Kennolyn Camps – Huntington Lake Overnight Camp

Kennolyn Camps – Huntington Lake Overnight Camp offers a wide range of lake and outdoor activities, including sailing, waterskiing, standup paddleboarding, wakeboarding, kayaking, fishing, tubing, and rock jumping. Campers also take part in hiking, yoga, frisbee golf, nature craft, outdoor cooking and living skills, and evening activities such as campfire nights, roasting marshmallows, camp songs, star hikes, and watching shooting stars. Creative and social activities include playing the ukulele, making friendship bracelets, and writing and receiving letters.

• Ages: 11–16 years old
• Schedule: 1-week overnight sessions
• Price: Session 1 (1 week) July 13 - July 18 $3,325; Session 2 (1 week) July 20 - July 25 $3,325; Session 3 (1 week) July 27 - Aug 1 $3,325; Discounts available when you combine sessions.

Kennolyn Camps – Huntington Lake Overnight Camp is part of a family owned camp that has been operating since 1946 and is described as a family owned and operated camp for 80 summers. The program features a small, close-knit community where staff know every camper by name, and campers in grades 6–11 have flexible activity choices with close counselor guidance. Campers stay in beautiful new cabins with two counselors and 8 campers, and a parent notes that cabins have air conditioning and two bathrooms. The camp uses a newly built dock and has unlimited access to the waters of Huntington Lake and nearby trails, with bus stops available from Northern, Central, and Southern California, transportation from Fresno included in tuition, and transportation between this program and Overnight Kennolyn Camps Santa Cruz when combining sessions.

The mission of Kennolyn Camps states that it is a place for children to learn and grow, with a camp community that acknowledges and embraces diverse identities and operates on a non-discriminatory, equal-opportunity basis. The mission also states that the camp focuses on fostering emotional, social, and physical growth in each camper, while embracing fun, play, and adventure, and that kids build lifelong friendships, unplug from technology, and explore the world around them. The leadership team includes Lindsey Caldwell Johnson (Communications and Parent Relations Director), Andrew Townsend (General Manager), Samantha Townsend (Santa Cruz Mountains Overnight Camp Director), Mike Higginbotham (Huntington Lake Camp Director), Dan Johnson (Day Camp Director), Pam Caldwell Nootbaar (President), and Mackenzie Fullmer (Accounting).

Parent and camper testimonials describe enjoying tubing, rock jumping, yoga, kayaking, roasting marshmallows, campfire nights, camp songs, watching shooting stars, living with campers from all over the world, friendship bracelets, new foods, writing and receiving letters, and trying wakeboarding. One camper notes liking the freedom to choose activities and hiking to the creek, and another describes the counselors as awesome and the experience as feeling like one big family. A parent reports that the staff was professional and really cared about each camper.

Last updated March 10, 2026.