Echo Hill Ranch is celebrating its 60th Anniversary summer in 2012 as a family owned and operated children's camp located on 400 rustic acres in the beautiful Texas Hill Country. We are a child centered non-competitive camp for boys and girls ages 6 to 15, and offer a Teen Leadership Program for 16 to 17 year olds. Echo Hill provides an incredible range of traditional Activities, a full Daily Schedule, an extensive Outdoor Education and Wilderness Backpacking Program and creative camper led services that include singing, storytelling and Israeli dancing on Friday nights.

Echo Hill is a close knit summer community where all ranchers and counselors know each other because enrollment is limited to 125 boys and girls and there is one counselor for every four campers. The average age of staff is 22, and 95% of the counselors were former Echo Hill campers and Teen Leaders. Sixty percent of the campers are second generation and thirty percent are third generation and we are proud to report a camper return rate of 92% for the past seven years.

Dr. Roger Friedman, PhD and his wife Roz Beroza Friedman, MSW are the Camp Directors, and have over thirty years of professional experience in working with children, families and residential camping. The camp was founded in 1952 by Dr. Tom and Min Friedman and is now owned by their children, Roger, Kinky and Marcie Friedman. Echo Hill is licensed as a Residential Youth Camp by the Texas State Department of Health Services.

We have Four, Three and One Week Camp sessions as well as our 60th Anniversary Alumni and Family Reunion to be held July 20-22! Please plan now to provide your child with a summer of fun, relaxation, skill development and self fulfillment at Echo Hill. It’s the best place to spend the summer!