Dear Friends,
What a rough winter! We are still looking at a blanket of snow outside, but have the rapidly approaching camping season on our minds. We are truly looking forward to a season of fun!

As always, Branch Brook will continue its philosophy of free activities and entertainment. We do occasionally offer an activity that costs a minimal amount to participate, but there is always something free offered as well. We believe that with the rising costs for families this is more important than ever. Our mission is to bring the most fun to family camping at the best possible value! Please visit our activities page to see all that we have to offer.

This year, in addition to our free weekly activities, we also have some very entertaining weekends of festivals and special events planned. Many of these events are donating a portion of their proceeds to some wonderful non profit organizations. There is nothing better than a fun family camping trip that helps to support a worth while cause!

Take a look at the fun we have planned and choose your dates! Call 726-7001 for your reservations!

Branch Brook Special Events

May 2nd-4th Rake Weekend
Camp for Free on the 2nd and the 3rd!! Just come help us clean up for a few hours on Saturday. Free continental breakfast, pot luck dinner-we provide the burgers & dogs--you bring the side dishes, "The Bob King Band" & Bonfire. Children welcome! First hayride of the season. *The campground is open to work campers only. Please call to make reservation! (603)726-7001

May 16th-18th Armed Forces Day
Free camping this weekend for anyone (and their family) currently serving in the U.S. military, or the children of a military member with their current caregivers. Valid military ID and advanced reservations are required.
Halloween in August Weekend- 17th

Remember your candy, costumes, and decorations!!! A warm weekend of trick or treating and Halloween fun! Featuring Steve Thomas master magician

Check out these special festivals!

July 31st- August 1st - Pemi Valley Bluegrass Festival
A fun weekend of Bluegrass and camping. Please visit http://pemivalleybluegrass.com for ticket prices and festival information. A portion of these proceeds go to provide instruments to school music programs.

May 17th - African Drummers Concert
This is a free concert sponsored by Watermelon Seeds Preschool
Watermelon Seeds is a unique learning experience for preschoolers and pre-K students. Children are taught diversity, life skills, and early learning skills through exploration, art, and music. We would like to thank Watermelon Seeds for sharing this fantastic musical experience with us. Congratulations to all of the up coming graduates!
Mrs. Viennotte & Mrs. Pinto will miss you!

The White Mountain Forest Jam
Welcome music lovers. Sustainable Productions is proud to present Forestjam 2008, a three day music festival campout celebrating music and nature in the beautiful white mountains of NH. Our mission is to bring you the best regional jam, rock and acoustic roots music in a mountain paradise while raising money to protect NH forests and raising awareness of sustainable living. Please visit www.forestjam.com for additional information and tickets.

Holiday Magic Light Park will return for its 4th year in 2008!
The light festival will run Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights from Thanksgiving to New Years
Please visit www.holidaymagiclightpark.com for more information. Information for a "work weekend" with free camping will be announced. Stay tuned.

Home Brewers Jamboree Weekend - September 5th -7th
Enjoy this home brewing competition. Plenty of fun and activities. Public and children welcome! Please visit www.homebrewersjamboree.com for more information. Proceed will benefit the "make a wish foundation".

Branch Brook Going Green

We are so blessed to live somewhere so incredibly beautiful. You can't help but to feel the urgency to protect the earth when looking at our amazing surroundings.

Last year Branch Brook Campground generated an average of 5 dumpsters of trash, mailed an average of 50 letters with 3-5 pieces of paper each, used 8 large rolls of paper towel, and spent 15- 20 hours on a lawn mower each week. We won't even talk about toilet paper and electricity. Our employees used (with proper protection) cleaning chemicals 4 times a day in 2 sets of bathrooms, seven days a week. These are just some random facts about the operation of this property. These facts contribute to the risk to the environment and the rising cost of camping to our customers. The cost of paper, trash removal, stamps, and gasoline are racing higher and higher every day.

Therefore, we have decided to take the campground green. These changes won't happen all at once, but will come as efficiently as possible. These changes will include a recycling program and a transition to green chemicals. We are also researching an optional email confirmation instead of snail mail , solar and wind power, and changes to our mowing and landscaping. We appreciate your support in making these changes and welcome any suggestions on how to make them more effectively. We are not only making these changes to protect our environment, but to keep our camping charges as low as possible.

This year will be marking our 10th season! We have learned so much and have come to truly love this business and the people we serve. We hope that through these past years we have come to make camping more enjoyable with the additions of the pool, activities, entertainment, cable and electric upgrades. As we move forward, we are excited about our plans for a new bath house, playground, and water features. These future upgrades will come as finances allow. We thank our loyal customers for all of the support. We hope to celebrate many more years of family camping with you!

Sincerely,

Pedro, Heather, Herb, & Kathy
Branch Brook Campground

Branch Brook Campground | P.O. Box 390 | Route 49 | Campton | NH | 03223