About Camp Winaukee

Summer
Camp Winaukee
432 Winaukee Road
Moultonboro, NH 03254
(603) 253-9272

Winter
Camp Winaukee
3 New King Street
White Plains, NY 10604
(800) 487-9157

VIDEO CLIP: TRADITIONS OF WINAUKEE

History & Tradition | History Quiz | Winaukee Trivia | "Then and Now"

1920
Winaukee was founded in 1920 by three school teachers.

1934
Jesse "Doc" Sobel and Moe Spahn, both graduate students at City College of New York, took over as camp directors. "Doc" Sobel, an All-American football, lacrosse and water-polo player, at Columbia University, was 22 at the time.

1945
The Island Camp is founded. Throughout the winter of 1945, "Doc" stayed at camp. Large equipment transported the building materials over the ice. To everyone's surprise and delight, the Island camp was opened the following summer under the directorship of "Skipper" Bam.

1981
"Doc" turns over the daily running of the camp to his sons: Bart and John.

2006 and Beyond!
Today, Winaukee is directed by Bart Sobel and Jeff "Freedo" Freedman, both of whom have a long history with Winaukee and a passion for continuing its traditions and values.

Winaukee staff members develop a lifelong connection to camp, and 70% of our staff return for the following summer, unusual for a boys' sports camp that hires specialists. Winaukee's key staff consists of high school and college coaches and teachers, with an average tenure of 15 summers at Winaukee.