List of summer camps explained

This is a list of summer camps throughout the world by category. A summer camp is a supervised program for children or teenagers conducted during the summer months in some countries.^[1]

Traditional Camps

• Adirondack Woodcraft Camps
• Camp Agawam
• Camp Androscoggin
• Falling Creek Camp
• Cheley Colorado Camps
• Camp Fern
• Camp Greylock
• Camp Highlands
• Camp Kabeyun
• Camp Merrie-Woode
• Camp Northway
• Camp Pathfinder
• Holiday Home Camp
• Keewaydin

Religious Camps

Christian Camps

• Camp Gray (Catholic), Wisconsin
• Camp Iawah (Christian), Godfrey, Ontario, Canada
• Camp Ondessonk (Catholic), Illinois
• Camp Unirondack (Unitarian Universalist), New York
• Christian Service Brigade (Non-Denominational), New York
• Especially for Youth (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), Utah
• The Wilds, (Protestant), North Carolina

Jewish Camps

Sports Camps

• IMG Academy
• Kutsher's Sports Academy
• Woodward Camp

Sleep-Away Camps

• Big Lake Youth Camp
• Brant Lake Camp
• Camp Agawam, Raymond, Maine
• Camp Beaverbrook
• Camp Canadensis
• Camp El Tesoro
• Camp Highlands
• Camp Horseshoe for Boys
• Camp Ondessonk
• Camp Scatico
• Camp Wekeela
• Farm & Wilderness
• Forest Lake Camp
• Incarnation Camp
• Row New York

Large network camps

Camps International

• Camps International (2002), an international volunteer travel operator headquartered in Ringwood, Hampshire UK and Dubai, UAE.

Camp Kesem

• Camp Kesem throughout United States.

Camp Quest

• Camp Quest (1996 in the US), an organization of 13 affiliated camps established in US, UK, Switzerland and Norway.

Boy Scout Camps (Worldwide)

See also: Historically notable Scout camps.

Boy Scout Camps (US)

See main article: Local council camps of the Boy Scouts of America. There are hundreds of camps hosted by the Boy Scouts of America; some of these include:

• Camp Babcock-Hovey, of the Seneca Waterways Council in the Finger Lakes Region of New York
• Camp Brule', of the Five Rivers Council in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania
• Camp Onway, formerly of the Yankee Clipper Council in Raymond, New Hampshire
• Camp Wanocksett, of the Nashua Valley Council in Dublin, New Hampshire
• Firestone Scout Reservation, of the Los Angeles Area Council east of Diamond Bar, California
• Forest Lawn Scout Reservation, of the Los Angeles Area Council near Lake Arrowhead, California
• Goshen Scout Reservation, of the National Capital Area Council near Goshen, Virginia
• Hawk Mountain Scout Reservation, of the Hawk Mountain Council north of Strausstown, Pennsylvania
• LeFeber Northwoods Camps, of the Milwaukee County Council near Laona, Wisconsin
• June Norcross Webster Scout Reservation, of the Connecticut Rivers Council in Ashford, Connecticut
• Log Cabin Wilderness Camp, of the Los Angeles Area Council at Yosemite National Park
• Ockanickon Scout Reservation, of the Bucks County Council in Bucks County, Pennsylvania
• Owasippe Scout Reservation, of the Chicago Area Council in Twin Lake, Michigan
• Rodney Scout Reservation, of the Del-Mar-Va Council in Cecil County, Maryland
• Spanish Trail Scout Reservation, of the Gulf Coast Council in DeFuniak Springs, Florida
• Ten Mile River Scout Reservation, of the Greater New York Councils near Narrowsburg, New York
• Yawgoog Scout Reservation, of the Narragansett Council in Rockville, Rhode Island
• Winnebago Scout Reservation, of the Patriots' Path Council in Rockaway, New Jersey

Boys Scouts Camps (Canada)

See main article: article and Camps of Scouts Canada. Scouts Canada operates about 200 Scout camps across Canada.^[2]

YMCA/YWCA Camps

YMCA/YWCA Camps (Canada)

• Big Cove YMCA Camp, Nova Scotia, Canada
• YWCA Camp Davern, Maberly, Ontario, Canada
• YMCA Wanakita, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada

YMCA/YWCA Camps (United States)

• Camp Becket, YMCA summer camp for boys, Becket, Massachusetts
• Camp Dudley, YMCA, Westport, New York
• Camp Hazen YMCA, Chester, Connecticut
• Phantom Lake YMCA Camp, Mukwonago, Wisconsin
• YMCA Camp Arbutus Hayo-Went-Ha for Girls, Michigan
• YMCA Camp Cory, Milo, New York
• YMCA Camp Fitch on Lake Erie, Springfield Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania
• YMCA Camp Hayo-Went-Ha for Boys, Michigan
• YMCA Camp Jones Gulch, La Honda, California
• YMCA Camp Orkila, Orcas Island, Washington state
• YMCA Camp Seymour, Gig Harbor, Washington
• YMCA Camp Tecumseh, Lafayette, Indiana
• YWCA Camp Westwind, Oregon Coast

Camp Fire Camps

• Camp Namanu, Sandy, Oregon
• Camp Sealth, Vashon Island, Washington
• Camp Wyandot, Hocking Hills, Ohio

Arts and Education Camps

• Adventures of the Mind
• Minnesota Institute for Talented Youth

Arts, Music, and Drama Camps

• American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA) High School Summer Conservatory
• Appel Farm Arts Camp, New Jersey
• Aspen Music Festival and School
• Camp Belvoir Terrace for Girls, Massachusetts
• Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp
• Bowdoin International Music Festival
• Buck's Rock Performing and Creative Arts Camp
• CAMMAC, Harrington, Quebec, Canada
• Cazadero Performing Arts Camp, California
• French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts
• Greenwood Music Camp, Massachusetts
• Harand Camp of the Theatre Arts, Wisconsin
• Interlochen Arts Camp, Interlochen, Michigan
• International Music Camp, North Dakota
• Lyceum Music Festival, American Fork, Utah
• Meadowmount School of Music, Westport, New York
• Midwest Young Artists Conservatory, Highwood, Illinois
• New England Music Camp, Sidney, Maine
• Ottawa Little Theatre Summer Drama Camps, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
• Ottawa Little Theatre Youth Workshops
• Rocky Mountain Conservatory Theatre, Colorado (Denver), Florida and Illinois
• School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
• Sitka Fine Arts Camp, Sitka, Alaska
• Stagedoor Manor, Loch Sheldrake, New York
• Verbier Festival, Verbier, Switzerland
• The Walden School
• YouthWrite, Bragg Creek, Alberta

Math and Science Camps

• Canada/USA Mathcamp, USA and Canada
• Mathematical Olympiad Program, Nebraska

Space Camps

• European Space Camp, Norway
• Kennedy Space Center, Florida^[3]
• Space Camp Catalonia, Spain
• Space Camp Turkey, Turkey
• United States Space Camp, Alabama

Computer Camps

• Digital Media Academy, California headquarters and camps throughout the US, plus Canada
• iD Tech Camps, California headquarters and nationwide camps (US)
• National Computer Camps, Connecticut, Georgia and Ohio
• Vision Tech Camps, California

Language Camps

• Canoe Island French Camp, Canoe Island, Washington
• Concordia Language Villages, Minnesota
  • Al-Wāḥa, Arabic village, Minnesota
  • Lac du Bois French villages, Minnesota
  • Sjölunden, Swedish village, Minnesota
  • Waldsee, German village, Minnesota

Camps focused on health, medical conditions, and special needs

• Barton Center for Diabetes Education (including Clara Barton Camp), Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York
• Camp Bloomfield, California
• Camp Double H Ranch, New York
• Camp Dragonfly Forest, Pennsylvania
• Camp Wonder, California
• Happiness is Camping, New Jersey
• Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, Connecticut

Other Camps

Other Camps (Canada)

• Camp Beaver Creek, Saskatchewan
• Des Grèves Vacation Camp, Quebec
• Camp et Auberge du Lac en Coeur, Quebec
• Camp Manitou, Ontario
• Camp Northway, Ontario
• Camp Ouareau, girl's camp, Québec
• Camp Pathfinder for Boys
• Summer Science Day Camp, British Columbia
• Camp Val Notre-Dame, Quebec
• Camp White Pine, Ontario

Other camps (United States)

• Camp Androscoggin for Boys, Maine
• Camp Anokijig, Wisconsin
• Camp Becket for Boys / Camp Chimney Corners for Girls, Massachusetts
• Camp Belknap for Boys, New Hampshire
• Camp Billings, Vermont
• Camp Bucks Rock, Connecticut
• Camp Calvin Crest, California
• Camp Canadensis, Pennsylvania
• Echo Hill Ranch, Texas
• Camp Chewonki, Maine
• Camp Firwood, Washington
• Eden Village Camp, New York
• Falling Creek Camp for Boys, North Carolina
• Forest Lake Camp, New York
• Geneva Glen Camp, Colorado
• Camp Glacier View Ranch, Colorado
• Camp Gray, Wisconsin
• Camp Greylock, Massachusetts
• Camp Greystone, North Carolina
• Camp Highlands, Wisconsin
• Camp Horseshoe for Boys, Wisconsin
• Camp Joslin for Boys, Massachusetts
• Camp Kabeyun for Boys, New Hampshire
• Camp Keewaydin for Boys / Camp Songadeewin for Girls, Vermont
• Encampment for Citizenship, New York
• Camp Kutsher, Massachusetts
• Camp Letts, Maryland
• Camp Lohikan, Pennsylvania
• Camp Lourdes, New York
• Camp Mataponi for Girls, Maine
• Camp Merrie-Woode, North Carolina
• Camp Mo Ranch, Texas
• Camp Mountain Meadow Ranch, California
• Camp Onyahsa, New York
• Camp Quest, Virginia
• Camp Quest UK, United Kingdom
• Raquette Lake Camps, New York
• Camp Rising Sun, New York and Denmark
• Camp Rockmont for Boys, North Carolina
• Camp Seymour, Washington
• Camp Timanous, Maine
• Camp Unirondack, New York
• Valley Mill Camp, Maryland
• Camp Wawona, California
• Camp Wekeela, Maine
• Camp Winnarainbow, California
• Woodward Camp, Pennsylvania

Former camps

• Big Doe Camp, Canada
• Camp Beaverbrook, California
• Camp Diana-Dalmaqua, New York
• Camp Ma-Ho-Ge, New York
• Camp Naomi, Massachusetts and Maine
• Camp Ranger, New York
• Camps Mohican Reena, Massachusetts
• Camp Watonka for Boys, Pennsylvania
• Kutsher's Camp Anawana, New York

Notes and References

1. Health. Council on School. 2011-04-01. Creating Healthy Camp Experiences. Pediatrics. en. 127. 4. 794–799. 10.1542/peds.2011-0267. 0031-4005. 21444589.
2. Web site: Scout Camps Directory . ScoutDocs.
3. Web site: Camp Kennedy Space Center and Space Camp . . NASA . 28 April 2015 . 18 September 2019.