Overnight Summer Camps in the Sierra Mountains

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...

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...

Rock-N-Water Christian Camps offers overnight summer camps, weekend retreats, special events, school field trips, and outdoor adventures that include whitewater rafting trips and 49er Fun trips. The program also runs living history trips, outdoor...

Redwood Adventure Camp includes activities such as archery, swimming, backpacking, camping, group games, crafts, hiking, and horseback riding. Campers take part in daily morning prayers, sing grace before each meal, and gather for an all-camp...

Madera County 4-H Camp at Camp Keola is part of the 4-H Youth Development program, which uses learn by doing activities, youth-adult partnerships, and research-based education programs. The camp focuses on responsibility and leadership development...

Boulder Outdoor Survival School (BOSS) Survival Programs offers courses that include Field Expedition, Hunter Gatherer, Primitive Living, Wilderness Navigator, and Primitive Skills. Participants take part in backcountry navigation, trekking over 300...

Camp Whitsett is a Scout Camp that serves nearly 2,500 scouts every summer. It houses a nationally accredited high adventure base. Camp Whitsett was founded in 1947. It is owned and proudly operated by the Scouting America Western Los Angeles County...

Camp Ronald McDonald at Eagle Lake offers residential summer camping experiences that include drama, arts and crafts, outdoor education, nutrition education, sports, and waterfront activities. The camp serves both children and adults with...

Camp Green Meadows Outdoor School combines science education with outdoor adventure for students. Approximately 3,300 fifth and sixth grade students attend the program every year, and all nine student cabin renovations have been completed. • Ages:...

Berkeley Echo Lake Camp offers youth camps, family camps, Counselor-in-Training (CIT) programs, 50 and better programming, and backpacking programs. Campers and families have access to a heated swimming pool, a performing arts stage, an observation...

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....

Sly Park Environmental Education Center offers students the chance to hike through forests, conduct hands-on experiments in streams, gaze at the night sky, and spend time on an indoor climbing wall. The program also includes a Photo Tour slide show...

Champ Camp is a week-long residential Champ Camp. The program is part of the Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation’s camps, retreats and adventures for burn survivors and their families. The 2025 Champ Camp session is scheduled as a week-long program. •...

Sugarloaf Fine Arts Camp offers activities in dance, music, music production and recording, photography, textile arts, theater arts, video arts, visual arts, and vocal arts. Campers focus on a major arts discipline and also explore an elective,...

Bear Valley YMCA Resident Camp offers an overnight resident camp experience where campers spend their days hiking, swimming, playing games, practicing outdoor skills, and taking part in camp traditions and evening activities. A typical day includes...

YMCA Camp Sequoia Lake offers outdoor programming for youth and families that has been in place for over 100 years. The camp includes options such as Family Camp with two villages, Tulequoia and Sequoia, Skate Camp with a feature where participants...

Wonder Valley Outdoor Education Center offers activities such as horseback riding, archery, tennis, volleyball, go-karts, ziplining, rock climbing, swimming, kayaking, and craft-making. Participants also have access to sports courts, horseshoe pits,...

Two Rivers Soccer Camp offers soccer training along with High Sierra activities such as trail hikes to nearby mountain lakes, stand-up paddle boarding, golf, horseback riding, pickleball, tennis, and swimming in a pond. Campers also use a sport...

River Way Ranch Camp offers a wide range of summer camp activities, including culinary arts, horseback riding, a ropes challenge course, film production, dance, gymnastics, martial arts, waterskiing, waverunners, and sports of all kinds. The camp’s...

River Way Ranch Camp offers activities that include culinary arts, horseback riding, a ropes challenge course, film production, dance, gymnastics, martial arts, waterskiing, waverunners, and sports of all kinds. Campers can choose from a list of...