Overnight Summer Camps in the Sierra Mountains

Mountain Meadow Ranch Summer Camp offers a sleepaway summer camp for ages 7 to 16, with one- and two-week sessions from June through August. The program also offers Mini Camp, a one-week taste of traditional camp life with no out-trips, plus...

Camp Krem Yosemite offers Summer Camp for ages 5+ and Main Camp with small groups sharing a cabin with counselors. Campers sleep in bunk beds and take part in a wide range of activities. The program also includes Weekend Overnights, including...

Discovery ChalleNGe Academy is a free 22-week residential, quasi-military style program. Students can earn 65 high school credits and may earn a diploma. Cadets take part in workshops and skills training, volunteer for community projects and...

PGC Basketball Camps offers Point Guard Prep, Playmaker College, Scoring College, Point Guard College, and Fall Shooting College. The camps include classroom sessions, film breakdown, action-packed gym sessions, and on-court work with more than...

Project Discovery Summer Camps offers Rocks, Ropes and Boats Standard, Rocks, Ropes and Boats Advanced, River Camp, Advanced River Camp, Backcountry Camp, Leadership Adventure, and Ultimate Adventure. Rocks, Ropes and Boats Standard and Advanced are...

Battle Born Youth ChalleNGe Academy offers a five and a half month residential phase followed by a year-long mentoring relationship. It serves youth ages 16 to 18 years old. Programs Battle Born Youth ChalleNGe Academy — 16-18 years old; source also...

Shady Creek Outdoor School and Event Center offers Shady Creek Outdoor School programs for 5th and 6th grade students. It also offers Day Programs, Day in the Forest, School Visit, Team Building, Birds, Creek Ecology, FitQuest, Forest Ecology,...

Camp Gold Hollow offers Summer Resident Camp, Day Camp, Counselor In Training Program, Teen Club 13+ @Gold Hollow, Family Camp, WoHeLo Family Camp, Fourth of July Weekend Family Camp, and Alumni Weekend. Summer Resident Camp includes swimming,...

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...

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...

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...

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...