Nature Camps for Kids Near Marin County

Try your hand at shooting a bow and arrow. Meet local wild animals face to face during our animal visits. Gather plants to dye your camp t-shirt. Spend a summer week tracking, practicing wilderness skills, doing archery, and adventuring the hills...

A summer nature adventure by the Bay! School is out and it’s the perfect time to spend a day on the beach with friends, better yet, friends who know a thing or two about the land and sea. On the land, we explore the beaches and hills of China Camp...

Vilda is back in Marinwood at the Marin Waldorf Campus! We look forward to practicing skills under the oak trees and exploring the creeks again. We spend our mornings out on the landscape playing games, exploring waterways, and looking for animals....

Summer is the time to immerse yourself in the outdoors. This 3 day, 2 night trip is a great introduction to backpacking. We hope to inspire a lifelong love of camping, empowering the youth to go outside with confidence in their knowledge of hazards,...

Discover an adventure in your extended backyard. Look for animals, learn about edible plants, build shelters, and try your skills at ancestral arts. This camp showcases our core curriculum and one of the most beautiful parks in Marin. It is a good...

Little Bee Preschool offers an English and Mandarin immersion preschool program, a toddler program, and a preschool program. The program includes daily outings to explore nature, outdoor exploration from 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM, lunch from 12:00 PM to...

Tinker Preschool is a Reggio-Emilia inspired early childhood program. The program includes daily outdoor nature learning, forest program time, bilingual English-Mandarin learning, Mandarin Immersion, and S.T.E.A.M. education. Programs Tinker...

Duckworth Family Farm Camps offers Farm Camps for Young Explorers. Campers should come dressed for the outdoors with closed-toe shoes, sun protection, and clothes that can handle dirt, mud, and berry stains. They should also bring a lunch and a...

During the summer, Marin Waldorf School’s 10 acre Lucas Valley campus becomes a vibrant, multi-age world of play, nature, literacy, handwork, and outdoor adventure.Ages 3-6: Early Childhood Summer Camp offers crafts, water play, nature walks, and...

NatureBridge Environmental Science Programs offers overnight, hands-on environmental science programs that take place as multi-day, immersive experiences in outdoor classrooms in national parks. The program includes backpacking programs, summer day...

Tree Frog Treks focuses on exploring nature, meeting animals such as live rescued reptiles and amphibians, doing science, doing art, and spending time outside. Activities include Animal Time with rescued reptiles and amphibians, Wild Science with...

Green Stuff Camp is an active hands-on science day camp where campers learn about plant adaptations and habitat diversity, collect seeds in the Crops of the World Garden, and grow their own plants. Campers become young botanists by examining plants...

WildCare Wildlife Camp offers week-long nature-based camps for children during Summer, Winter, and Spring. Camp activities take place in WildCare’s Interim Location, the Wildlife Ambassador Zone, and the Wildlife Hospital, where campers are around...

Hummingbirds’ Collaborative School Summer Camps offer days that include outdoor water play, hikes in nature, craft-making, cooking together, movement games, songs, daily storytelling, puppet shows, and picnic lunches. Camps run in weekly sessions...

STRAW (Students and Teachers Restoring A Watershed) offers integrated watershed science education that includes in-class lessons, field studies, and hands-on, professional habitat restoration. The program involves students and teachers in restoring...

Oak Heart Forest Program includes activities such as exploring trails, fort building, tree climbing, and extended periods of free play in Nature’s playground. Children take part in creating seasonal nature-based art and crafts, collaborative games,...

John Muir Mountain Day Camp includes activities such as exploring nature trails, discovering local plants and animals, painting, drawing, sketching, singing, baking sourdough bread, journaling as John Muir did, creating a journal, and creating...

EarthCapades Environmental Education Assembly Programs features circus acts, magic tricks, music, juggling, comedy, storytelling, Earth science, unicycling, and circus arts coaching. The programs also include Community Song Circles, storytelling by...

The Good Earth School is a nature-based preschool that uses an emergent curriculum approach and nature-inspired learning. The program emphasizes connecting children to the natural world, where outdoor activities are used to enhance learning in...

REAP Climate Center Youth Programs include volunteer days, field trips, camps, after school programs, and internships where participants take part in activities such as watering, planting, trimming, sorting seeds, spreading wood chips, habitat...