Nature Camps for Kids Near Marin County

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...

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...

Marin Treks offers live reptiles programs for schools, preschools, scout groups, birthday parties, after school programs, preschool programs, classroom programs, class field trips, home school class visits, and half day natural science camps....

American Canyon Parks Foundation Environmental Education and Community Nature Programs offers activities such as Wetlands Trail Clean Up Day, Slow Stroll at Wetlands, Discovery Days, Naturalist Walks, StoryWalk, and themed hikes. The program also...

American Canyon Parks Foundation Environmental Education & Outdoor Programs includes school programs, community nature programs, and environmental education that focus on outdoor connection. Children and families can take part in Discovery Days,...

Climate Connections Academy, July 13-17, 2026, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at College of Marin - Indian Valley for middle schoolers. An environmental education academy that supports youth in seeing themselves as people who belong on a college campus, in...

Field Trip Programs offers standards-based school tours that support NGSS and Common Core, with options for docent-guided or self-guided school tours. The self-guided school tour includes a guided walk to explore examples of Jack London’s...

Berkeley Forest School is a program that grew from the love and imagination of founder Liana Chavarín, with a focus on uniting families in community with the shared earth. The program stands on the shoulders of Ohlone ancestors and place-based...

Green Stuff Summer 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...

Marin GreenPlay Camp offers science-based, place-based experiences in nature that include developmentally appropriate play, extreme sports, restorative stewardship, native plant restoration projects, beach clean ups, citizen science, and other...

Chabot Space & Science Center Youth & Family Programs include activities such as Paint & Sip Waxing Crescent Moon, Family Nature Adventures Birds, and Hike & Sip Guided Stroll. The program also offers hands-on STEM activities, planetarium shows, and...

Alameda Young Naturalist Club is an outdoor education program that focuses on the natural world. The program offers fun, safe, outdoor education experiences where kids make friends, develop life-skills, and build self-confidence. • Ages: 6–12 years...

Neptune Nature School offers a preschool, TK, and kindergarten program where children spend their days in a completely outdoor setting, engaging in exploration, play, negotiation, art, and social-emotional development. Daily activities include a...

Urban Adamah Summer Camp includes activities such as gardening, feeding chickens, collecting eggs, farm-to-fork food preparation, music, stories, arts and crafts, nature connection activities, and all-camp games. The camp day opens and closes as a...