Overnight Summer Camps Near San Francisco, CA

TYM Camp immerses urban children in a transformative week-long overnight experience in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Campers engage in enriching activities that build relationships and resilience while exploring themes of faith and personal growth.

Camp Unalayee has been taking kids on outdoor adventures since 1949. Located in Northern California’s Trinity Alps, we are a non-profit, wilderness summer camp that provides meaningful outdoor experiences for children ages 10-17.

Attention ages 12 - 18 years old: WOLF School is again offering a Beginner‘s Backpacking Camp, which is a 3 day, 2 night & an Advanced Backpacking Camp, which is 4 day, 3 night. Both are backpacking adventures through Point Reyes National Seashore, in the San Francisco Bay Area. Come explore the great outdoors through hiking, exploration, science and nature!

Youth Empowered Action (YEA) Camp is a summer camp for social change. We help 12-17 year-olds from all over the country (and even other countries!) make a difference on a cause they care about -- all while having one of the best experiences of their life.

This program is packed full of fun activities with plenty of opportunities to make new friends. With attentive, energetic, and well-trained staff, campers will enjoy participating in all camp has to offer including swimming, archery, canoeing, climbing the rock wall, flying down the zip-line, arts & crafts, guided hikes, campfires, sports, camp-outs, and so much more! Campers will usually become more responsible, confident and capable in the outdoors, all while making memories to last a lifetime!

Camp Loma Mar is the South Bay's oldest and best-known overnight camp, operating year-round on over one hundred acres of pristine mountain land next to Pescadero Creek. With extensive activities ranging from archery to arts and crafts and our zip line, we’re proud to offer the ultimate camping experience since 1914 – but it’s our friendly and professional staff members that elevate Camp Loma Mar to something truly wonderful.

Campers entering 6th grade through post high school (up to age 23) participate in a day or overnight project-based program designed for neurodivergent youth who have social/cognitive support needs such as autism and ADHD. Altitude provides opportunities to build social skills, independence, and self confidence in a natural setting to help prepare your child for the transition to young adulthood and the rest of their lives.

We offer a wide variety of summer camps and strive to provide something in every camper’s wheelhouse. Our programs are broken up into four groups to better assist you and your camper(s) in finding exactly what you're looking for!