Travel Info

Cardigan Mountain School is located at 52 Alumni Dr., Canaan, NH 03741.

Approximate driving times to major cities are as follows:

Boston: 2 hours
New York City: 5.5 hours
Washington DC: 9 hours
Cleveland: 9.5 hours
Montreal: 3.5 hours

There are two options for air travel, Manchester-Boston Regional Airport and Boston Logan International Airport.

While it’s extraordinarily helpful to our small staff for participants to provide their own transportation all the way to Cardigan Mountain School, we realize that there will be some situations in which participants will need help getting to camp. If you fly to Manchester, we can provide a shuttle to pick you up at the airport. If you fly to Boston, we ask that you plan to take Dartmouth Coach to the Lebanon bus station (25 minutes from camp) or Concord Coach Lines to the Concord bus station (75 minutes from camp). See “Travel by Bus” below.

Occasionally, we are also able to connect participants who need rides with those who are providing their own transportation from the airport or bus station. Please fill out your Travel Form completely and thoroughly in order to facilitate this.

Please note: Your most cost-effective travel option may be a flight to Boston and a ride on Dartmouth Coach to Lebanon followed by the CHC shuttle to camp. Please read all of the information provided below before booking so that you can make the decision that works best for you.

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:

Traveling with a Musical Instrument

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 Cormont Horn Camp 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 Cormont Horn Camp 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.

You have two options for bus service from Boston Logan International Airport. Cormont Horn Camp runs shuttles from both bus stations and the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport to camp. (See pricing below.)

Dartmouth Coach runs from Logan to Lebanon, NH, approximately a 25-minute shuttle ride from Cardigan Mountain School, with 12 arrivals daily. This is your most affordable shuttle option. (See “Camp-Provided Shuttle and Ride-Sharing Costs” below.) 

Here is the link to the route that you would need:

Dartmouth Coach (Upper Valley to/from Boston Logan Airport) 

Concord Coach Lines runs buses from Boston Logan to Concord, NH, approximately a 75-minute shuttle ride from Cardigan Mountain School, with 15 arrivals daily. 

Here is the link to the route that you would need: 

Concord Coach Lines (Southern New Hampshire)

The costs for the Cormont Horn Camp-provided shuttle are the following:

• To/from Dartmouth Coach Terminal in Lebanon: $25 each way
  
• To/from Concord Coach Lines Terminal in Concord: $125 each way
  
• To/from Manchester-Boston Regional Airport: $150 each way
  

Participants should arrive at Cardigan Mountain School between 1 PM and 4 PM on their arrival day, June 13th or June 21st. Because many participants will be arriving on the same day, early really is best.

For an on-time arrival to Cardigan Mountain School, flight arrivals into Manchester should be no later than 1:30 PM. Bus arrivals to Concord should be no later than 2:30 PM. Bus arrivals to Lebanon (Dartmouth Coach) should be no later than 3:30 PM. 

If an on-time arrival on your designated arrival day isn’t possible, we can arrange to pick participants up in Manchester, Concord, and Lebanon one day early. The cost for the extra night at Cardigan Mountain School, including meals, will be $78.

On departure days, June 20th and 28th, participants providing their own transportation may depart any time before 10 AM.

Camp-provided transportation will depart for the Lebanon bus station (Dartmouth Coach), Concord bus station, and the Manchester airport at 8:15 AM. The earliest possible bus departure from Lebanon is 9:05 AM. The earliest possible bus departure from Concord is 10 AM. The earliest possible flight time from Manchester is 12 PM.

Participants for Week 1 who must delay their departure from Cardigan Mountain School past 10 AM will be charged $78 for each additional night spent on campus. Staying an extra night at the Cardigan Mountain School after Week 2 isn’t an option.