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Pleasant Hill Outdoor Center
Residential coed summer camp
The right camp should be one of the most fun filled and growing experiences of a child's life. At Pleasant Hill you'll find a camp home where you not only have a blast but you can learn new things, meet new friends, and discover the spirit of adventure, inside of you. During the day, you'll find activity areas for almost every interest including lake sports, performing arts, marksmanship, action sports, outdoor living, crafts and more all of which will teach you new skills and develop your confidence.
Programs include Adventure Camp, Horselovers Camp, and a Whitewater Adventure trip. Carefully selected and trained staff accompany campers at all times at a 1/6 ratio to give your camper the attention they deserve. We'll close out each day at fireside with great skits songs and music, and with a look at how God loves each of us. You'll get to know God in a new and fresh way, and learn that He loves you for who you are without condition or limitation! At Pleasant Hill you'll find a warm feeling that comes from our special brand of camping, a place where you can shine from the inside out!
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Camp Gray
Residential coed summer camp
Camp Gray offers programs for campers from grades 1-12. There are a wide variety of programs from the traditional camp program to wilderness trips off camp. Each program is designed to be developmentally appropriate for the age of the campers.
Find faith, friends, and fun at Camp Gray. Camp Gray is owed by the Catholic Diocese of Madison and offers a wide variety of programs for campers in grades 1-12. Camp runs in one and two week sessions from mid June to mid August.Camp Gray is a Catholic summer camp located about an hour north of Madison, Wisconsin. Come enjoy the wide variety of programs offered at Camp Gray including a traditional camp, ranch camp, and wilderness trips. Find faith, friends, and fun at Camp Gray. Visit our website at www.campgray.com for more details.
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North Woods Wilderness Adventures
Wilderness adventure program
The Audubon Center of the North Woods, an NCA-accredited residential environmental learning center, is a leader in offering meaningful nature experiences to people of all ages. Through our North Woods Wilderness Adventures, we provide a different kind of summer camp experience - an opportunity to engage teens in nature through a variety of outdoor activities and challenges that promote environmental awareness, compassion, teamwork and an ethic of care for the earth.
Our wilderness adventures start at our center on 535 acres on the east side of Grindstone Lake in east central Minnesota, where campers prepare for their trip by reviewing canoeing and camping skills. Our naturalist staff is highly trained, caring, engaging, knowledgeable, first-aid and CPR-certified.
This summer we are offering four wilderness canoe treks that teach teens new wilderness skills and test their limits while building strength and leadership. See our website for dates and trip details. First night is spent camping at Audubon Center of the North Woods for preparation.
Camp Anokijig
Residential coed summer camp
Camp Anokijig has been recognized for excellence in camping since 1926, with a rich tradition and history of offering youth an experience that will last a lifetime. "Anokijig" is a Native American word meaning "We Serve" but it is also synonymous with new friends, personal growth, positive values, great adventures, and outrageous fun. Couple this with our dedication to offer an experience with emphasis on values like caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility and you have a combination that can't be beat! Programs are offered to boys and girls ages 7 to 16, for three days, one week, or for up to nine weeks of summer fun. Anokijig is not just another place to go, it is a community; an experience; a spirit shared among all who visit. It is incredible magic that you will always cherish. Join us. You will love it!
Activities include: Traditional camp activiites: sailing, windsurfing, swimming, canoeing, archery, fishing, landgames, arts and crafts, nature skills, drama, dance, woodworking, horseback riding, campfires, overnights, adventure trips, specialty activities, teen adventures, and leadership programs. Call, e-mail, or visit our website for details.
Windward Bound Tall Ship Voyages
Coed Program with Residential & Day Camp Sessions
Sail to some of the most beautiful places on the Great Lakes; explore remote, uninhabited islands; and learn about the unique environment of the largest body of freshwater in the world.
Sailing aboard the 85 ft schooner Appledore IV or the 65ft schooner Appledore V, Windward Bound is a highly unique voyaging program on the beautiful Great Lakes. Two types of voyages are offered: Seamanship and Freshwater Science. Sessions: 4 - 9 days. Ages 12 - 18.
Cub Creek Science and Animal Camp
Residential coed camps
Yes, we really do have monkeys and 100's of other animals. We are an animal lovers dream come true! Our curiosity guided programs offer a safe place to interact with over 300 animals! 26 week long courses include; Jr Vet, Adopt an Animal, Pottery, CSI, Archery, Survival Skills, Cooking, Crafts, Fishing, Riflery, Build it yourself physics lab and so much more.
Campers come from all over the world. Airport transportation available from the St. Louis International Airport. Located on 240 acres of oak/hickory forest. Our camp offers; modern air-conditioned cabins, swimming pool, fishing ponds, miles of hiking trails and it's own camp zoo.
Military Adventure Camp
Residential coed summer camp
The U.S. Army Cadet Corps' Military Adventure Camp is - by far - the most realistic and challenging military training program available to a teenager who is interested in our country's Armed Forces.
Basic Cadet Training (BCT). This two-week adventure is often known as "Boot Camp." Basic Cadet Training is physically and mentally demanding, with heavy emphasis on personal accountability and teamwork. Each Cadet Recruit is assigned to a platoon of 18-25 Recruits lead by a Cadet Troop Handler and trained by a qualified Drill Sergeant.
Basic Leader Course (BLC) An intense three-week program for graduates of Recruit Training or CTC. BLC provides advanced orientation in basic leadership, troop leading procedures, risk assessment, land navigation and field training, marksmanship, self-defense and team-building activities.
The Army Cadet Martial Arts Program (TACMAP) A one-week advanced martial arts training program based on rigid military standards, plus high-adventure recreational activities. TACMAP utilizes MCJKKD as its main training format, which includes a combination of Self Defense, Judo, Aikido, Jujitsu, Karate, Boxing and Wrestling.
Ultimate Military Adventure (UMA) Six weeks of basic training, advanced training, practical leadership and career exploration experience, as well as a one-week recreational program focusing on military martial arts.
Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center
Coed Camp with Residential & Day Camp Sessions
Wolf Ridge is an accredited residential environmental school by the North Central Association and the Commission on International and Trans-Regional Accreditation. Located on 2000 acres above Lake Superior in Northern Minnesota, our summer programs immerse 6 - 18 year olds in hands-on, direct experiences in nature that promote the values of personal growth; conservation and stewardship; social understanding, respect, cooperation; and life-long learning.
Participants can attend for 1 - 4 weeks and can sign up for a variety of programs during that time. Programs Include; Overnight Camps, Day Camps, Summer Academic Programs, and Wilderness Adventure Trips to the Boundary Water Canoe Area Wilderness, Isle Royale National Park or the Apostle Islands. We provide a safe and fun camp environmental where participants will have the opportunity to try new activities such as, adventure ropes, lake ecology, geocaching, rock climbing, canoeing in the Boundary Water Canoe Area Wilderness, kayaking on Lake Superior, cultural history, overnight campouts, backpacking on the Superior Hiking Trail, crafts and recreation. Explore the options, and then explore Wolf Ridge!
Future Astronaut Training Program
Residential coed summer camp
Investigate Space, Takeoff, Mars Academy, Overnight Space Adventure and Future Astronaut Training Program. These are just a few astronaut camp programs designed for aspiring astronauts, engineers and scientists of all ages. At the Cosmosphere, you're never too young or old to explore space.
Campers train in the Cosmosphere's camp simulators - the Space Shuttle simulator, 4-G centrifuge, multi-axis trainer, Soyuz trainer and stress simulator. They also build and launch rockets, tour the Hall of Space Museum and explore the night sky. Advanced campers perform underwater scuba exercises, conduct ropes course team training and travel to Johnson Space Center in Houston and Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Many campers also make life-long friends.
Crystalaire Adventures & Camp Lookout
Wilderness adventure program
Crystalaire Adventures offer Wilderness Adventure trips and Teen Programs through the US and Canada. Crystalaire offers canoeing, kayaking, backpacking, caving, and base-camp adventures as well as custom trips for groups. Ages 9-17 Camp Lookout, with a capacity of 50 campers, is located on Lake Michigan. Lookout is a small, non-competitive, loosely structured, traditional summer camp located in beautiful northwestern Michigan. Ages 7-15.
Crystalaire and Lookout take children beyond their normal "at home" experiences.
Camp Frederick
Residential coed summer camp
Camp Frederick is located in the hills of Appalachia in beautiful eastern Ohio. What makes Camp Frederick unique and a powerful personal growth experience for both staff and campers is our heavy emphasis on building an intentional Christian community. Each summer we hire 12 spiritually mature and energetic people to grow together as a deep spiritual community.
Although we do many different programs, our specialty is servant event and adventure programs in which high school youth from around the country come to experience service in Appalachia and have fun on adventure elements such as our high and low ropes course, rappelling, zip-line, caving, whitewater rafting and horseback riding. In addition to the high school programs, we have traditional programs for K-8 youth which make up approximately half of all our events. We hope that you consider spending a life-changing summer with us!
Camp Birchwood for Girls
Residential girls' summer camp
Located on a perfect lake in Minnesota, Camp Birchwood offers campers ages 7 to 17 with a tremendous variety of water sports as well as all kinds of fun things to do on land. With caring, dedicated, and insightful college-age women as instructors, girls have the amazing opportunity to not just "do" activities, but to become very accomplished in many different areas. Girls go home with lots of confidence.
Every day, girls choose four activities they want to do the next day. These include: sailing, windsurfing, waterskiing, tubing, knee-boarding, wake-boarding, swimming, kayaking, canoeing, mountain biking, tennis, horseback riding (Western, English & trail riding), archery, riflery, pottery, arts & crafts, dance, drama, and more!
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YMCA of Minneapolis Overnight Camping
Residential coed summer camps
Camp Icaghowan is Located on a magical island near Amery, Wisconsin on Lake Wapogasset. Activities Include: Traditional Summer Camp, Horseback Riding, Skateboarding, Fishing, Teen Extreme, Tree Climbing, Rock Climbing, Canoeing, Leadership Development and more.
Camp Ihduhapi, located near the Twin Cities on Lake Independence, offers campers their favorite camp activities, new friendships, and a place to call their own. Campers may choose from traditional camp activities and challenging specialty camps such as sailing and horseback riding.
Camp Warren is located on Half Moon Lake near Eveleth, Minnesota. Campers spend their days with trained, caring staff learning new skills and progressing through land and water activities such as swimming, archery, tennis and photography. Emphasis programs in sailing, horseback riding, and canoe trips provide campers with memories and friendships to last a lifetime.
Camp Menogyn is located on Bearskin Lake near Grand Marais, MN. Menogyn offers Teen Wilderness Adventures such as canoeing, backpacking and rock climbing trips in the Boundary Waters and across North America. We provide safe, fun and enriching wilderness adventures from 8-50 days long, supported by highly-trained trail counselors and staff.
Camp Birchwood for Boys
Residential boys' summer camp
Located on the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) and within the Superior National Forest, Camp Birchwood for Boys rests amongst one of the nations most sought after areas to canoe, kayak, rock climb, backpack and fish.
With the perfect balance of outdoor adventure trips and traditional in-camp activities, boys ages 7 through 17 will gain valuable outdoor and interpersonal skills they will use throughout their lives. Since 1969, campers from all over the world have been listening to the call of the loons, watching the northern lights and breathing the fresh clean air at Birchwood for Boys. Click on the website address to explore our site and discover the experience that brings so many people back each summer for another adventure.
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Pleasant Hill Outdoor Center
Residential coed summer camp
The right camp should be one of the most fun filled and growing experiences of a child's life. At Pleasant Hill you'll find a camp home where you not only have a blast but you can learn new things, meet new friends, and discover the spirit of adventure, inside of you. During the day, you'll find activity areas for almost every interest including lake sports, performing arts, marksmanship, action sports, outdoor living, crafts and more all of which will teach you new skills and develop your confidence.
Programs include Adventure Camp, Horselovers Camp, and a Whitewater Adventure trip. Carefully selected and trained staff accompany campers at all times at a 1/6 ratio to give your camper the attention they deserve. We'll close out each day at fireside with great skits songs and music, and with a look at how God loves each of us. You'll get to know God in a new and fresh way, and learn that He loves you for who you are without condition or limitation! At Pleasant Hill you'll find a warm feeling that comes from our special brand of camping, a place where you can shine from the inside out!
