Overnight Summer Camps in California

Expedition Backpacking California - Expedition Camp is a one-week backpacking program where campers spend their days hiking, camping, and exploring the backcountry. Campers practice backcountry cooking, use backpacking tents and backcountry stoves,...

Expedition Multi-Sport – Sly Park is a one-week expedition camp where campers take part in white water rafting, Stand Up Paddleboarding, mountain biking, and camping. During the week, campers paddle Stand Up Paddleboards, cook their own meals on...

Expedition Paddlesports is a weeklong expedition paddlesports camp where campers kayak, whitewater raft, and stand up paddleboard every day and camp in basecamp tents at night. The program includes flat-water kayaking skills such as bracing,...

YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles Youth Programs and Camps offers summer camp, swim lessons, afterschool programs, and a variety of youth programs. Participants can take part in recreation and sports, as well as fitness activities. The program also...

Camp La Verne Youth Camps offers activities such as outdoor basketball, volleyball, horseshoes, and archery. Campers can also take part in Outdoor Skills, Camp Cooking, Birding, Astronomy, and a Family Fishing Camp. The program includes traditional...

Koinonia Kids Camp includes a variety of activities such as a ropes course, laser tag, swimming in the pool, archery, a giant slide, field games, crafts, volleyball, basketball, hiking, sports, and pickleball. Campers take part in morning and night...

Young Actors’ Theatre Camp offers a range of programs that include Summer Camp, Winter Film Camp, Overnight Camps, 1-day workshops, and themed weekend camps such as the Audition Intensive Weekend Camp, DRAG Weekend Camp, Dungeons & Dragons Weekend...

Rock n Water Kids Camp is a two-night outdoor Christian camp where kids raft down the river with friends and leaders, explore canyons through an exciting canyoneering experience, and sleep under the stars. The program also includes worship, Bible...

RAD Camp offers activities in art, drama, music, science, and sports. The program includes overnight camps that provide round-the-clock care, friendship, and fun for participants. RAD Club also offers entertaining camp videos, activity tutorials,...

The Laurel Foundation Camps offers resident and day camp programs for at-promise youth, including transgender and gender-diverse youth, youth impacted by HIV/AIDS, and young key populations at risk of HIV. The Laurel Foundation creates vibrant...

National Math Camps offers Camp Conway, where campers take part in interactive math lectures or other activities during morning assemblies, staff-led math challenges, puzzles, short talks, and hands-on activities. Outside of class time, campers join...

Campus by the Sea is a Christian camp and retreat program that serves students, adults, and families. The program offers a place to unplug from the mainland and take part in island adventures. It is described as a place to encounter Jesus in fresh...

UCP Camps offers campers the chance to meet fellow campers, sit by a campfire, and participate in fun activities and games. Campers take part in outdoor games, arts & crafts, swimming, rock climbing, and board games as part of the camp experience....

Camp Perthes includes activities such as a camp field trip to an amusement park, Drone Flying STEM Program, horseback riding, archery, fishing and boating, zip lining, a high ropes course, and a Perthes Cooking Class. Campers also take part in...

Eeden Village West is a 6-week overnight summer program where campers take part in farming, wilderness and homesteading skills, culinary arts, music, and sports. The program also offers other farm programming throughout the spring and fall. The camp...

Brave Trails offers leadership training and leadership workshops along with backpacking, meet-up groups, and online activities for LGBTQ+ youth. The program includes accredited summer camps, backpacking trips, family camps, mental health services,...

NBC Basketball Camps at Pacific Union College includes 6–10 hours per day of basketball skill work, drills, games, tournaments, and leadership training. Campers take part in ball handling, position specific drills, shooting drills, working on the...

San Mateo Outdoor Education includes time for students to learn about the natural world, explore the forest and beach ecosystems, and work together as a community. During the week, students also take part in daily living tasks such as making their...

Cloverleaf Ranch offers sleepaway camp and day camp, along with trail rides and riding lessons. The program also hosts riding events and CHA clinic events. In addition to camp and riding activities, Cloverleaf Ranch offers birthday party packages...

Sly Park Environmental Education Center offers students the chance to hike through lush forests, conduct hands-on experiments in bubbling streams, and gaze at the star-filled night sky. Activities also include a Photo Tour slide show, students...