Locations

When searching for locations, inquire about rates, capacity, available weekends, and availability of meal service/kitchens, and consider distance to Boston.

Site Search Resources	The Mass Council of Churches in Boston publishes a list of retreat centers. YAG has a copy of this in our paper library. The UUA has collected a list of camps owned by UU organizations. Boy Scout camps may be available (they are *very* cheap & the mass bay council supports gay rights). Also, see the links below for Camps Sayre/Massasoit. Also note that they have 2 NH camps, (links appear on the Camps Sayre/Massasoit pages) Off-season rentals on the cape can be *very* reasonable.
Locations Used Before	Camp Sayre at Blue Hills Reservation, Milton, Massachusetts (Boy Scout Camp) Used for many past YAG sponsored retreats - please read these notes before calling to reserve the camp. Distance: 25 minutes from downtown Boston Directions: Housing: cabins 1-4, 6, 22 beds each, cabin 5, 12 beds each. Showers? No Dining/Kitchen: Hayden Lodge. They don't have staff to prepare meals, we must prepare them ourselves. Indoor Meeting Space: Hayden Lodge Outdoor Features: Archery, fire pits, woods, bb gun range, nearby Houghton Pond with beach. Camp Contact for reservations: for both Camps Sayre/Massasoit: Richard Greene, (617) 723-0007 Because we are not a scouting group, we need the following to reserve the camp: hold harmless agreement (obtain from Boy Scout office), insurance contract payable to Scouts for 1,000,000 (obtain free of charge from First Parish church office 617-876-7772). The church issues the check directly to the camp. (see YAG money page.) Onsite Camp Manager: Jack, (617) 361-7263 Updated: 8/21/02 Camp Massasoit, Plymouth Mass, near Cape Cod (Boy Scout Camp) Distance: 75 minutes from Cambridge (beware of Friday night Boston->Cape traffic-a problem in fall?) Showers? Dining/Kitchen: *NO KITCHEN OR DINING HALL* Indoor Meeting Space: Outdoor Features: Availability: Oct 4/5/6 (didn't ask about other weekends or months) Camp Contact: for both Camps Sayre/Massasoit: Karling, (617) 723-0007 ext 302 Updated: 7/30/02 Ferry Beach Conference Center, Saco, Maine, owned by UUA. Spoke with center in July 2002 and told it is always booked far far in advance. Basically not realistic for YAG's needs. First Parish Church, Watertown During the Building Ties retreat, organize by the old "Generation UU" Boston young adult group, people slept in this church's building in sleeping bags. Incarnation Center at Bushy Hill Lake, Ivoryton, Connecticut, owned by Episcopalian church. More info
Other Ideas	Warren Conference Center, Ashland, Massachusetts. Cost = WAY too expensive for YAG: lodging + meeting space + meals totals $145/person/*per night* for the cheapest accomodations, cabins that fit 16 people. Center Contact: Sales office: Lisa Pedulla, 508-881-6728. Updated: 7/30/02 Cedar Hill Retreat Center, Duxbury MA, (1 hour South of Boston), owned by Ballou Channing UU District. We have a call in to them. Updated: 7/30/02 Prindle Pond Camp Conference Center, Charlton, MA Rowe Conference Center and Star Island Conference Center (used by church) are probably too expensive for YAG purposes, unless they have cheaper options than those the church uses. Bishop Booth Conference Center, Rock Point, VT Craigville Conference Center, Craigville, Cape Cod, owned by United Church of Christ Vermont Technical College, Randolph Center VT