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NATURE LORE
Echo Hill Outdoor School operates
during the spring and fall of the year. It is an accredited school
dedicated to environmental education. Acclimatization is the heart
of our approach to nature study. It is a sensory and conceptual
approach to becoming comfortable in, and learning about different
environments. It involves tasting, touching, smelling, being
blindfolded, waiting, watching and listening. Being acclimatized
in the marsh is an unforgettable experience which no one should
miss. Marine biology is taught informally from our fishing and
crabbing boat. This activity involves studying the animals and
plants in the Bay, testing the water, dredging the bottom and
exploring pollution problems.
Echo Hill Outdoor School owns 172
acres of beautiful, navigable marshland. Canoeing on the canals
beneath the flowering plants and overhanging vegetation give one
the feeling of being in a jungle. The marsh is inhabited by
turtles, snakes, freshwater fish, beavers, playful otters,
muskrats, deer, ducks, geese and many songbirds.
"ROPES"
COURSE 
A challenging, confidence building climb up
to a platform high in the oak trees is a safe, simple and truly
exciting experience. “Ropes” is a physical obstacle course
designed to increase personal confidence and teamwork utilizing
basic techniques of rock climbing. The instructors are experienced
climbers and are trained to teach the course. In addition to the
many low obstacles and activities, there are several high
elements, including an Alpine Climbing Tower, Giant Swing, a
climbing wall called "The Pathfinder," and a
“Zip Line,” which is a pulley on a cable strung through the
trees which provides an exhilarating, high speed, virtually
airborne trip.
SPECIAL
ACTIVITIES AND EVENING PROGRAMS
Every Wednesday the camp bus loads
up for a trip to the country auction at Crumpton; campers learn to
milk cows by hand at the neighboring dairy farm; visits to the
ocean, the Maritime Museum at St. Michaels and historic Annapolis;
picking corn for dinner; eating crabs on the docks at Rock Hall;
Indian Day; trips to a wildlife preserve; Ice Cream Socials; live
bands; hay rides; carnivals; Casino Night; stunt night; Tom Sawyer
Day; informal moviemaking and photography; video taping short
features and “candid camera” stunts; work on the “Echo Hill
Chronicles” and the yearbook .
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