Specialized Program Facilities & Support Areas

Farmstead at Equestrian Center

Campers learn about pygmy goats and other animals at the Farmstead.

Build new Barn with pens for small domestic farm animals relocated to the Double H Ranch Equestrian Center as part of the Farmstead and Garden. This camp program is patterned after the international Heifer project to teach children about conservation, sustainable agriculture and animal husbandry. Other planned updates to program facilities and support areas include the Caboose/Train Station, Archery Range, Firehouse, Chapel and Teepee and Ranch Village outposts for older campers and specialty groups.

The Equestrian Center features a stable for eleven horses, an indoor arena, outdoor riding ring, four turnout pastures, a barn and barn yard with all-weather pens for domestic animals and living quarters for staff. Called the "Double H Ranch", the facility opened in 2003 and is situated among fifteen wooded acres at the western end of camp property. Hiram House now offers western Horseback Riding Programs to its campers. The new Farmstead Project, featuring American farm life, was opened to campers on a limited basis in Summer 2004 and expanded during Summer 2005, 2006 and 2007. (See details in our Spring/Summer 2007, Spring/Summer 2005 newsletter and Spring 2004 newsletter.)

The new "Double H Ranch" and western Horseback Riding Program at Hiram House are among the favorite attractions of campers and staff.