Overnight Summer Camps in California

School & Outdoor Education at Redwood Christian Park includes activities such as hiking trails through ancient redwoods, archery, rock climbing, group challenge activities, scavenger hunts, and problem-solving games. The program also uses quiet...

Sierra Outdoor School is part of the Clovis Unified School District. The homepage for Sierra Outdoor School includes the phrase “Get Out and Learn! Welcome to the Sierra Outdoor School!” which introduces the program’s focus. The Clovis Unified...

Lions Wilderness Camp for Deaf Children offers a fun-filled camp experience where deaf children learn outdoor skills. The program includes time in nature so campers can enjoy the wonder and beauty of the outdoors to the fullest extent. • Ages: 7–15...

NatureBridge Environmental Science Programs offers overnight, hands-on environmental science programs that include multi-day, immersive programs, backpacking programs, and summer day camps. These programs take students into outdoor classrooms in...

TYM Camp includes camping, surfing, games, sharing meals, laughter, and learning about Biblical characters and modern people who demonstrate what it looks like to be heroes of faith in Jesus. Campers take part in activities such as Beach Day &...

FIELDGUIDES Outdoor Education offers camping and backpacking programs that include activities such as coastal science, redwood ecology, and gold rush history. The program runs trips that range from camping overnights to week-long backpacking trips,...

Camp Winnarainbow offers circus and performing arts classes where campers can try activities like swinging on the trapeze, walking on stilts, juggling, clowning, unicycling, stilt walking, and songwriting. Campers also take part in writing a song,...

Okizu Camp Programs offers a weeklong sleep-away camp on Lake Vera where campers take part in activities such as campfire songs and skits, reading bedtime stories, and fishing. The programs also include Family Camp and SIBS Camp, with additional...

Back to Earth Nature Connection offers workshops, overnight retreats, wilderness programs, and backpacking trips for teens. The program also includes backpacking and an Online Info Session for families who want to learn more about what is offered. •...

Rock Creek Pack Station Wilderness Trips offers a range of horseback and hiking experiences in the wilderness. The program includes Supported Hiking Adventures, multiple-day Trail Rides, Spot Trips, Dunnage Trips, and fully outfitted Base Camps....

LaLiga Select includes scouting events, a 10-day showcase in Madrid, intensive training and evaluation by LaLiga clubs’ Technical Directors, and a Training Camp with a LaLiga youth club. During the Training Camp, players train with the youth team...

JA Camps offers camp activities such as archery, arts and crafts, swimming, rock wall climbing, and high or low ropes courses. At JA Camp, the activities and schedule closely resemble those of a traditional summer camp, with adaptations that make...

Firefighters Kids Camp is an annual program designed to benefit young burn survivors. The program is part of the Firefighters Kids Camp and Little Heroes Family Burn Camp offerings, which both encourage healing, personal growth, and character...

Camp Okizu offers in-person sleep-away summer sessions, Family Camp weekends, a Bereaved Teen Program, Teens-N-Twenties weekends, and family one-day picnic events. The organization provides medically supervised, residential camp programs for...

Jay Nolan Summer Camp is a sleepaway summer camp that describes itself as California’s most inclusive sleepaway summer camp. The camp is welcoming campers for the Summer 2026 season from July 26–31st. • Schedule: Summer 2026 session runs July...

Expedition Backpacking – California Expedition Camp focuses on backpacking, hiking, and camping, with campers cooking meals on backcountry stoves and managing their own gear. Participants practice backcountry cooking, using water treatment systems...

Expedition Multi-Sport – Sly Park offers a weeklong multi-sport expedition camp where campers take part in white water rafting, Stand Up Paddleboarding, mountain biking, camping, teambuilding, paddling, rock climbing, hiking, and kayaking. Campers...

Expedition Paddlesports is a one-week camp where campers spend every day on the water and every night camping under the stars. The program includes kayaking, whitewater rafting, stand up paddleboarding, teambuilding, and camping. Campers practice...

YMCA Summer Camps include camp sites that range from day camps to overnight adventures. The program includes Youth & Government, where teens debate policies, draft bills, and collaborate with peers from across the state. YMCA Summer Camps are part...

The Athenian Summer Program includes activities such as swim lessons and field trips. The program also offers Summer Affinity Camps called Queer Counselors in Training (Q.CIT) and Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Camp (BIPOC). • Ages: 11–18...