Entertainment for the Whole Family!

Camping Activities

Well, you're finally all set up at your site and it's time to relax, read a book, get the fishing gear ready, or slip away to the woods for a hand-holding walk with the one you love. Then you remember that you've got three excited calves-- er, kids, shouting for you to take them swimming and play games with them!

Moore's Pond and the Chocorua River are an angler's delight. The water here covers 55 acres and reaches a depth of 38 feet, meaning it's is a perfect place to fish for bass, trout, pickerel, perch, sunfish, shiners and hornpout! Just cast a line baited with worm, 'crawler, lure or fly and you'll be sure to hook a live one. Good fishing can be had from the banks or from a boat. Remember to throw back the "small fry" fish - keep the waters stocked for future fun!

Folks, I'm a confirmed bachelor, but even I appreciate the peace and quiet that the recreational directors provide us older campers.

Be as active or relaxed as you choose while the kids enjoy the full schedule of organized camping activities. Daily directed programs are available. Children ages 6 and above are welcome to attend without their parents and younger ones may join with parental supervision. The activities are geared toward recognition and respect for the environment, learning and creativity, social interaction and, most of all, fun!

Chocorua Camping Village often hosts fishing tournaments in three age categories. Prizes awarded have included a free weekend of camping, free ice cream and even a diploma of recognition!

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2008 SUMMER EVENTS ^ CLICK HERE TO GO TO PAGE TOP ^ Camping Season Begins May 1st at Chocorua Camping Village and goes all the way through Oct. 15th.
MAY
5/9   & 5/11	Mother’s Day Weekend Special All Moms’ get to stay in our lodging for HALF PRICE! That gives you a FREE Night! We're planning a Crazy Hat Fashion Show. Start collecting and setting out materials to enhance your design. Pick a theme if you like from the sublime, to the sophisticated, to the downright silly. Creating these unique hats will give you a "head start" for the new camping season. So put away that brush, let your self have a bad hair day, and cover it up with a crazy hat.
5/16   & 5/18	Very Important Camper Club Weekend (Info on VIC on Specials page) All VIC members get ½ price off the weekend. We will have special contests and giveaways all weekend.
5/22   ~ 5/26	Crazy Golf & Yard Sale Weekend Crazy Golf may be the most fun a family can ever have! Nine holes of golf mayhem. Demonstrate you're putting prowess with a creative variety of wild and unusual golf equipment for a place on the leader board. Rollin', rollin', rollin'... steady now... gently - and quickly - guide the ball through this course of silliness! Are you on a roll? Well, prove it then! We will also hold a campground wide yard sale. Book a site and bring your things to sell, or come and see what people have to sell.
JUNE
5/30   ~ 6/1	Repeat Guests, Bring a Guest Weekend If you have camped with us before, then this weekend, if you bring a friend who has not camped with us, you and your friend will both receive 15% off your stay for the weekend. We will also have a drawing in which, two lucky winners will receive a free night of camping to be used later in the season.
6/6   ~ 6/8	Special Camping Package Weekend More details coming soon.
6/13   ~ 6/15	Investigating a Vernal Pool Grab your nets and buckets! We're going on a hike to identify and investigate the life cycles of some of my favorite creepy crawlers. Did you know that vernal pools are free of fish? They provide important breeding habitat for many vertebrate and invertebrate species such as frogs, salamanders, aquatic insects and turtles. Despite being dry most of the year, once filled they are teeming with life. It's muddy and educational at the same time. It just doesn't get any better than that.
6/20   ~ 6/22	Bike Weekend, Kids-Can-Bike-Rodeo Wow, school's almost out! Don't miss this opportunity to educate the children about the safety aspects of riding a bicycle on streets and roads. Join in on our Bike Rodeo course for young bicycle drivers in the hope of preventing accidents. The children challenge themselves on our "chalk street" course where they are shown where and how to apply the rules. Activities include: helmet fitting, hand signals, safety maneuvers and the rules of the road. Teens may find the answer to their prayers right here on the property. We have five miles of nature trails suitable for mountain biking. Long distance riders may decide to hit the road on one of the off site bike tours that meander through the countryside. This bike weekend has something for everyone. So check your tire pressure and grab your helmets. It's time to ride.
6/27   ~ 6/29	Motion and Design Weekend Drivers start your engines! It's NASCAR Weekend. Bring your favorite Matchbox or Hot Wheel cars to race against your fellow campers. Zoom, Zoom, Zoom! Using Knex construction materials and rubber band technology campers design and build vehicles. They test how fast the vehicles move and use their findings to redesign the vehicles to move more efficiently. As campers design their vehicles, they intuitively apply concepts such as friction, kinetic and potential energy. The activity concludes with our Road Course Driver Permit Challenge. Let's hope your permit isn't revoked or your insurance cancelled. Make your parents proud.
JULY
7/2   ~ 7/4	4th of JULY CELEBRATION WEEKEND! The United States is truly a diverse nation made up of dynamic people. Each year on July 4th, Chocorua Camping Village celebrates that freedom and independence with our fun craft activities and patriotic parade. The children can decorate their bikes and helps us decorate our golf carts and hay wagon for the parade. Have you ever wondered why the flag is red, white and blue? The white signifies purity and innocence, the red signifies valor and bravery and the blue signifies vigilance, perseverance and justice. Come help us wave the flag on this most American of holidays. Join us in displaying your patriotic colors.
7/11   ~ 7/13	Marshmallow Madness Marshmallows are incredibly cool. Technically, marshmallows are a candy. They've been around in the form we know them since the mid-1800s. They are called "marshmallows" because part of the early recipe called for sap from the root of the marshmallow plant. Yuck! Later, the root was replaced by gelatin, and that is how modern marshmallows are made. Marshmallow activities will be tops on our list this weekend. What could be more fun than investigating spider webs, making a marshmallow spider and designing a web to take home? How about building a marshmallow shooter? Yes, this will be a weekend of mind blowing confectionary madness. I'm thinking a campfire on the beach? We'll toss them, roast them and toast them. Warning: Do not eat marshmallows after shooting. When velocity and distance are incorporated into the equation, the five second rule is dramatically increased.
7/18   ~ 7/20	Christmas in July You better watch out, you better not cry, better not pout , do you want to know why? Santa Claus is coming to Chocorua Camping Village in July. We'll start with some Christmas craft fun and "Holly Jolly" gift bag decorating. Site decorating is a fun and festive family activity. A visit from Santa and our holiday hayride are highlights for the children. Will we be able to make a REAL snowman in July again this year? Let the peace and good will of this special holiday create lasting memories for our family, friends and neighbors.
7/25   ~ 7/27	Geocaching Weekend What is Geocaching? Geocaching is an entertaining outdoor adventure. It is a treasure hunt that requires people to use a global positioning system (GPS) to search for containers, known as geocaches. A caches is hidden by another treasure hunter called a geocacher. Geocaching is a great activity for all ages. It encourages responsible behavior and a respect for the environment. If you take something, leave something. Always make fair trades and log your visit. Leave the site better than you found it. Educate those around you to this new experience. You'll be hooked! Find another cache and be happy. If parents want to explore nature with their children or just enjoy the outdoors, there's a geocache adventure that's right for your family everywhere you go. Check it out at http://www.geocaching.com . If you hide it they will come. It's all about the journey. Come and enjoy the journey.
AUGUST
8/1   ~ 8/3	Technology & Engineering Weekend What are technology-engineering activities? Technology-engineering activities and projects provide children with a foundation for planning, hands-on building and testing within a set of design criteria. Bet you can't say that three times fast. They are an excellent platform for problem solving based learning. Fun, did I mention they are fun to do? This weekend's technology engineering projects will be a family egg drop challenge, design a marshmallow catapult using a coat hanger and building crazy Capsela contraptions that really work. Design requirements will be outlined and provided for the weekend. Are you up for the challenge?
8/8   ~ 8/10	Pirates Weekend…Learn How to Talk Like a Pirate Preparing your voice: The language of pirate is spoken in the back or your throat using strong exaggerated vowels caused by hard living and salty air. A,E,I,O,U Rrrrrrrrrr! Dress up like a pirate and get on board. We're settin' sail for a fun filled weekend of plundrin'. There will be craft activities, a scavenger hunts, treasure hunt hayrides, a compass course for the teens and tweens, songs and games. Ahoy! Captain No Beard, Silly Pants invites you to sail with us. How be ye? Avast, ye scurvy dogs. This day be ripe for piratin'. Be thee feared? The red dusk goes well for the days sail. We gunna be plunderin for booty this fine weekend. Ha, Harr! What say ye to that, me hearties?
8/15   ~ 8/17	Carnival & Variety Show Weekend Our Mini Carnival, sponsored by the Girl Scouts of America, is a fun filled afternoon for our campers. The activities in 2007 included tattooing, face painting, ring toss, a water balloon toss and much more. That's right, America has talent and it's right here this weekend in Chocorua New Hampshire. Some people can sing. Some can dance or act. Some people, like me, just think they can! Stage performances typically range from dance, synchronized step, singing, skits, and instrumentals. "Chocorua Has Talent" and this show transforms ordinary everyday campers into "All Stars". This is an evening of entertainment and enjoyment that will bring a smile to your face.
8/22   ~ 8/24	Things That Fly, Flight Toys Have you ever dreamed of flying? As a child, you may have run full speed with your arms stretched and flapping, hoping that--just a little faster--you could take off. Most of us have probably had these dreams. Lift, gravity, thrust and drag are the four forces that push and pull an airplane in flight. This weekend's activities will shot for the skies. We'll experiment with different paper airplane designs, along with some other interesting flight toys like boomerangs, flutter fish and paper helicopters. This is our wind and wings weekend.
SEPTEMBER
8/29   ~ 9/1	LABOR DAY WEEKEND Survivor Chocorua Weekend This is a fun filled weekend that takes TV's popular reality show and gives it a Chocorua twist. Join us for family team and individual challenges that are sure to make you smile. Do you have what it takes to survive? Come join a tribe and see if your team has the talent to be the last survivors standing. What would you take with you to your own exile island? What will make your stay more comfortable? Activities will include creating tribal buffs and flags, building shelters, starting a campfire, and participate in a variety of creative and fun challenges. Tribal councils, immunity challenges and immunity idols are all part of this exciting game. Can you outwit, outlast, and outplay your challengers? We'll see, bring it on!
9/5   & 9/7	Celebrate Cheese Pizza Day with us! September 5th is cheese Pizza Day so we will celebrate it on Saturday evening of the 6th with a pizza party. The cost will be $1.00 - $1.25 per slice. Join us for Pizza and night of family fun games and trivia in the rec. hall!
9/12   & 9/14	Very Important Camper Club Weekend II! Saturday night we invite all of our VIC families to join us for a BBQ that will include a hamburger or hot dog with baked beans or coleslaw, chips and a pickle.
9/19   & 9/21	Leaf Peepers Spectacular! Come for Special Lodging Prices and Great Camping discounts. Plus our Chili Chowder Cook off at 12pm in the Rec. Hall!
9/26   & 9/28	Start Your Holiday Shopping Early Weekend We will have representatives from Tupperware, Mary Kay, Usborn Books and other home sale type businesses so that you can start your holiday shopping Early. Join us for a winterizing seminar and other info as well.
OCTOBER
10/3   ~ 10/5	Halloween Weekend! It's spooky, kooky, creepy, and fun! Halloween is the time of ghosts, goblins, gravestones, graveyards, spooks and spirits, silly-fun tricks, witches, warlocks, scary black cats, candy corn, candy apples, pumpkins and bats. Halloween is a time for kids and even adults who are young at heart to don costumes and roam the campground to gather those precious treats and have some really spooky fun. Come enjoy our annual haunted hayride, site decorating contest and costume fashion show followed by trick or treating. You'll have a "spooktacular" time. Join with all your spooky friends,?fa la la la la, la la la la.
10/10   ~ 10/13	Pumpkin Patch Weekend Big or small, bright or pale, skinny or plump, pumpkins are the gatekeepers of Halloween fun. Pumpkin carving is a popular part of modern America's Halloween celebration. Helps us create a pumpkin patch that's sincere. We'll be carving pumpkins and roasting the seeds. Don't forget about the trick or treating and a Haunted Rec. Hall. We're having a Scarecrows Exhibition. So start thinking and stuffing your scarecrow creations to bring along for the weekend. When a little creative thinking merges with a family's favorite theme the result can be powerful. Let's place them in prominent positions in and around the camp store common area. You better not shriek, you better not groan, this will not be a weekend for you to stay home. Your Great Pumpkins and Scarecrows are coming to Chocorua. See ya there.

All events and activities are subject to change. If weather prevents an outdoor activity, an indoor activity will be held in the Rec Hall. After Labor Day, Pancake Breakfast and Ice Cream Smorgasbord is dependant on weather and customer demand. Please see daily recreation boards in the campground for more information.

All Entertainment and recreational activities are free unless otherwise noted on the schedule with a $.