Overnight Summer Camps in the Sierra Mountains

St. Jude’s Ranch for Children offers Therapeutic Residential Foster Care with individualized treatment and holistic care for children who have been abused, abandoned, neglected, and homeless. It also offers Transitional Living, Pregnant and...

Sierra Outdoor School runs Summer and Weekend Camps where groups can host their own camp or retreat from June to August. The campus includes three basketball courts, volleyball, two amphitheaters, and ample trails that connect to the surrounding...

Lions Wilderness Camp for Deaf Children offers a camp experience where deaf children learn outdoor skills. The program includes time in nature, with activities centered on enjoying the wonder and beauty of the natural environment. • Ages: 7–15 years...

Sierra Mountain Music Camp is a choral and string orchestra camp that includes daily music rehearsals with award-winning directors. Campers take part in activities such as zipline, rock wall, arts and crafts, swimming in the pool, a 100-foot slip...

Sierra Nevada Journeys Outdoor Science Programs at Grizzly Creek Ranch focuses on outdoor science and science-based education programs. The program includes outdoor school through an Overnight Outdoor Learning program, one-day field science...

Lake Francis Outdoor Education offers place-based learning that focuses on science standards for K–4th grade. The program takes place at Lake Francis Resort, where students can spend the night in cabins before they attend longer 4- or 5-day outdoor...

Sierra Nevada Journeys Outdoor Education Camp offers hands-on outdoor science learning where students engage in science, explore how ecosystems function, and learn about climate resilience firsthand. The program includes outdoor school, leadership...

Camp Hi-Sierra offers activities such as climbing a 50 foot climbing tower, archery, rifle, shotgun, black powder, cowboy action shooting, and blacksmithing at a real blacksmith forge. Participants can swim, row, and sail at the waterfront, and also...

Camp Victory offers traditional camp activities such as paddleboats, arts and crafts, mini-golf, swimming, lake swimming, boating, dances, and campfires. Traditional summer camp activities are modified so that all can participate, and children...

Camp Winthers offers hiking, swimming, boating, archery, disc golf, gaga ball, campfires, skits, overnight campouts, and a low-elements challenge course. Campers sleep on cots in tent cabins, and showers are available and highly recommended. Summer...

Angeles Crest Christian Camp Summer Camps take place on a modern 100-acre campground that includes rustic cabins, hiking trails, outdoor adventure elements such as a pool, climbing wall, and high ropes course, campfire spaces, meeting halls, outdoor...

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...

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...

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 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...

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:...

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...