The first two events in a continuing series of guided tours into area locations seldom visited by the public will be offered on two Saturday mornings in June.

On Saturday, June 13, attendees will have an opportunity to get a behind-the-scenes look at Proctor Academy. On Saturday, June 27, they’ll be able to take a guided walk around the grounds of the old Camp Marlyn summer camp for girls (now Bluewater Farm) on Andover’s Bradley Lake.

Both events, open to the public at no charge, will begin at 10:30 AM in the parking lot behind the Andover Town Hall. For the Camp Marlyn event, car-pooling from the parking lot will take attendees to Bradley Lake. Advance reservations are not necessary.

Sponsored by the Andover Institute, an arm of the recently formed Andover Community Association, the events are part of a “Space Explorations” series designed to introduce attendees to area locations – both natural and man-made – that receive little public visitation. Future events will include visits to a local heron rookery and a little-known waterfall, and a walk through the old mills of nearby Franklin.

The June 13 Proctor tour, to be led by the school’s communication director Scott Allenby, will take visitors inside the Wilkins Meeting House, the Walt Wright ’49 Biomass Plant, Fowler Learning Center, Recording Studio, and recent enhancements to athletic facilities. Visitors will also have an opportunity to view and learn about Proctor’s recent solar installations and renewable energy commitments, including the onsite generation of 340,000 kwh of solar electricity per year and reduction in heating oil use by nearly 65%.

The June 27 Camp Marlyn visit will introduce attendees to the recently renovated main lodge, several of the original campers’ cabins (some re-purposed for short-term summer rentals), and the outdoor chapel atop a nearby hill on the 236-acre property. Photographs and other memorabilia will be available for viewing in the lodge.

With roots going back to 1848, Proctor Academy today is a private coeducational day and boarding school for grades 9 through 12. Students benefit from a rigorous academic program, five term-long experiential off-campus programs, fine and performing arts, competitive athletics, and a wide selection of extracurricular activities. Its 3,000-acre campus extends from Andover’s center up the south face of Ragged Mountain.

Camp Marlyn was established in the late 1930s as a summer camp for girls, on property once known as the Fitzgerald Farm. It takes its name from combining the first three letters of its founder, Margaret Hoban, and the last three letters of the camp mother’s name, Evelyn Boynton. The property continued as a summer camp until 1995, when the lodge and some of the buildings were converted to year-round use and became the Owl’s Nest Conference Center. In 2005, the property was purchased by Deb Brower, who renamed it Bluewater Farm Lakeside Lodge and Cottages.