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Camp Merri-Mac
Residential girls' summer camp
Located high up in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, Merri-Mac has a long history of offering girls the most memorable summers of their lives with outstanding Christian staff.
Through participation in carefully selected, fun-filled activities, campers experience a series of successes and the exhilaration of accomplishment developing a stronger sense of self-worth and an adventuresome attitude. A highly skilled, mature, and caring staff (ratio of 1 to 3.5) are selected for their ability be strong role models for our campers.
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Camp Kahdalea
Residential girls' summer camp
Camp Kahdalea for Girls (ages 8-17) and Camp Chosatonga for Boys are wilderness camps located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. Located in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains, both camps are surrounded on three sides by the Pisgah National Forest, ensuring a wild and natural setting free from encroachment.
Activities include rock climbing, white water canoeing, mountain biking, backpacking, horseback riding, and more! Strong in-camp and wilderness programs in a Christian setting.
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Keystone Camp for Girls
Residential girls' summer camp
At Keystone Camp, our girls can be heard laughing, singing, talking, splashing, jumping, and dancing throughout the summer. For over 95 years we've been offering campers the opportunity to explore new interests and forge long-term friendships in a safe, fun, nurturing environment.
We offer a celebrated horseback riding program and a wide variety of other outdoor activities that empower young women, including hiking, swimming, rock climbing, canoeing, camping and various team sports.
We also encourage your daughter's creative self-expression through drama, dance, gymnastics and various arts and crafts. In short, we give girls the confidence to be exactly who they are and the freedom to imagine the extraordinary women they will become.
We invite your daughter to become one of our "Girls of Summer," this year and for many unforgettable years to come, in our beautiful Western North Carolina mountains. To receive our fun and informative camp catalog and DVD, call (828) 884-9125 or go to www.keystonecamp.com
Camp Dovewood
Residential girls' summer camp
Camp Dovewood is a dynamic interdenominational Christian camp for girls in North Florida with over 25 traditional activities as well as a full equestrian program and countless activities designed to build leadership, self-confidence and self-esteem.
Activities: Horsebackriding instruction, cheerleading, photography, softball, baton, water ballet, art, ballet, music, tennis, vet. care, river rafting, trail rides, horse shows, overnight trail rides, archery, swimming, Bible, Volleyball, gymnastics, great books, drama,soccer, basketball, river rafting, Christian Leadership. Camp Season: June-July: Sessions: one, two, or three week sessions . Ages 7-16.
Accredited by ACA, CHA, CCCA.
Camp Ton-A-Wandah
Residential girls' summer campNestled on its very own ten-acre lake in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Camp Ton-A-Wandah (family owned and operated since 1933) offers a wide variety of activities, including a renowned horseback riding program, land and water sports, backpacking, rock climbing, arts and crafts, and more! Come prepared to make friendships and memories that will last a lifetime!
Riverview Camp for Girls
Residential girls' summer campWe've put together everything you're looking for in a perfect camp setting! On-top of Lookout Mountain and on Little River, Camp Riverview is 45 minutes S. of Chattanooga. Recognized as one of the South's premier all-around Summer Camps for girls, Riverview's Christian emphasis is appreciated by both parents and campers! One and two week programs!
Traditional camp activities including Riding (both English and Western), swimming (heated pool), tennis, ropes course, climbing tower, canoeing,golf, archery, riflery, gymnastics, cheerleading, dance, sports, outdoor living skills class and more!
Camp Merrie-Woode
Residential girls' summer camp
Camp Merrie-Woode is a well established girls' camp which fosters growth and self-confidence in its campers through outdoor adventures and camp activities. Counselors are excited about working with children in a positive way, while focusing on traditional camping in a beautiful mountain setting ideal for outdoor high adventure activities.
Traditional camp activities as well as many adventure experiences in backpacking, caving, rock climbing, ropes course and whitewater canoeing and kayaking. The ten-week program has three sessions (3, 5 and 2week). Activities include: canoeing, kayaking, sailing, climbing, hiking, riding, nature, tennis, drama, studio art, photography, pottery.
Camp Crestridge
Residential girls' summer camp
Camp Crestridge for Girls is located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina. We are a Christian camp with a recreational emphasis. We help our campers to grow physically and mentally through our skill classes, socially through interactions with the staff and their cabinmates, and spiritually through our cabin devotions and Morning Watch times. Our staff are strong Christian role models that are great examples for their campers. We are ACA accredited and members of Christian Camping International. Come and experience Christian camping at its finest!
Valley View Ranch Equestrian Camp
Residential girls' equestrian camp
Horse-lovers paradise! Since 1954, the purpose of Valley View Ranch has been to help each camper have the full opportunity of horsemanship through instruction, time in the saddle on trails, and the care and responsibility of having her OWN horse, all a'top beautiful Lookout Mountain. We offer several riding programs and encourage each camper to participate in all of them: English and Hunt Seat; Western Stock Seat and Barrels (Gymkhana); and Vaulting. Each girl can spend as much time as she likes with her favorite horse during her stay!
Ranchers will find the facility comfortable, safe, and spacious. Located on 600 acres of lush pastures, wooded trails, and panoramic views. In addition, the voluntary well-rounded recreational program includes sports, swimming, arts and crafts, pottery, gymkhanas and horseshows. Enrollment is limited to 60 girls and is open to ages 8-17.
Camp Hollymont for Girls
Residential girls' summer camp
Are you or your daughter (age 6-15) looking for a vibrant Christian atmosphere and a variety of activities designed to foster physical, emotional, spiritual, and social growth? Camp Hollymont is a residential camp surrounded by the beautiful Western North Carolina mountains. We lease the property of The Asheville School, a private boarding school. Campers live in dorm-style housing and enjoy beautiful grounds and athletic fields, an air conditioned dining hall, and an athletic complex with a large indoor pool.
Choose from daily activities (skills) such as horseback riding, swimming, tennis, archery, sewing, cooking, arts & crafts, drama, basketball, soccer, dance, and more! Night activities include theme nights, talent shows, scavenger hunts, campfires, etc. Elective off-campus trips include whitewater rafting, waterskiing, and Biltmore Estate excursions.
Camp staff are evaluated and selected on the basis of spiritual, emotional, and social maturity and the ability to teach skills.
Camp Juliette Low
Residential girls' summer camp
Camp Juliette Low is an independent, non-profit camp for girls ages 7 to 17 . Juliette Gordon Low, the founder of the Girl Scouts, hand-picked the location of Camp Juliette Low. The camp is located in the northwest Georgia mountains in one of the most beautiful spots in the Southeast.
Programming includes canoeing, hiking, crafts, nature crafts, outdoor living skills, horseback riding (english), swimming.
Camp Kateri
Residential girls' summer campCamp Kateri, an ACA accredited camp, is located 30 minutes south east of Gainesville. Kateri provides week-long overnight camping experiences for girls 6-17 years of age. Sessions are designed to be age appropriate and are developed to help girls get the most out of their out-of-doors camping experience. Campers stay in cabins, platform tents and tree houses depending on their age group and participate in daily activities, including flag ceremonies, arts and crafts, archery, hiking and swimming.
Girls select and participate in session related to activities of interest including: horseback riding, kayaking and canoeing, day trips and nature and adventure.
Camp Flintlock: Colonial American Summer Camp
Residential and Day Camp with separate sessions for boys and girls ages 9 to 15Campers don't just learn about Colonial history; they live it firsthand. Travel back to the time when our nation was born and live as our patriot forefathers did using authentic equipment and accouterments of the 1700's.
Activities include: shoot black powder musket, throw a tomahawk, make moccasins, candle making, make dolls, write with quill and ink, cook on open fire, and much more. Two weeks of residential camp starting in June; One week of day camp in June in Raleigh, NC. Ages 9 to 15.
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Camp Dixie
Residential coed summer camp
A Camping Tradition Since 1914 Camp Dixie provides a supportive, family-like environment by limiting its enrollment to 70 campers. Considered conservative and traditional, our summer residential program is designed for children between the ages of 6 to 15. Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of northeast Georgia, near Clayton at an elevation of 3000 feet, Camp Dixie covers more than 345 lush acres.
Camp Dixie offers one, two and multiple week sessions. An important ingredient to the success of each camper is Dixie's limited enrollment. Campers and Staff alike easily know each other's names creating an atmosphere that easily supports our "family" philosophy of camping. Since campers' interests and capabilities vary so greatly, a variety of activities are offered at Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced Levels. These are just some of the activities that have been offered: Archery,Kayaking, Swimming, Canoeing, Riflery, Drama, Arts & Crafts and many more.
Camp Nakanawa
Residential girls' summer campCamp Nakanawa for Girls offers a program designed to enable each camper to acquire skills in various activities in an atmosphere that develops character and a spirit of unselfishness. It is a fun environment in which to make lifetime friendships and gain true self confidence.
Nakanawa is located on the Cumberland Plateau in Crossville, Tennessee, at an elevation of 2000 feet. With its one thousand acres of forest, fields, and private lake, it is a complete and perfect camp site.
Doe River Gorge Christian Camp
Residential Coed Camp
Doe River Gorge was created for kids and teenagers to have a phenomenal experience that we hope will leave them with that "I-can't-believe-it's-real" feeling. Located in the beautiful mountains and Cherokee National Forest in Northeast Tennessee, Doe River Gorge offers summer camp options for 8-18 year old students. By engaging in amazing adventure, making lifelong friends, learning from qualified and passionate counselors, enjoying quiet time, sleeping in state-of-the-art lodges, experiencing awesome music and teaching, developing various skills, and eating delicious meals, Doe River Gorge is a place where young people can grow spiritually, physically, mentally, and socially. Most of the students who attend camp at Doe River Gorge continue to come back year after year because they experience a healthy balance of fun, adventure, acceptance, and love. They also develop life skills that will help them in school and prepare them for the future.
Hundreds of students have declared that Doe River Gorge is truly a life-changing experience. Activities include: Rappelling, Horseback Riding, The Blob, Lake Time, Ziplines, Tree Climbing, Whitewater Tubing, Ropes Courses, Wakeboarding/Water-skiing, Rifle Shooting/Archery, Paintball, Wilderness Expeditions, Games, Biblical Teaching, Music, Small Group Time, Team-building, Train Rides through the mountains, and much more!
Camp Riva-Lake
Residential Girls' Camp
Camp Riva-Lake is situated in a quiet cove on Tims Ford Lake in Winchester, Tennessee. Surrounded by an abundance of natural resources, Riva-Lake is within minutes of some of the region's most beautiful sites for outdoor adventure, including the Elk River and Rutledge Falls.
Riva-Lake girls participate in a variety of activities with other girls their age, which may include: horse-back riding, swimming, tennis, sailing, canoeing, archery, crafts, dance and woodslore. Campers attend 4 different activities each day, which keeps each day exciting and challenges the girls to learn new skills. The girls also focus on teamwork and participate in big-little sister programs to foster leadership, sisterhood, and cooperation.
Riva-Lake is a small camp staffed with a wonderful, committed, trained group of counselors and senior staff who are dedicated to making each camper's summer experience a fun and memorable one. Camp Co-Directors Lawrie Canale Peyton and Caroline Jones Silva have been part of the Riva-Lake family for over 30 years, and are thrilled to keep the Riva-Lake tradition going strong.
Camp Skyline Ranch
Residential girls' summer camp
Camp Skyline... Where lifelong friendships begin! Enriching young girls in God, relationships, and self. Since 1947, Camp Skyline has been a home for generations of campers. Skyline offers one and two week sessions where campers make new friends, honor old traditions, and strengthen their faith. Since there is a 1:5 counselor to camper ratio, your daughter is assured individual attention and guidance. Our beautiful, modern facilities are equipped with restrooms and showers in every cabin.
Camp Cheerio YMCA
Residential camp with separate girls' and coed sessions
Located high atop the Blue Ridge Mountains of northwest North Carolina, YMCA Camp Cheerio is the ideal place for persons of all ages to enjoy a camping or retreat experience. Camp Cheerio offers many challenging programs, from summer resident (sleepover) and coed adventure camps. With over 20 activities to choose from there is something for everyone.
Founded in 1960 by the YMCA of High Point, North Carolina, Camp Cheerio seeks to provide campers with a sustained, creative, and educational experience in the out-of-doors. Through the use of natural surroundings, and under the Christian guidance of trained leadership, YMCA camping seeks to help campers achieve their fullest potential in terms of mental development, physical well-being, social growth, and spiritual awareness.
Traditional Camp: ages 7-15 (girls' and coed sessions); Adventure Camp: ages 10-17 (coed only)
Camp Illahee
Residential girls' summer campLocated in the mountains of Western North Carolina, Illahee abounds with natural beauty. But what makes Illahee unique is the individual care given to each camper and the quality of leadership. Together they contribute to the overall excellence of the camp and create an ideal atmosphere for growth, learning and FUN!
Enduring friendships begin at Illahee. Girls return year after year; many are following the traditions of their mothers and grandmothers. Illahee is indeed an extraordinary place. We invite you to share that experience with us.
Rockbrook Camp for Girls
Residential girls' summer camp
Rockbrook Camp is an overnight summer camp for girls located in the mountains of North Carolina. Rockbrook was established in 1921 and currently is welcoming fourth-generation campers. It offers 2, 3 and 4 week sessions to girls, ages 6 to 16.
Campers choose from a wide variety of activities including horseback riding, arts and crafts and outdoor adventure. Activities include: pottery, weaving, painting and drawing, sewing, rock climbing, archery, canoeing, rafting, basketry, jewelry making, backpacking, riflery, and more!
Camp Green Cove
Residential girls' summer camp
A traditional summer camp for girls on a mountain lake in NC, with a non-competitive wilderness focus. The emphasis is on water (canoeing and kayaking, sailing, and swimming), woods (hiking, rock climbing, and mountain biking), tennis, and horses, and includes the opportunity for lots of wilderness trips.
Activities include canoeing, kayaking, sailing, swimming, hiking, rock climbing, mountain biking, horseback riding, and lots of trips.
American Dance Training Camp
Girls' Camp with Residential & Day Camp Sessions
HEY GIRLS - THERE ARE ENDLESS REASONS TO DANCE - HERE ARE JUST A FEW:
1. Feel Great: Studies show that dance can increase self-confidence and help build social skills.
2. Find Your Life's Rhythm: Our bodies and our lives are ordered by rhythms great and small, so moving in rhythms feels great.
3. Reduce Your Stress: Movement plus rhythm creates an anxiety-reducing, meditative state.
4. Boost Your Immune System: Rhythmic movement is so beneficial that dancers have healthier immune systems than equally fit athletes.
5. Zap Your Boredom: Dance is an endlessly varied form of physical activity with strong mind-body & social components; if you like it, you're likely to stick with it.
ADTC has numerous dance camp locations, all just minutes from renowned destination resorts. Our unique locations mean that ADTC campers have access to all the traditional activities you'd want to enjoy at a summer camp, as well as all of the amenities you'd expect to find at a mountain resort. At ADTC, we have just as much fun outside the dance studio as we do in class. Join us for a fun-filled dance camp experience you'll never forget. We hope to see you soon!
Camp Merri-Mac
Residential girls' summer camp
Located high up in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, Merri-Mac has a long history of offering girls the most memorable summers of their lives with outstanding Christian staff.
Through participation in carefully selected, fun-filled activities, campers experience a series of successes and the exhilaration of accomplishment developing a stronger sense of self-worth and an adventuresome attitude. A highly skilled, mature, and caring staff (ratio of 1 to 3.5) are selected for their ability be strong role models for our campers.
