Camphill Village Copake is a vibrant lifesharing community dedicated to being a modern and fulfilling life choice for adults with developmental differences, who are looking to make a real contribution and feel supported among friends.
On our 750 acres of wooded hills, gardens, and pastures in beautiful Columbia County, adults with developmental disabilities, students, and long- and short-term service volunteers live and work together as equals in extended family homes throughout our closely knit community.
Camphill Village is home to roughly 230 peers of all abilities, who choose to live in a peaceful, rural setting shared by people of many cultures and gifts. We enjoy an enriching spiritual life and close relationships at Camphill Village, and we endeavor toward a world that recognizes the inherent potential in every human being.
Camphill Village is part of the worldwide Camphill Movement, and continues to inspire similar initiatives around the world.
We are located outside the small, rural town of Copake, New York, approximately 115 miles north of New York City and 160 miles west of Boston, Massachusetts.
The founding of Camphill Village in 1961 was part of a transformative movement in the United States to reform how society treats people with special needs. This mission thrives today in our integrated community where people with developmental differences live a life of dignity, equality, and purpose. Visitors and volunteers come from around the world to participate in our rich community life.
Here’s an article by Harvard Professor Dan McKanan on Camphill’s commitment to using agricultural work as therapeutic practice.
Visit www.CamphillVillage.org for more information.
DIRECTIONS – Find Us!
On NY-23, about halfway between Hudson, NY and Great Barrington, MA is the small town of Craryville. There is a sign for Camphill Village that advises turning south onto County Road 7.
After 5 miles you will take a right onto Chrysler Pond Rd.
In half a mile you will take a right onto Camp Hill Rd.
In another half of a mile you will enter Camphill Village.
Your second left within the village is “White Birch Rd”. Follow the signs to the Turtle Tree Seed workshop at the top of the hill.
