Camp Wingra
Wingra Canoe and Sailing Center, 824 Knickerbocker Street, Madison, WI 53711
About
Camp Wingra offers fishing, paddling, and nature exploration, along with arts and crafts and environmental education. Campers use canoes, kayaks, and stand up paddleboards (SUP) and take part in team-building activities. Enthusiastic, well-trained counselors guide campers through these activities.
Mission: At Camp Wingra, the mission is to create meaningful summer adventures built around outdoor exploration, skill-building, and community.
Parents and guest instructors describe their children and campers as enjoying Pirate (Ahoy Matey) Camp, Girls Do It All, and other camps, and they highlight the counselors’ effort, passion, and relationships with campers. A fly fishing guest instructor, Jeff Reinke, notes that it was an honor to fish with campers and expresses interest in seeing them on the water in the future. Parents also mention that their children talk about returning for more sessions and remember the counselors when deciding to sign up again. A former counselor from 2017 and 2018 states that they miss camp and would like to return. The program uses a lottery-based registration process and limits campers to only one camp per season, with a focus on personalized paddling and fishing instruction in small groups and a camp culture built on connection, friendships, and confidence-building, with enthusiastic, well-trained counselors guiding every step.
Last updated February 26, 2026.
Mission: At Camp Wingra, the mission is to create meaningful summer adventures built around outdoor exploration, skill-building, and community.
Parents and guest instructors describe their children and campers as enjoying Pirate (Ahoy Matey) Camp, Girls Do It All, and other camps, and they highlight the counselors’ effort, passion, and relationships with campers. A fly fishing guest instructor, Jeff Reinke, notes that it was an honor to fish with campers and expresses interest in seeing them on the water in the future. Parents also mention that their children talk about returning for more sessions and remember the counselors when deciding to sign up again. A former counselor from 2017 and 2018 states that they miss camp and would like to return. The program uses a lottery-based registration process and limits campers to only one camp per season, with a focus on personalized paddling and fishing instruction in small groups and a camp culture built on connection, friendships, and confidence-building, with enthusiastic, well-trained counselors guiding every step.
Last updated February 26, 2026.
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