The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has run the De Bruce Environmental Education Camp, for youth who are 12 to 14 years old in De Bruce. Situated on over of land adjoining the Catskill Forest Preserve, Camp De Bruce has been in operation since 1948. Formerly a private estate and fish hatchery, the De Bruce Camp was acquired by the DEC in the 1940s and converted into a conservation education camp for boys. In 1975, Camp De Bruce began operation as a co-educational facility. Other area camps during the hotel's heyday were Camp Acadia and Our Lady of Lourdes Camp for Girls, and Hunter Camp.