The Nature Connection Summer Camp

The Nature Connection Summer Camps offers summer camps for ages 5-18. Its programs include Delta Day Camp Generation Wild, which runs Monday-Thursday from 9:00am-3:00pm for ages 7-11, and Outdoor Explore trips for boys and girls ages 12-14 that include fishing, foraging, paddle boarding, biking, hiking, tent camping, cooking while camping, Leave No Trace principles, teamwork, communication, and evening reflections.

Programs

• Summer Camps — 5-18 · Hosts up to eight weeks of summer camp throughout Delta County; camps in Hotchkiss and Delta are described on the site.
• Little Wilder Hotchkiss Camps
• Generation Wild Hotchkiss Camps
• Outdoor Explore (boys) — 12-14 · 4 days, 3 nights. All outdoor trip with fishing, paddle boarding, biking, hiking, tents, cooking while camping, Leave No Trace principles, teamwork, communication, and evening reflections.
• Outdoor Explore (girls) — 12-14 · 4 days, 3 nights. Camping trip with foraging, paddle boarding, biking, hiking, tents, cooking while camping, Leave No Trace principles, teamwork, communication, and evening reflections.
• Delta Day Camp Generation Wild — 7-11 · Monday-Thursday, 9:00am-3:00pm · $225 per week · One week or all eight weeks. Mondays-Wednesdays at Delta Middle School; Thursdays at Sweitzer Lake State Park in Delta.

At a glance

• Ages: 5–18 years old
• Price range: $225 per week
• General schedule: The Nature Connection hosts up to eight weeks of summer camp throughout Delta County. Delta Day Camp runs Monday-Thursday, 9:00am-3:00pm. Overnight camps drop off Monday at 8:30am and pickup Thursday at 1pm.

About the provider

The program’s goal is to help children develop confidence and connection by playing, exploring, and challenging themselves outdoors. Part of the operation is conducted on public lands under special permit from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and the United States Forest Service.

Scholarships are available. Free lunch is provided by Delta County School District for Delta Day Camp and "Send it!" Bike Tech Camp. The overnight camps provide meals. The program says registration for "Send it!" Bike Tech Camp is through DCSD, not the Ultracamp system.

Last updated September 6, 2026.