing Dock
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The Sailing Dock is the center of the sailing, canoeing, kayaking, and boating programs. Campers learn how to safely have fun on the water and build life-long skills as they enjoy our beautiful lake.
Dining Hall
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Takajo is known for its delicious food including pasta bars, salad bars, and soup stations at lunch and dinner. Our 10,000 square-foot building, with magnificent windows, allows the sunlight in, as well as, breathtaking views of Long Lake.
Media Center
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The Media Center is home to our video and digital photography programs. Each summer, campers create a video yearbook that is given to all campers as a permanent keepsake of the wonderful experiences they had at camp.
Health Center
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"We all need a little T.L.C. from time to time. And, if a camper Is feeling under the weather, they come here. Our air-conditioned Health Center is staffed by six registered nurses and a doctor, who resides in camp. There is a private exam room so that our physician can conduct proper and thorough examinations, as well as eight comfortable rooms for campers who are ""on the mend."
Woodworking
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A beehive of activity, the Woodworking Shop contains a full complement of power tools and hand tools that are used by campers of all ages. Under careful counselor supervision, campers have the opportunity to build many projects each summer.
TakTalk
Radio & Electronics
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Home to our radio station, WTAK. Camper DJ's broadcast music over our FM station. In the Radio and Electronics hobby, campers learn about building circuitry, electronic devices, and radio-controlled vehicles.
Art Center
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The Art Center is where campers come to explore their creative side. The two story building houses art, crafts and ceramics. A huge sliding door opens up the entire building to a large deck where all campers can come outside to create on a beautiful Maine day.
Nature
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"This building and outdoor area is home to our ""petting zoo"". Outside there is a corral for sheep and goats and cages for rabbits. The building is used for classes in nature study and contains reptile cages, an aquarium, microscopes and other instruments for studying animals and nature. "
Junior Basketball
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"Scaling our climbing wall is one of the highlights for many campers during the summer. The imposing structure is 50 feet high and has 4 sides to create constant challenges for all campers. Whether it's a straight climb, a 45-degree angle, the overhang, or the "chimney," a camper will always experience a thrill while climbing!"
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"Scaling our climbing wall is one of the highlights for many campers during the summer. The imposing structure is 50 feet high and has 4 sides to create constant challenges for all campers. Whether it's a straight climb, a 45-degree angle, the overhang, or the "chimney," a camper will always experience a thrill while climbing!"
Climbing Wall
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"Scaling our climbing wall is one of the highlights for many campers during the summer. The imposing structure is 50 feet high and has 4 sides to create constant challenges for all campers. Whether it's a straight climb, a 45-degree angle, the overhang, or the "chimney," a camper will always experience a thrill while climbing!"
Indian Council Ring trail
Indian Council Ring
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This is the heart and soul of camp! For our campers, campfires at the Indian Council Ring are a time for reflection, tradition and personal growth. Any camper who has ever attended Takajo remembers the Indian Squat Dance, the candle lighting ceremony, and the camp creed.
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This is the heart and soul of camp! For our campers, campfires at the Indian Council Ring are a time for reflection, tradition and personal growth. Any camper who has ever attended Takajo remembers the Indian Squat Dance, the candle lighting ceremony, and the camp creed.
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This is the heart and soul of camp! For our campers, campfires at the Indian Council Ring are a time for reflection, tradition and personal growth. Any camper who has ever attended Takajo remembers the Indian Squat Dance, the candle lighting ceremony, and the camp creed.
Junior Baseball Field
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"The Junior Baseball Field is designed with our younger campers in mind, specifically for boys ages seven to twelve years old. A fence from left to right field gives every camper a chance to "hit a homer"!
Wannigan
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We take over 100 camping trips in the New England Region during the summer, and it all starts here. Our pioneering center, the Wannigan, houses tripping equipment and food supplies. The adjacent building contains an administrative office and a large classroom for demonstrations, map work, trip preparation and indoor classes.
Lower Field House
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Tennis is one of the most popular sports in camp. We have 17 tennis courts and hire 17 tennis instructors. Six of our courts have lights for night-time play.
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Tennis is one of the most popular sports in camp. We have 17 tennis courts and hire 17 tennis instructors. Six of our courts have lights for night-time play.
Upper Field House
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The Simpson Center is our newest, indoor sports complex. Equipped with six glass backboards on hydraulic lifts, this facility can be used for indoor basketball, indoor soccer and a host of other fun activities!
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The Simpson Center is our newest, indoor sports complex. Equipped with six glass backboards on hydraulic lifts, this facility can be used for indoor basketball, indoor soccer and a host of other fun activities!
Playhouse trail
Playhouse
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"Dedicated to Camp Takajo's founder, Morton J. Goldman, the MJG Playhouse is the hub of camp. The home of our theatrical productions, which include the Junior and Senior ""Big Show"" musicals, talent shows, assemblies, movies and dance socials."
Senior Baseball Field
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The Senior Baseball Field is designed with our older campers in mind, specifically for boys ages thirteen through fifteen years old. It's a long way over the green monster in left field! Next to this field, is our batting cage and pitching machine.
Senior Basketball Court
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Adjacent to the senior baseball field, the Senior Basketball Court is the site of instruction and games for our oldest campers. Nestled among the tall pines, the regulation court has glass backboards and bleachers packed with cheering fans, which make for a perfect game setting.
Junior Soccer Field
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The Junior Soccer Field is sized appropriately for our fifth and sixth grade campers. Soccer instruction, league games, and intra-camp tournaments all see action here.
Hockey Rinks
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Takajo has two awesome hockey rinks. Both rinks have padding on the inside of the boards to prevent a camper from an unnecessary injury. Equipped with storage lockers for our equipment, penalty boxes and team benches, as well as lights for night play, these rinks make you feel like you are playing with the pros.
Lacrosse Field
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Lacrosse instruction is provided by college level players and coaches on this field dedicated to lacrosse.
Archery
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There is nothing like the thrill of hitting a bull's eye! The archery counselors teach us safe and proper techniques for handling and using a bow and arrow.
Football Field
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My favorite sport is Flag Football. The football counselors offer great instruction, and the games are always fun!
Tree Houses
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Every boy's dream is to sleep in a tree house. Camp Takajo has three unique, custom-built tree houses large enough to sleep an entire bunk of campers. Hike up the trail, and try out the spiral slide or rope bridge.
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Every boy's dream is to sleep in a tree house. Camp Takajo has three unique, custom-built tree houses large enough to sleep an entire bunk of campers. Hike up the trail, and try out the spiral slide or rope bridge.
Tak-a-hole Golf trail
Tak-a-Hole Golf area
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The Tak-a-Hole includes a nine-hole putting area, pitching area, tee platforms and driving nets. Campers learn basic golf skills here, and then take what the have learned to one of our two local 18-hole golf courses in the area.
Music Center trail
Music House
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Our Music Building is the place where campers get to explore with instruments. Whether it's the piano, guitar, sax, trumpet or drums, our program has something for you! A perfect place for hobby classes, camp band practice, or impromptu jam sessions.
