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Overland offers more than 40 summer and semester programs spanning the outdoors, service, language, writing and the environment. For 25 years we have given thousands of students the opportunity to explore the world in safe, supportive and wholesome groups – please join us!

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Leader Profile

Caroline Turnbull is a senior at Colby College where she majors in International Studies with a minor in Environmental Studies. To read more about Caroline Turnbull, please click here

Program Spotlight

Please join us for two weeks of hiking, biking, rafting and kayaking as we explore New Hampshire’s Lake Sunapee region and Martha’s Vineyard’s sunny beaches on our Mountains & Sea Adventure. To read more about the Mountains & Sea Adventure program, please click here

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Friday Night Lights and the College Application Essay

Cate, Luke, Liz and I tore through three seasons of the Friday Night Lights television series last fall...

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Summer and Semester Programs

Overland Programs offers more than 40 different trips including New England summer camps and hiking adventures for tweens (5th graders and 6th graders), hiking trips for teens, teen bike trips in Europe and America, and teen summer service programs. Whether you're looking for a language immersion program, summer programs abroad or service programs abroad, summer writing programs, environmental studies programs, teen adventure travel trips, a field studies program, or even a gap year semester in Spain, you're sure to find a program here which will create lasting memories, capture the imagination, and strengthen physical, emotional and social skills. Overland is not simply a summer or semester-long experience—it's a life experience with value and resonance that extends far beyond the boundaries of a young person's time with us.

Elite Leaders

Overland leaders are students and recent alumni from top colleges and universities, including many schools in the Ivy League and NESCAC as well as other elite schools across the country. Overland leaders are campus leaders, varsity athletes, sports captains, peer counselors, outdoor guides, and honors students. All leaders are First Aid, CPR, and lifeguard certified.

Programs and Adventures Since 1984

Overland Programs, also known as Overland Summers and even as Overland Adventures, is proud to have ACA accredited summer programs, teen summer camps, teen summer adventures, teen travel, teen summer programs, teenage camps, teen adventure programs, teen adventure trips, summer camp programs, summer programs abroad, language immersion courses abroad, teen bike trips, teen bicycle tours, teen summer service programs and New England camps which are held to the highest safety standards.