NESI

 

 

Welcome to Chimney Corners! NESI is held at this spacious, fantastically-appointed summer camp and conference center. (Click here to view the camp's own website.)


There are lots of big and little places to play and hang out, along with great lodging, camping, and recreational facilities.  In the image above, the dining hall (where you register and eat) is on the left and the Smith Arts Center is on the right (where we have the concert and contra dance).

Chimney Corners Site Map


The main building and dining hall
   
   
   
The Button Box shop, with concertinas, recordings, instruction books, sheet music & acres of accordions
   
   
The NESI headquarters (with check-in desk & the Big Board), a never-ending jam session & the only available WiFi
   
Outside the dining hall are two covered porches flanking an enormous 35' open porch overlooking the pond
and out front is a little stone court for a small jam.
   
   
Close by is the Smith Art Center (rec hall), where we take the annual group shot with a lovely wooden
dance floor for the dance and stage for the concert night performances and contra band
dancehall
More workshop space in the lower level of Smith Arts Center.
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pavillion
The Environmental Learning Center (with deck overlooking the pond) and a rustic pavilion with a huge fireplace they'll set crackling for us
   
Next to one of the lodges, there's a snug little library with fireplace and yet another covered porch
   
Each of the four lodges has 2 lounges, one upstairs and one down.  Many have fireplaces with firewood ready to burn.
   
Housing
  • All lodges have heat, electricity, and multiple bath facilities on both floors. 
  • Most lodge bedrooms contain two or more bunk beds and are shared by two people.
  • Cabins have no heat or electricity and are clustered around a separate wash-house
  • Cabins contain a private room, a semi-private room, and a larger space with four bunk beds.
Manor Lodge Exterior Manor Lodge Lounge
 
Four snug heated lodges each with upstairs and downstairs lounges 
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Celeste Cabin Junior Cabin Interior
Summer (unheated, no electric) cabins with single bed bunks.
   

Tent camping takes place on the athletic field. Wheeled campers park elsewhere.
   
pond front
The pond area includes canoes and kayaks we can use when supervised by a staff member.
sauna  
There’s a wood-fired sauna that they will start up for us on request.