View summer camp sessions at Camp Hawthorne Ridge.
Camp Hawthorne Ridge in Girard Township, Erie County, is located 15 miles south of Erie, 120 miles north of Pittsburgh, and 185 miles from Johnstown. It boasts more than 200 beautiful, wooded acres and features specialty residential summer camp sessions for girls of all ages.
Camp Hawthorne Ridge offers a residential program for girls during the summer that includes fun sessions such as Renaissance Week, Survival Week, and a week of mountain biking or backpacking! We also host camping opportunities for parents to participate with their girls through troop and family camping.
Camp Hawthorne Ridge is a fun, economical place to stay for troops or families visiting the many area attractions including Presque Isle State Park and Waldameer Park and Water World. The camp is a snowy wonderland in the winter with cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, and sledding offered on property.
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7755 Hawthorne Ridge Road
Girard, PA 16417
Make a reservation for day or overnight use.
Trading Post
No trip to camp is complete without visiting the Trading Post for all your camp swag! Visit our virtual Camp Trading Post to grab all your fun camp gear before heading to camp. Be sure to check back as we add new items.
Facilities
Full Camp 
Athodanac Rustic Cabins Unit (6, non-heated)
- Unit = 6 cabins
- Sleep capacity: 8 per cabin (bunks), 48 total
- Large pavilion with seating, tables, and covered grill
- No electricity or kitchen
- Fire circle with benches nearby
- Bathhouse with flush toilets and showers nearby
- Additional shower facilities in nearby pool house
- Available May 1-September 30
Beechwood Platform Tents (6, non-heated)
Curtze Cabin (heated)
- Sleep capacity: 14 (bunks) and 6 (mattresses), 20 total
- Tables and chairs for 20
- Full Kitchen
- Indoor fireplace
- Restroom with shower and flush toilet
- Outdoor fire circle with benches nearby
Daisy Cabin (heated)
- Sleep capacity: 20 bunks and 8 mattresses, 28 total
- Seating for 30 with tables and chairs
- Full kitchen
- Wood-burning stove
- Outdoor pit latrine located nearby
- Showers located in nearby pool house
- Fire circle with benches nearby
Falk Run Cabin (heated)
- Sleep capacity: 10 (bunks) and separate leader room with 2 cots, 12 total
- Seating for 12 with tables and chairs
- Full kitchen
- Two restrooms with flush toilets, 1 shower
- Spacious deck
- Fire circle with benches nearby
Green Glen Amphitheater (day use)
McBrier Nature/Activity Center (heated, day use)
- Educational opportunities for about 20
- One room: nature center with taxidermy animals native to western PA on display
- Second room: Space for arts and crafts with tables and benches
- Program kits can be reserved for additional fee
- Day use only
Perry Cabin (heated)
- Sleep capacity: 24 (bunks) and 6 (mattresses), 30 total
- Seating for 30 with tables and chairs
- Full kitchen
- Outdoor pit latrine nearby
- Showers in nearby pool house
- Fire circle with benches nearby
Tanglewood Platform Tents (6, non-heated)
Thompson Hall (heated, day use)
- Seating for 80
- Large indoor fireplace
- Restrooms & showers in nearby pool house
- Composting toilets behind building
- Commercial kitchen: Stove (two ovens, four burners, large griddle), ice machine, coffee percolators, mixer, dish sterilizer, double-door refrigerator and freezer, small microwave
- Equipment: 10 tables, 80 chairs, and sets of dishes, pots, pans, skillets, cookie sheets, mixing bowls, colander, measuring cups, can opener, pitchers, cooking utensils, buckets, brooms, dust pans, mop, toilet brushes, and dishwashing buckets
- Available for day use only
Make a reservation for day or overnight use
Activities and Amenities
- Swimming pool with water slide
- Archery range
- Field archery course
- Slingshot range
- Hatchet throwing range
- Creek/gorge
- Hiking trails
- High-end mountain bikes (summer camp only)
- Geocaching
- Gaga ball pit
- GPS units for geocaching/orienteering
- Volleyball court
- Playing field
- Human board games
- Nature Center
- Cross country skiing
- Snowshoeing
- Sled riding
