Camp Manito-wish YMCA

Camp Manito-wish YMCA offers Summer Camp with sailing, finding box turtles, and portaging a canoe. It also offers the Outpost Program for teenagers with progressive wilderness trips ranging from Lake Superior to the Rocky Mountains and from Canada to Alaska, along with an Emerging Leader Experience for campers who want a head start on becoming a cabin counselor while still participating as a camper.

Programs

• Summer Camp — Summer Camp is described as a time of discovery, with activities such as sailing, finding box turtles, and portaging a canoe.
• Outpost Program — Provides teenagers with progressive wilderness trips ranging from Lake Superior to the Rocky Mountains and from Canada to Alaska.
• Leadership Program — A Leadership Development Program with an exclusive, customized curriculum created from a comprehensive menu of leadership training venues and methods.
• Family Programs — Special events for families that strengthen families and friendships through individual and family growth, skill development, and traditional summer camp activities.
• Emerging Leader Experience — A program for campers who want a head start on becoming a cabin counselor while still participating as a camper.
• Outdoor Leadership School — Partners with national leaders in wilderness safety to provide training opportunities from leadership to first aid to water safety; all OLS courses are open to the public.

About the provider

The program says it is following a path established over a century ago by remarkable visionaries. Its mission is to enrich the character and leadership development of each person who has a Manito-wish experience, by challenging them to grow in wisdom, in stature, in favor with God, and with one another.

Campership financial assistance is available.

Last updated November 5, 2026.