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Camp Carolina
Residential boys' summer camp
WHAT A DAY!!! BOY AM I ENTHUSIASTIC!!! The overall purpose of Camp Carolina is to make a boy's summer experience safe, fun, memorable and a valuable factor in his complete development. The key to camp is the staff. A counselor's most important characteristic is being a positive role model.
We offer TRADITIONAL in camp activities and HIGH ADVENTURE in a noncompetitive atmosphere. Activities include: mountain boarding, mountain biking, caving, wakeboarding, paintball, rock climbing, skateboarding, horseback, rafting, kayaking, surfing, yoga, archery/Rifelry and many more fun and exciting activities. Check us out on line or give us a call for more info. GO BIG!!!
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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.
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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.
Valley View Ranch Equestrian Camp
Residential girls' equestrian camp
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.
Blue Star Camps
Residential coed summer camp
Blue Star Camps is an American Camp Association accredited summer camp for Jewish children ages six to sixteen. We offer a truly amazing program that is customized to meet the needs and interests of each individual child. Blue Star presents our campers with a variety of activities ranging from Creative Arts, Land Sports, Outdoor Adventure and Nature, Waterfront, Tennis, Horseback, as well as a Living Judaism program.
Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina, Blue Star empowers campers to develop independence, self-esteem, new skills and life-long friendships. Owned and directed by the Popkin family for sixty years, Blue Star is a sanctuary from the stresses of the "real world" where magic is made each summer in our child-centered world.
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!
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.
Horse and Nature Camp at Forever Florida
Residential coed summer camp
Seeking Summer Fun? Are you age 10-15 (or finishing fourth through ninth grades)? Then sign up for a week of Adventure with us and our horses! You'll have hours with the horses every day, hours with other animals and nature adventures, creative time, time for games and sports, and plenty of good food.
You'll make new friends and have lots of adventure stories to take back to your old friends. One or more of your new friends will have four legs -- with hooves on the ends of them!
YMCA Camp Icaghowan
Coed Overnight Camp
Each day at YMCA Camp Icaghowan is packed with fun, friends, and learning new skills. Enjoy any of the many activities offered like archery, climbing, canoeing, swimming or fishing!
Your week will include all-camp games, campfires every night, and activities with your cabin. Each camper will also experience an exciting camping overnight.
Campers end their day in the cabin sharing stories of the day's adventures and planning for tomorrow.
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!
Camp Kahdalea
Residential girls' summer campCamp 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.
Camp Ridgecrest
Residential boys' summer camp
Camp Ridgecrest for Boys: Impacting lives for God's glory through discipleship and adventure. Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of NC, Camp Ridgecrest is designed for individual attention, maximum fun, and the safety of each child. We facilitate camper growth by offering a Christian camp program that has been thriving since 1929. Camp Ridgecrest for Boys offers over 25 activities taught by solid Christian role models. Our staff are highly trained, committed believers with a heart for children and youth ministry. Join us for an unforgettable experience of fun encompassing physical, mental, social, and spiritual growth.
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Camp High Rocks
Residential boys' summer camp
A small camp for 125 boys emphasizing outdoor adventure in a non-competitive atmosphere. Campers choose their own schedule and then build skills to increase self confidence. High Rocks is a place for fun and learning, for challenge and adventure, and for living in an environment that is geared to a camper's needs and interests. Aided by a well-trained staff we seek to teach and to inspire lasting skills and values. We offer ongoing opportunities for success, a freedom from inhibiting competitive pressure, and daily instruction in activities which promote rapid development of skills, an increased self-esteem, and a sense of community.
Activities include: Rock climbing, lake and whitewater canoeing, mountain biking, horseback, backpacking, and many more traditional camp activities. Our 1,000 acre facility adjoins a 6,000 acre state forest and is near Pisgah National Forest.
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.
Gwynn Valley Camp
Coed Residential and Day Summer Camp
Since 1935, a summer camp for Boys and Girls, ages 5-14 which offers a farm, wilderness and traditional program that nurtures the child while fostering a connection with the land and the simple joys of childhood. The strength of Gwynn Valley is its nurturing environment in a child centered world where each camper will learn and grow under the guideance of a mature and caring staff. We are committed to each individual becoming a vital part of the community. Simplicity, acceptance, a non-competitive program, and an appreciation of the natural world are our core values. We maintain a camper/staff ratio of 3:1. Our residential camp offers sessions of 1, 2, and 3 weeks in length. We grow 70% of our food on our farm and operate an 1890's Grist Mill as an extension of that program. We also have a small Day Camp for children K-4th grade.
Primary activities at our coed camp include: Horseback Riding, Outdoor Living Skills, Farm, Mountain Biking, Texture Crafts, Rock Climbing, Grist Mill, Waterfront, Whitewater Kayaking and Canoeing, Pioneer Crafts, Sports, Fine Arts, Web of Life, and Backpacking and much more.
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 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 Dovewood
Residential girls' summer campCamp 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, 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 7-14.
Accredited by ACA, CHA, CCI.
YMCA Camp Indian Springs
Coed Camp with Residential & Day Camp SessionsThe YMCA Camp Indian Springs is a traditional YMCA residential camping program serving children ages 7 to 16 years with exciting options like an indoor skate park, paint ball as well as Western and English horseback riding and digital photography.
YMCA Camp Indian Springs' regular program also offers: Archery, Arts & Crafts, Low Ropes, Chapel, Campfire, Twi-Light Games, Devotions, Swimming (Pool & Spring), and Canoing, Volleyball, Team Sports and much more. There are 9 one-week-long sessions throughout the summer with opportunities to stay multiple sessions through our Week End Camp programs. Please visit our web site at www.campindiansprings.org for more information and to register on-line today.
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 Cosby YMCA
Residential coed summer camp
Since 1922, YMCA Camp Cosby has set the standard of excellence in quality overnight camping in the Southeast. Located only one hour from Birmingham and two hours from Atlanta, boys and girls ages 6-16 have the opportunity to grow, learn, and challenge themselves during week long sessions. Camp staff provide a friendly, safe, diverse, and most of all fun community that includes a mix of cabin life and traditional camp activities. As part of our mission, all campers have the opportunity to experience every activity at Camp Cosby for one low tuition cost.
Our sessions include over 20 activities such as horseback riding, mini bikes, archery, tubing, wake boarding, aqua jump, water sports, the blob, Alpine tower, water skiing, Iceberg and specialty camps. Camp Cosby also offer Expedition adventure trips (ages 11-15) kayaking, canoeing, caving, rock climbing, and bouldering in central and north Alabama. Register online or call the office for a brochure.
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 Mondamin
Residential boys' summer camp
A traditional summer camp for boys 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.
Camp Chosatonga
Residential boys' summer camp
An awesome experience for boys at our traditional North Carolina summer camp. Surrounded by the Pisgah National Forest our wholesome, trained and dedicated staff help in developing lifetime friendships and skills in many activities! Chosatonga maintains a 3:1 staff to camper ratio with some of the most wholesome and awesome staff on the face of the earth!
Activities include: Rock climbing, backpacking, mountain biking, whitewater canoeing and kayaking, archery, arts & crafts, guitar, fishing & more. We have fun, adventures, and teach rich and wonderful skills
SOAR, Inc.
Wilderness adventure program
For over 30 years, SOAR has provided multi-length, adventure programs for youth diagnosed with ADHD and/or learning disabilities. Recognizing the outdoors provides an ideal classroom where relevant learning can occur and life skills can be taught, emphasis is placed on developing self-confidence, social skills, and problem solving techniques. Courses are co-ed, and are developed for youth ages 8 - 18 with average or above average intelligence and physical aptitude. Staff to student ratio is low, and instructors are hired for qualities of maturity and caring, enabling them to relate to students and enhance their adventure experience.
Activities vary by location and range from snorkeling and kayaking in the Florida Keys; backpacking, and whitewater rafting in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina; surfing and sea kayaking along the California Coast; and horsepacking and fishing in the Wind River Mountains of Wyoming and much more. Specialty courses include a trip to the rainforests of Costa Rica, learning to whitewater kayak and even participating in a western rodeo! New programs incude a Northern California Expedition and a traditional camp model in sunny Florida.
Camp Highlander
Residential coed summer camp
Camp Highlander is a co-ed residential summer camp devoted to the growing and nurturing of boys and girls, ages 5-16 in a safe, fun-filled environment since 1957. Located in the mountains of North Carolina, our goal is to give children memories to fill their hearts, friendships to last a lifetime, and achievements to give them confidence while encouraging them to build character and strong values that will remain with them always. Our qualified and caring staff are able leaders, dedicated to providing each child with an exciting summer of adventure, while maintaining the highest standards of safety in all programs.
Our program consists of over 35 on-camp activities with five primary disciplines including sports, waterfront, arts, horseback riding and wilderness experience. One thing that makes Camp Highlander so unique is our wonderful off-camp adventures. Whitewater rafting trips to the Nantahala River, overnights in Pisgah Forest, water-skiing at Lake Keowee, swimming in the beautiful waterfalls and Looking Glass Falls . . . taking our campers into the magical Appalachian mountains is the highlight of their experience. At Camp Highlander, we are committed to teaching our campers a deep respect for nature and an increased awareness of not only themselves, but of their peers and surroundings.
Skyland Camp for Girls
Residential girls' summer campWith a long history of excellence in Appalachian Mountain camping for girls, Skyland maintains a 3:1 ratio of camper to counselor in a close knit, family-like atmosphere. Come join our small, warm camp community. Skyland is limited to 85 campers, ages 6-15. Sessions are 2-6 weeks during June-July.
Skyland's activities include: horseback riding, tennis, archery, swimming, games, arts & crafts, theater/drama, dance, vocal music, yoga, canoeing, hiking, softball, field trips, backpacking, & white-water rafting.
Camp Woodmont
Residential coed summer camp
A smaller-sized traditional summer camp with extremely close owner supervision. Camp owner Jane Bennett, along with her two children, camp directors Tyran Bennett and Alyson Bennett Gondek are hands-on camp directors with extensive qualifications (see below).
All counseling staff are college students and undergo extensive interviews, background checks and on-site director-led training including five days of climbing and high ropes training led by nationally known trainers, a four-day American Red Cross Lifeguard, CPR and First Aid certification class led by camp director and Red Cross instructor Tyran Bennett; and Archery certification. Both directors are certified horseback riding instructors and we also send staff to a horseback safety clinic. We top off all this specialty training with a full week of camp policy and activities training immediately prior to camp start.
Our family-type atmosphere means we can get to know every camper; it gives younger campers a feeling of reassurance and belonging and older campers a chance to grow and contribute in a community of support. Our traditional program includes extensive arts/crafts and performing arts as well as sports, aquatics, horseback riding, high adventure and much more.
Website: www.campwoodmont.com(706) 398-0833 or (770) 457-0862 or (423) 472-6070
Established in 1981
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.
Keystone Camp
Residential girls' summer camp
Keystone Camp is a traditional all girls' summer residential camp in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. At Keystone, we encourage girls to learn life-long skills and values in a very fun and nurturing environment through inspiration and teaching.
Activities include: Archery/Riflery, Arts and Crafts, Hiking/Canoeing/Rock Climbing, Horseback Riding/Horsemanship/Vaulting, Dance/Drama/Gymnastics, Golf, Tennis, Swimming, Team Sports, Nature, Badminton.
Eagle's Nest Camp and Hante Adventures
Residential coed summer campEagle's Nest is a magical place that encourages wonder and helps children grow through meaningful experiences. Campers discover what it means to belong: to rocks and rivers, forests and friends. Children participate in a variety of self-selected activities, including wilderness adventures (backpacking, climbing, canoeing, gardening), arts (songwriting, musical theatre, darkroom photography, blacksmithing) and athletics (horseback riding, Ultimate Frisbee, archery). In addition to learning skills in their chosen activities, campers experience the joy of being independent and making friends in a fun, safe and vibrant camp community.
Located in the mountains of western North Carolina. 1, 2 and 3-week sessions available.
Camp Carolina
Residential boys' summer camp
WHAT A DAY!!! BOY AM I ENTHUSIASTIC!!! The overall purpose of Camp Carolina is to make a boy's summer experience safe, fun, memorable and a valuable factor in his complete development. The key to camp is the staff. A counselor's most important characteristic is being a positive role model.
We offer TRADITIONAL in camp activities and HIGH ADVENTURE in a noncompetitive atmosphere. Activities include: mountain boarding, mountain biking, caving, wakeboarding, paintball, rock climbing, skateboarding, horseback, rafting, kayaking, surfing, yoga, archery/Rifelry and many more fun and exciting activities. Check us out on line or give us a call for more info. GO BIG!!!
