NMH Summer isn’t just about academics — it’s also a lot of fun!

NMH Summer makes the most of Northfield Mount Hermon’s 1,300-acre campus. Students stroll our many tree-lined paths, compete on our athletic fields, and pick fruits and flowers from our farm.

Each summer, laughter rings out during our themed fun days: SummerFest (with carnival games), the Summer Color Run, NMH Olympics, an End-of-Summer Dance, and more.

And we venture regularly off campus to explore New England. Our part of America is rich with history, natural wonders, and one-of-a-kind attractions.

Trips in recent years have taken students to:

• Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary for whale-watching off the Atlantic coast

• Six Flags New England to ride roller coasters and more

• UMass Amherst’s Mullins Community Ice Center for ice skating — many for the first time!

• Amherst College’s Beneski Museum of Natural History, with its amazing collection of fossils

• Tour the nearby Five Colleges (Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, Smith, and UMass Amherst), as well as Dartmouth and Williams

• Boston’s Freedom Trail, showcasing many sites of the American Revolution and including Faneuil Hall Marketplace for lunch and the North End for shopping and pastries

• The Mount, the home of noted American author Edith Wharton, and the Emily Dickinson House, where the famous poet lived

• Boston Red Sox and Keene Swamp Bats baseball games

• The Witch Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, which recalls a legendary piece of American history

• Outdoor adventures such as hiking on Mount Monadnock, whitewater rafting, fly fishing, canoeing local lakes, and blueberry picking

• Nearby villages to observe how Americans observe the country’s Independence Day

• The New England Peace Pagoda, a Buddhist stupa