About
FIELDGUIDES offers camping and backpacking programs that include activities such as coastal science, redwood ecology, and gold rush history. The program runs trips that range from camping overnights to week-long backpacking trips, with an average fieldguide to student ratio of 1:10. Children and chaperones sleep in tents and cook and eat together outdoors in a family-style camping format, with activities and chores done by students, chaperones, and staff together in an atmosphere of cooperation and respect.
• Ages: 8–13 years old
• Schedule: Trips ranging from camping overnights to week-long backpacking trips
Founded in 1983, FIELDGUIDES is a small, registered 501(c)3 nonprofit outdoor education organization. It focuses on providing personalized camping and backpacking programs for schools and youth groups, with a variety of customizable trips and an emphasis on wilderness immersion. FIELDGUIDES operates from Southern Oregon to Northern and Central California and offers discounts and scholarships to students in need. FIELDGUIDES is partnering with the Marine Ecology Program at Fort Ross Conservancy to provide an outdoor education opportunity. The mission of FIELDGUIDES is to bring youth outdoors to promote a stronger sense of self, community, and connection to the natural world.
Last updated August 10, 2026.
• Ages: 8–13 years old
• Schedule: Trips ranging from camping overnights to week-long backpacking trips
Founded in 1983, FIELDGUIDES is a small, registered 501(c)3 nonprofit outdoor education organization. It focuses on providing personalized camping and backpacking programs for schools and youth groups, with a variety of customizable trips and an emphasis on wilderness immersion. FIELDGUIDES operates from Southern Oregon to Northern and Central California and offers discounts and scholarships to students in need. FIELDGUIDES is partnering with the Marine Ecology Program at Fort Ross Conservancy to provide an outdoor education opportunity. The mission of FIELDGUIDES is to bring youth outdoors to promote a stronger sense of self, community, and connection to the natural world.
Last updated August 10, 2026.
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