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Traveling to Highlands

April 24, 2013

  • Ok moms and dads, it’s GO TIME – time to start making those travel plans to camp. Here’s an overview of what you need to know about travel to camp.
    By Car
    To Camp
    • The best time to arrive is 1:00 – 3:00 p.m on Sunday, June 23 or Sunday, July 14.
    • If you are staying in the area and need to drive back home, you may bring your son earlier that day.
    Directions from Minocqua: US 51 North to County M. Right on M until you reach N. Right on N 4.5 miles to The Corner Store. (Great ice cream cones!) Turn left at the store on Razorback Road, then right on Camp Highlands Road; the road dead-ends at Camp. It’s about 5 miles from The Corner Store to Camp.
    Directions from Eagle River: Hwy 70 west to St. Germain. Go straight on 155 at the intersection with the giant statue of Chief St. Germain. Go through Sayner to County N. Left on N to The Corner Store. Turn right on Razorback Road, then right on Camp Highlands Road; the road dead-ends at Camp. It’s about 5 miles from The Corner Store to Camp.
    Returning home by car
    We hope you will join us on the final Friday of the term for our Family picnic and banquet celebration, starting at 3 p.m. and ending around 8:30 p.m. Many parents will take their son home after the banquet is over around 8:30 p.m. on Friday night, and others will wait and take them home on Saturday morning. Camp is over at 9 a.m. on Saturday July 13 and August 10.
    By Bus
    To Camp – First term: Sunday, June 23     |    Second term: Sunday, July 14
    • Campers may travel from Chicago one-way or round-trip on our chartered motor coaches.
    • We will depart from the EAST SIDE (the northbound side) of the O’Hare Oasis on Highway I-294 on both Sunday, June 23 and Sunday, July 14.
    • Please have your son there by 9:15 a.m. to load all of his baggage and leave by 10:00 a.m.
    • We stop in Rockford, IL to pick up boys at the Rockford Clock Tower at Business 20/State Street between 11:00 and 11:30 a.m.
    • We stop in Madison, WI at the Pine Cone Shell, Exit 132, 51 Madison/Deforest between 12:30 and1:00 p.m.
    • Each boy should bring a sack lunch to eat along the way.
    • The bus cost of $75 each way will be added to your statement at the end of camp.
    Returning home by bus –  First term: Saturday, July 13     |    Second term: Saturday, August 10
    • The motor coaches will return boys on July 13 and August 10 to O’Hare Airport, and the O’Hare Oasis on I-294 heading south. We expect to reach the O’Hare Airport by 3:45 p.m. where the boys on planes are escorted to their flights. Then the bus will continue to the Oasis. It should arrive by 4:00 p.m.
    • If your son is being dropped off in Madison, we plan to arrive by 1:00 p.m. If he is being dropped off in Rockford, we plan to arrive by 2:15 p.m.
    By Plane
    To Camp – First term: Sunday, June 23     |    Second term: Sunday, July 14
    Returning Home –  First term: Saturday, July 13     |    Second term: Saturday, August 10 
    To Camp
    Fly into Chicago O’Hare and join the boys on the bus
    • Campers flying into O’Hare should arrive before 9:00 a.m. June 23 or July 14.
    • Please UPS or Fed Ex your son’s baggage to camp a week ahead. Include tracy@camphighlands.com with a confirmation email with the tracking number.
    • To complete an unaccompanied minor (UM) form, call or email camp the day before your son is traveling so that we can give you the name and phone number of the staffer to use on the UM form.
    • A counselor in a Highlands shirt will meet your son at the arrival gate and escort him through the airport and to where the busses pick them up.
    • We will call to let you know your son has been met.
    • If you are not using the unaccompanied minor form, we will meet your son at his baggage claim.
    • Once your son has been met by the CH staff member, he will board the bus and they will take the trip up to Camp. They usually arrive at camp around 4–5 p.m. And don’t worry moms, we make sure they are fed, but it doesn’t hurt to send them with snacks!
    • If you purchase a round trip ticket, please have a return departure time after 6 p.m. on either July 14 or August 10 so we can be sure he will make the flight on time.
    • We must have a copy of your son’s itinerary and confirmation code.
    From Camp:
    • If you purchase a round trip ticket, please have a return departure time after 6 p.m. on either July 14 or August 10 so we can be sure he will make the flight on time.

    Fly into Rhinelander or Central Wisconsin Airports
    To Camp
    – First term: Sunday, June 23     |    Second term: Sunday, July 14
    Returning Home –  First term: Saturday, July 13     |    Second term: Saturday, August 10
    • A counselor in a Highlands shirt will meet each boy who flies into Rhinelander (RHI) or Central Wisconsin Airport in Wausau/Mosinee (CWA) on June 23 or July 14.
    • We will call to let you know your son has been met.
    • If you are completing an unaccompanied minor form, call or email camp to get the name of the counselor who will meet your son.
    • If you purchase a round trip ticket, please arrange a return departure after 9:00 a.m. from Rhinelander and after 10:00 a.m. from Central Wisconsin.
    • We must have a copy of your son’s itinerary and confirmation code.
    International Travel
    To Camp – First term: Sunday, June 23     |    Second term: Sunday, July 14
    Returning Home –  First term: Saturday, July 13     |    Second term: Saturday, August 10
    • Your son may fly in and out of Wausau/Mosinee (CWA) on June 23 or July 14. This is often the best option.
    • If your child needs to change planes at any point on the trip, he must stay on the same airline carrier. This is to ensure he does not have any issues as an unaccompanied minor. If you have questions, please call us or discuss this with your travel agent or airline representative.
    • Campers flying into O’Hare should arrive before 9:00 a.m. June 23 or July 14. -OR- We are able to coordinate pick-up of your son from Chicago O’Hare (ORD) the night before Camp. They will spend the night in Chicago and then ride the bus to Highlands the next morning. However, their flight needs to arrive after 6 p.m. the Saturday night before Camp starts. If you purchase a round trip ticket, please have a return departure time after 6 p.m. on either July 13 or August 10 so we can be sure he will make the flight on time.
    • We will call you to let you know your son has been met. Please make sure we have the best numbers to reach you.
    • You must pay the unaccompanied minor fee for both directions. It is very difficult for us to manage this at the terminal.