Overnight Summer Camps in the Sierra Mountains

Lions Wilderness Camp for Deaf Children offers a camp experience where deaf children learn outdoor skills. The program focuses on giving campers time in nature and encourages them to enjoy the wonder and beauty of the natural environment. • Ages:...

Leoni Meadows Youth Camps offers activities such as driving go-karts, painting ceramics, riding horses, paddling canoes, flying down a zip line, swimming in a pond, dropping 60 feet on the Goliath Swing, and testing courage on the quick jump....

Walton’s Grizzly Lodge Summer Camp offers an overnight summer camp experience where campers choose from over 40 activities, including water sports, horseback riding, arts and crafts, athletics, archery, and an extensive ropes course. Camp life...

Yosemite Sierra Summer Camp offers activities such as a low ropes course, high ropes course, climbing wall, rock climbing, rappelling, archery, hiking, backpacking, and 3-day introductory backpack trips. Campers take part in water sports including...

Kid's Summer Camps includes activities such as team recreation, zipline, archery, BB guns, gaga ball, pickleball, hiking, swimming, crafts, tournaments, basketball, and a hike to Red Rock Falls. Campers also have access to a swimming pool, canoes in...

Gold Arrow Camp is a traditional summer camp where campers take part in activities such as wake boarding, horseback riding, and rock climbing. Campers experience rustic living with the backdrop of the Sierra National Forest and participate in both...

R.M. Pyles Boys Camp offers a multi-year wilderness camp experience for boys that is supplemented by year-round mentoring. The program includes winter follow-up, a second-year summer camp, leadership development, and college scholarship programs. •...

Camp Rockin’ U offers weeklong sessions. Camp Rockin’ U will not be open in Summer 2026, and they are working to bring the program back in 2027. • Schedule: Weeklong sessions Camp Rockin’ U is operated by EA Family Services, a nonprofit organization...

Camp Omni is a week-long outdoor residential camp that features science, astronomy, sleeping under the stars, group activities, and quests. All sessions are sleep-away experiences and include an educational adventure shaped by fun and friends, with...

Camp Augusta offers a resident camp program and a shorter Mini Camp session. The resident camp can be one or two weeks long, and the Mini Camp runs for 3 days and 2 nights. Camp Augusta supports over 150 different program areas and offers more than...

Mountain Meadow Ranch Summer Camp is a third generation family owned and operated camp that has been providing the Magic of Summer Camp since 1956. The camp keeps enrollment small at around 120 campers and emphasizes an unplugged, mindful experience...

Gold Arrow Camp offers activities such as wake boarding, horseback riding, and rock climbing. Campers live in rustic conditions and take part in these activities at this traditional summer camp. • Ages: 6–14 years old Gold Arrow Camp has been a...

Camp Wawona is a program that focuses on summer camp for kids, outdoor education, conference convocations, church retreats, family reunions, and personal quiet getaways in nature. It encourages young people to connect with their natural surroundings...

Camp Krem Yosemite Summer Camp offers a Main Camp program where campers share cabins with their counselors and sleep in bunk beds. Campers take part in a wide range of fun and engaging activities. The Travel Camp program offers the experience of...

Discovery ChalleNGe Academy (Discovery Youth ChalleNGe Program) is a 22-week residential, quasi-military style alternative education program where students, called Cadets, take part in workshops and skills training in areas such as coping...

Shady Creek Outdoor School and Event Center is a residential environmental science camp where students take part in creek ecology, forest ecology, geology, avian ecology, and native cultures activities. The program also includes sensory awareness...

Camp Gold Hollow Programs include swimming, archery, canoeing, and campfires. The programs include Overnight Summer Camp, Day Camp, a Counselor-in-Training program, Family Camps, WoHeLo Family Camp, and Alumni Events. Overnight Summer Camp includes...

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...

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....