ABOUT THE ISLAND

Three Mile Island Camp takes place at an Appalachian Mountain Club facility on a private, 43-acre rocky woodland island that’s about three miles from a dock south of Meredith, New Hampshire. This island, like much of New England, is located on unceded Wabanaki Territory. In a modest effort toward reparations with the indigenous communities from whom this island was taken, we offer financial support for musicians of Wabanaki descent who are interested in attending our event. Please find more information here.

We put a lot of love into creating the class schedule at camp, but we believe it's equally important that you have plenty of free time to enjoy your time in nature. We encourage campers to take time after lunch (or just skip class!) to explore our walking trails, canoe or kayak around the island, try your hand at sailing, or just lounge on the dock.

Everybody on the island — from the campers to the instructors, from the cooks to the dishwashers to the boat drivers — is a part of the community with something to learn and something to teach. We look forward to including you.

WHAT’S INCLUDED IN CAMP TUITION

• Most campers sleep in a cabin with one roommate. We can fit three people in a cabin in certain circumstances (we would add a cot to the cabin for the third person – this works great for kids!). If you apply on your own and you don’t have a roommate in mind, we'll find a good match for you. A limited number of private cabins are also available at an extra cost.

• The typical camper cabin is 16-feet square, with two single beds, a table and chairs, a closet, a laundry line and a rocking chair on a front porch with a view of the lake. (All cabins are right on the water!). While we have electricity on the island, it’s limited to the community gathering spaces. Sleeping cabins don’t have electricity. We recommend bringing a flashlight to find your cabin at night, and a solar powered lantern for interior lighting (we’ll share more specifics in the camper packing list).

• Open access to all classes and events, as well as the occasional opportunity to sign up for private lessons. (See sample schedule below).

• Nightly entertainment, dances and jams.

• Three delicious and healthy meals are served daily, with your choice of four meal plan options:

  • Omnivore — This includes meat or fish at most meals except lunch which will be vegetarian for all.

  • Vegetarian

  • Gluten Free

  • Both Vegetarian & Gluten-Free

  We are proud of the food at Miles of Music. It’s truly a cut above the industrial-style “camp kitchen”. Most everything is made from scratch, and Chef Timothy Tucker orders high quality seasonal produce and regional, hormone-free meats through Maine’s North Center Foods. Breakfast and lunch is served buffet style, and lunch will be vegetarian for ALL meal plans this year. Dinner is served family style, with homemade desserts nightly. The kitchen does its best to take all food allergies into account with substitutions available when absolutely necessary. Unfortunately, the kitchen is not able to provide a personalized menu so, especially if you have specific dietary needs, we recommend that you bring non-perishable snacks with you.

• Self-serve coffee, tea, and water are available 24 hours a day.

• Access to canoes, kayaks, sailboats, and hiking trails. Please observe safety guidelines which will be explained at orientation.

• Fishing, tennis, and volleyball are available if you bring your own equipment.

WHO CAN COME?

All humans ages 4 and up are welcome as campers. We’ve hosted campers as young as 5 and as old as 83, with skill levels ranging from total beginners to seasoned professionals and everyone in between. While we’re talking about age, please note that we are not a kids’ sleepaway camp. We love having kids in our midst — and we provide several classes geared for the young ones — but kids are equally welcome in the all-ages classes if they’re up for it, and parents are ultimately responsible for their own kids at all times. Again, see those sample class schedules to get a sense of what we mean.

At Miles of Music, we value and are actively working on an environment of inclusivity. This includes, but is not limited to, creating a safe and welcoming space for people from a range of backgrounds and perspectives in terms of race/ethnicity, ability, class, gender, sexual orientation, learning style, and country of origin.

ACCESSIBILITY

Because we value accessibility, we want to be up front about how our island is and isn’t accessible. The first place you arrive on the island is a large wooden dock where there’s an ADA-compliant ramp to enter the Rec. Hall (where we hold all nightly events and many daytime classes). Four other important common spaces are also accessible via a ramp: the Main House (dining area and classroom), the Camp Store / Coffee Shop (where we often hold jams), the main bathroom facility (composting toilets!), and one of the camper cabins (located at the end of a lovely boardwalk near the dock). The journey from the dock to the Main House, however, involves a fairly steep incline on a path that’s wide and smooth, but gently graveled, and about 120 yards long on a fairly steep incline. There are four lesser-used classroom spaces which would not be considered accessible. And nearly all of the camper cabins are accessed by rustic dirt trails where rocks and roots are an unavoidable part of the terrain.

The only way to get to the island is by boat. We have boat drivers on staff who can take anyone to shore immediately in case of emergency, but the boat trip itself takes about 10 minutes and the nearest hospital is about a 20 minute drive from the dock. We usually have a nurse or doctor attending camp (as a camper), and they will often volunteer to provide basic First Aid. But Miles of Music cannot provide professional medical or psychiatric services on the island as part of our program. 

If you have any additional access or accessibility needs, questions, or concerns, please email us at milesofmusiccamp@gmailcom.

How do you get to the island?

The only way to get to the island is by boat. The boats pick up passengers at the boat dock located at 31 Lovejoy Sands Rd, Meredith, NH. If you’re driving, put this in your GPS: Goodhue Boat Company, Meredith, NH 03253.

These boats are small passenger and cargo boats that can hold around 25-30 people. On the 1st day of camp. we have boat drivers on staff who shuttle campers from the dock to the island from 12-4 PM. If you’re accepted and confirmed for camp, we’ll ask you to commit to a specific arrival time.

In case of emergency, the boat drivers on staff can take anyone to shore immediately, but the boat trip itself takes about 10 minutes and the nearest hospital is about a 20 minute drive from the dock. We usually have a nurse or doctor attending camp (as a camper), and they will often volunteer to provide basic First Aid. Please note: Miles of Music cannot provide professional medical or psychiatric services on the island as part of our program. 

If you have any additional access or accessibility needs, questions, or concerns, please email us at milesofmusiccamp@gmailcom.

FLYING TO CAMP
The best airport to fly into is Boston Logan Airport. Another option is the Manchester, NH airport, but we can’t guarantee a ride to the island from there. See below about the shuttle bus that departs from the Boston airport.

SHUTTLE BUS FROM BOSTON
If you’re accepted and confirmed for camp and you are traveling from a long distance, the best option to get to the boat dock on arrival day is to take the shuttle bus we offer from the Boston Logan Airport. It’s $150 round trip ($75 each way). Once accepted, please let our managing director know that you want to take the shuttle.

Shuttle Schedule

Saturday (1st day of camp): the shuttle departs the Boston airport at 11 AM. It makes one 30 min pit-stop in New Hampshire where campers are free to go into the grocery store or liquor store to purchase any food and beverages they’d like to bring to camp. Passengers are then dropped off at the dock around 3-4 PM to catch the last ferry over to the island

Friday (Last day of camp): the shuttle departs the dock located at 31 Lovejoy Sands Rd, Meridith, NH 03253 at 11 AM and drops passengers off at the Boston Logan Airport around 1:45pm