Rookie Days & Private Tours

2025 Rookie Day Dates

Rookie Days are designed for children entering 2nd through 5th grades this September.

Starting today, you can call us at (516) 656-4210 anytime with questions! After June 15th call Cassie at (845) 439-4440

Rookie Day is a one-day program that invites prospective campers (entering 2nd through 5th grade next September) to participate with other prospective campers and our current campers in the activities, spirit, fun and excitement of Timber Lake West. Parents start the day with their children. Then, as the children go off with their camp counselors and new friends for a power-packed day of activities and fun, parents get a complete tour of our campus, get to meet our staff and speak with our directors. After that, it’s time for parents to have some fun! Enjoy local sites, engage in some of the area’s activities, and lunch in town on us! Return later in the afternoon to pick up who we hope will be our future campers.

Why Attend a Rookie Day?

Selecting the right sleep-away summer camp for your child is both important and complicated. Camp is, for most people, not a one-time experience. The camp you choose for your child now should be the camp that he or she experiences for six or more years. These experiences will help guide your child in their social, emotional and recreational growth, positively impacting them for many years to come. That is why making the right choice for your child, among so many different choices, is so important. Rookie Day helps make choosing the right camp a little easier by allowing your child to “taste” the camp experience, while giving you, as parents, a close-up look at the facilities, program, supervision and philosophy.

Rookie Day Enrollment is Limited

There is no fee to include your child in our Rookie Day. However, in order to maintain a quality experience, we can only take a limited number of boys and girls and do so on a first-come, first-served basis.

The best way to select a sleep-away camp for next summer is by seeing it in action. We’ve heard parents comment that “all camps are alike”. We invite you and your family to visit with us at Timber Lake West this summer in New York’s Catskill Mountains so that you can see and feel the difference.

During your visit, we’ll not only make sure to show you our facilities and explain our program, but we’ll see to it that your child has a chance to really get a sense of what the Timber Lake West Experience is all about. Your son or daughter will have a chance to experience camp through the eyes of a current camper his or her age, thus making the entire day more exciting!

The Directors and staff make sure to put aside time while you are visiting so that you have ample time to sit with them, giving them the opportunity to get to know you and you the opportunity to get to know them.