Camp Flintlock conducts overnight camping events for public, private, and charter schools as well as home school groups, scout troops, historic sites, churches, clubs and other organizations. Have it at our campsite or your location!
Overnight Encampment Video
Encampment Details
Customizing Your Event
Customizing Your Event
Length of Stay
Overnight Encampments are 1-2 night stays typically starting on a Friday evening. A number of factors are affected by the length of your stay:
One Night | Two Nights | |
Cost per Participant | $60 | $120 |
Meals Provided | 3 | 5 |
Additional Activities | 1 | 2 |
Standard Activities
Every Overnight Encampment includes the following activities:
- Sleeping in a Colonial Tent
- Campfire Cooking
- Colonial Meals
- Wearing Colonial Clothing
- Collecting and Chopping Wood
- Hauling Water
- Washing Tinware
- Character Discussion
- Colonial Store
- Indian Necklace Making
- Period Musik
- Shooting a Musket
- Artillery Demo
- Throwing a Tomahawk
- Historical Reading
Additional Activities
You may pick one of the following activities per night of your stay.
Activity |
Description |
Rounders |
Play the colonial precursor to baseball! |
Fife & Drum Instruction | Don't just listen to our live music--learn to play, yourself! |
Sword Fighting | Fight with padded swords! |
Knot-Tying | Learn a variety of knots--an essential skill in a world before zippers and plastic buckles |
Beeswax Candle Making | Make a beeswax candle using the traditional dip method |
Block Printmaking | Create engraved images using the block printing technique |
Cord Making | Learn to weave your own seven-strand cord |
Bracelet Making | Make a string bracelet using the monkey chain knot |
Quill & Ink Writing | Test your dexterity by learning to write with a quill pen, just like Jefferson & Madison! |
Rag Doll Making | Make your own classic toy--the rag doll! |
Colonial Games | Learn & play a variety of period games such as Hoop Race, Graces, & Double Ball |
Registration Process
Please register for your encampment at least a month in advance, as our schedule does fill up, particularly in the months of April and October. The following are needed in order to complete your registration:
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Registration Form with your customized selections (see below)
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Date(s) for your event (schedule by phone or email with Camp Flintlock)
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Non-refundable deposit of $200 or 10% (whichever is greater)
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Camper Details Form submitted at least 2 weeks before your encampment (see below)
Camper Details
Certain information (numbers, ages, clothing sizes, etc) are needed in order to ensure we have colonial clothing for all our campers.
Below is a link to the Camper Details form. Please download and print as many as needed, and email to nc@campflintlock.com at least two weeks prior to your stay:
What to Expect
Sample Schedule
Your group will be divided into teams for the purposes of assigning duties, etc. Below is a sample schedule of what your stay might look like.
Blue Team | Red Team |
Friday Evening: Arrive at Campsite | |
Greeting | |
Tent Assignment | Clothing Issued |
Clothing Issued | Tent Assignment |
Tinware Issued, Supper Served, Wash Tinware | |
Clean Up | Miscellaneous Chores |
Historical Reading | |
Get Ready for Bed | |
"Hit the Hay" | |
Saturday, 6:30 am: Wake Up to Fife & Drum Musik | |
Collect/Split Wood | Cook Breakfast |
Character Discussion | |
Snack & Bathroom Break | |
Shoot Musket | Colonial Games |
Colonial Games | Shoot Musket |
Finish Cooking Dinner | Tomahawk Throw |
Dinner (mid-day meal) Served & Wash Tinware | |
Clean Up | Miscellaneous chores |
Musik & Dancing | |
Tomahawk Throw | Store |
Store | Return Equipment |
Return Equipment | Clean Up Campsite |
Artillery Demonstration & Conclusion | |
Load up & Depart |
What to Pack
(and what not to pack)
Each camper should have:
- Bedding (i.e.: sleeping bag, pad, and tarp)
- Toiletries
- A small flashlight with new batteries
- Non-aerosol Bug Repellent
- Sunscreen Lotion, if desired
- Pocket-size Rain Poncho
- Spending Money
- One change of clothing (for fire safety reasons, avoid clothing made primarily of synthetic fabric due to fire safety)
- Plain shoes or sandals of some kind
Campers should NOT bring
- Flipflops, crocs, or colorful sneakers
- Clothes with a camo print
- Shorts
Participants are not permitted, under any circumstances, to bring:
- Modern firearms*
- Fireworks
- Alcohol
- Illegal drugs
- Electronic items (exceptions: cameras, cell phones, and flashlights)
*If you wish to bring your own reproduction Rev War-era firearms to your encampment, please contact Camp Flintlock for prior approval.