Sargent Center for Outdoor Education

Conference and Meeting Space
Teambuilding Adventures
GPS Adventures
Camps at Sargent Center
School Program

www.bu.edu/outdoor

Boston University’s Sargent Center is located in the Monadnock Region of southwestern New Hampshire, 90 minutes from the Charles River Campus. The Center has 700 acres of forest and fields, 22 miles of trails, the 60-acre Halfmoon Pond—featuring a floating glacial bog—and includes two lodges (with dining); rustic yet comfortable winterized cabins; and meeting spaces. The Center’s state-of-the-art adventure facilities include two high ropes courses, a 260’ zip wire, a low ropes course, and a 35’ climbing tower.

Year-round, Sargent Center welcomes school children, professionals, families, volunteer organizations, college students, and nature lovers for opportunities in outdoor recreation and experiential learning unique to the Center’s setting.

Sargent Center also offers year-round teambuilding and leadership development programs, and is available for retreats, conferences, research, and intensive weekend and summer session courses.

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Conference and Meeting Space

Sargent Center’s classrooms and meeting rooms include wireless broadband Internet access, LCD and slide projectors, white boards, flip charts, and audio systems. Facilities can accommodate groups of up to 250, and include:

• Northern Lodge: A post-and-beam dining hall featuring three meeting rooms.
• Southern Lodge: A two-story, turn-of-the-century lodge offering one large meeting room and one smaller breakout room on each floor.
• Classrooms: Quiet, private classrooms are located throughout the grounds.
• Lodging: A variety of options exist, including dormitories, cabins, and a yurt village. Cabins feature wireless Internet access.

Teambuilding Adventures

Sargent Center’s expert staff works with schools; professional, volunteer, and membership organizations; and many others to identify teambuilding goals and develop fun, experiential adventure activities best suited to each group’s particular requirements.

GPS Adventures

Sargent Center’s Charles River Facilitation Team offers customized, interactive GPS Urban Adventures in Boston and Newport, R.I. Groups navigate the cities using handheld Global Positioning System (GPS) devices, discovering landmarks and solving problems. Sargent Center has also designed GPS Adventures for programs on college campuses, camps, and in other cities around the United States.

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Camps at Sargent Center

Adventure Camp includes twenty-four outdoor summer camp programs from 6 to 26 days long, ranging from the on-site Adventure Challenge to multi-day wilderness trips in five different states and Canada. Participants ages 10–17 choose among ropes courses, canoeing, backpacking, rock climbing, mountain biking, sea-kayaking, community service, leadership development, and other exciting adventures.

Family Camp is an annual winter weekend for families of all sizes, featuring a variety of group and individual activities both outdoors and indoors.

Vacation Day Camp, held during New Hampshire’s February school vacation week, allows participants ages 6–13 to enjoy a variety of activities that take full advantage of Sargent Center’s facilities and grounds.

School Program

Since 1950, Sargent Center has been hosting innovative outdoor education and adventure programs for 5th to 8th grade classrooms. Over 3,000 students and teachers attend School Program annually.

Sargent Center’s forest, pond, meadow, river, and bog communities provide a living laboratory where students and teachers can discover the wonders of ecology, geology, and astronomy. The center’s adventure facilities present extraordinary opportunities for individual growth and teamwork.

School Program staff design lessons based on current state curricular standards. Teachers choose from three hands-on subject areas: the environment; adventure; and outdoor skills.

For more information about Sargent Center programs, visit www.bu.edu/outdoor or contact Sargent Center for Outdoor Education, 36 Sargent Camp Road, Hancock, NH 03449; 603-525-3311; e-mail: scoeinfo@bu.edu.

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