Overnight Summer Camps in the Sierra Mountains

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

Mountain Meadow Ranch Summer Camp is a third generation family owned and operated camp with a small enrollment of around 120 campers. The camp emphasizes an unplugged, mindful experience guided by four themes: Connect, Unplug, Explore, Grow. The...

Hye Camp is a summer camp program that runs as part of the Diocese Summer Camp program. Hye Camp consists of 4 one-week sessions, and families can send mail to campers during their session using the camp’s mailing instructions. • Schedule: Hye Camp...

Jameson Ranch Camp is a two-week, technology-free residential summer camp where campers take part in daily ranch chores, outdoor adventures, and campfire singalongs. Sessions are intentionally programmed to last two weeks. • Ages: 6–15 years old •...

Foothill Horizons Summer Camp includes activities such as swimming, pool time, playing capture the flag, pancake catching, an adventure course, group games, creative classes, campfire skits, and evening activities. Campers take part in nightly...

ADTC ULTIMATE Sierra Tahoe California Dance Camp offers daily dance classes that include contemporary dance, hip hop, jazz, Broadway (Bwy) dance, lyrical dance, ballet, tap, and world dance. Campers also take part in on-campus activities in addition...

ADTC ULTIMATE Sierra Tahoe California Dance Camp offers daily dance classes that include contemporary dance, hip hop, jazz, Broadway (Bwy), lyrical, ballet, tap, and world dance. Campers participate in a Friday Show, on-campus activities, a girls’...

Christian Berets Summer Camps offers a variety of activities including archery, ping-pong, basketball on a Sport Court with adjustable hoops, horseshoes, water games, whiffle ball, foosball, volleyball, frisbee toss, shuffle board, hiking, nature...

Camp Fresno Youth offers themed sessions where campers hike, play, explore, and take part in activities such as campfire skits, bug safaris, wildlife games, and team quests. Depending on the session, campers may follow mystery tracks, build mini...

Camp El-O-Win is a summer camping program where campers live in cabins, tents, or wooden teepees. The camp includes 58 pine-forested acres with Dinkey Creek running through the property, and it serves girls and groups as one of Dinkey Creek’s summer...