Classic Sleepaway · Pennsylvania
Camp Bonfire
A classic sleepaway camp for adults in Pennsylvania.
Status check
Is Camp Bonfire still open? No.
Camp Bonfire has stopped running. The evidence: none found for 2025/2026; last press-verified sessions ran 2015-2019. Plenty of articles still list it as bookable, which is the reason this page exists. If the idea still appeals, the related camps below are open and in the same lane.
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- Status
- No longer running
- Location
- Greeley (Lake Owego Camp), Pocono Mountains, Pennsylvania, USA
- Format
- weekend sleepaway (all-inclusive, ~175 campers per session)
- Season
- none found for 2025/2026; last press-verified sessions ran 2015-2019
- Price
- $399-449 USD historically
- Adults only
- Yes
- Type
- Established operator
- Official site
- campbonfire.com
- Socials
- Instagram / Facebook
Camp Bonfire is a classic sleepaway camp for adults in Pennsylvania. It runs as a weekend sleepaway: you stay over, someone else plans the days, and the group eats together. That's the pitch, and it's enough.
Founded by Philly theatre artist Benjamin Camp and poet Jacob Winterstein, Camp Bonfire took over a boys' camp on Lake Owego in the Poconos for 21+ weekends of archery, ropes courses, kite-making, and nightly bonfires, with a distinctly artsy, no-self-improvement ethos. Press coverage runs 2015-2019 and then goes silent. As of August 2026 its website is offline (broken TLS certificate) and its old campbonfire.online domain has lapsed to an unrelated blog, so it appears defunct.
The experience
The format: weekend sleepaway (all-inclusive, ~175 campers per session). Two or three nights, all logistics handled. If you've never done an adult camp, this length is the on-ramp. It's adults only: no kids programming, no family sessions mixed in.
Cost
When it last ran, tickets were $399-449 USD historically. That's the cheap end of the market, where most all-inclusive weekends run $400 to $1,000. Cheap here usually means volunteers or subsidy, not corner-cutting. Lodging and meals are bundled here, so the sticker price is close to the real price.
Where and when
The venue is in Greeley (Lake Owego Camp), Pocono Mountains, Pennsylvania. Dates, as best we can verify: none found for 2025/2026; last press-verified sessions ran 2015-2019.
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Sources
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