Travel Info
Tilton School is located 5 minutes from the closest bus station and about 45 minutes from the closest airport. Our participants provide their own transportation to camp, carpool with other participants, or catch the KBHC-provided shuttle from the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport and the Tilton bus station, using the Concord Coach Lines bus service.
All participants must complete the Transportation Form so that we may coordinate carpooling and shuttle service to and from Tilton School. The transportation form will be made available to applicants once they are accepted for enrollment.
Transportation Form Deadline: May 15
Please note: We cannot be held responsible for assisting you in your travel to and from camp if we do not have your travel information on file. If you have any questions regarding travel, please contact Julie Bryant-Gerhardt, Operations Director at julie@horncamp.org
Tilton School is located at 30 School Street, Tilton, NH 03276.
Approximate driving times to major cities are as follows:
Boston: 1.5 hours
New York City: 5 hours
Washington DC: 8 hours
Cleveland: 11 hours
Montreal: 4 hours
There are two options for air travel. Manchester-Boston Regional Airport is served by the major domestic airlines with convenient service nationwide. Boston Logan Airport has more domestic flights and is served by many international carriers.
While it’s extraordinarily helpful to our small staff for participants to provide their own transportation all the way to Tilton School, we realize that there will be some situations in which participants will need help getting from the airport to camp. If necessary, KBHC staff can pick up participants or arrange for ride-sharing between participants arriving at the Manchester Airport. Participants flying to Boston-Logan who are in need of ride-sharing should plan to take Concord Coach Lines to the Concord or Tilton bus station in order to be picked up by a KBHC staff member or by another participant. (See “Travel by Bus” below.)
Air travel with a horn can be an adventure, and getting your horn to camp in pristine condition can take some advance planning. For that reason, it’s important to check with your airline regarding its checked-baggage policies and the dimensions of the overhead bin and under-seat space before confirming your travel plans.
It should be noted that a standard horn case, even one with a hard shell, is unlikely to protect your horn adequately if you should decide to check it at the airport rather than carrying it on the plane with you. If, however, your case is too large for the space allotted, packing the horn appropriately so that it can travel as checked baggage can alleviate stress and help you to avoid a scene at the gate.
Please do your very best to find a way to bring your horn to camp as a carry-on item. If, however, that simply isn’t possible, here is a link to an article that provides instructions for keeping your horn safe as it travels:
How to Prepare an Instrument for Shipping (hornmatters.com)
If you haven’t flown recently, we recommend checking out this TSA website:
Please check with your airline regarding policies for unaccompanied minors. The majority of our high school participants are able to fly as an adult, making it easy for KBHC staff to simply pick them up and drop them off at the airport as necessary.
If your high school participant will be traveling as an unaccompanied minor, they will have to be supervised by an airline employee until a KBHC staff member or other designee is able to pick them up, and they’ll have to be accompanied all the way to security when we take them back to the airport.
With such a small participant-to-faculty ratio and an attentive staff, (not to mention that the Manchester airport is pretty small) we’re going to do our very best to make sure that they are safe and comfortable and that they are where they need to be on time. If your high school student can be ticketed as an adult, please do so.
To Tilton (3 arrivals daily): Concord Coach Lines (Northern New Hampshire)
Rides with KBHC staff to/from the Manchester airport are $150 per participant each way. Rides with KBHC staff to/from the Concord bus station are $75 per participant each way. Rides with KBHC staff to/from the Tilton bus station are $25 per participant each way. Please let us know your plans in advance so that we may send you an invoice via PayPal.
If you ride to camp with another participant, you will be expected to reimburse your driver for gas money and rental car expense. The person in charge of the car will determine how much money you owe them. Feel free to use the KBHC ride fees as a guide.
Participants should arrive at Tilton School between 1 PM and 4 PM on their arrival day, June 7th or June 15th. Because many participants will be arriving on the same day, early really is best.
For an on-time arrival to Tilton School, flight arrivals into Manchester should be no later than 2:30 PM. Bus arrivals to Concord should be no later than 3:30 PM. Participants bussing to Tilton may utilize any of the three available arrival options.
If an on-time arrival on your designated arrival day isn’t possible, we can arrange to pick participants up in Manchester, Concord, and Tilton one day early. The cost for the extra night at Tilton School, including meals, will be $78.
On departure days, June 14th and 22nd, participants providing their own transportation may depart any time before 10 AM.
KBHC-provided transportation will depart for the Concord bus station and the Manchester airport at 8:30 AM. For participants taking this option, the earliest possible bus departure from Concord is 9:00 AM. The earliest possible flight time from Manchester is 10:30 AM.
Participants for Week 1 who must delay their departure from Tilton School past 10 AM will be charged $78 for each additional night spent on campus. Staying an extra night at the Tilton School after Week 2 isn’t an option.