Primitive Skills Summer Camps
Explore the outdoors at an adventure camp this summer.

Primitive Skills Summer Camps
Summer programs that provide a challenge for kids of all ages.

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Birch Rock Camp

Waterford, Maine
Residential boys' summer camp

Set apart by its size-only 85 campers- and its focus on non-competitive achievement, Birch Rock Camp for boys has offered exhilarating, traditional camp activities since 1926. The Birch Rock Community models a life of ...read more

Camp Twin Creeks

Marlinton, West Virginia
Residential coed summer camp

Camp Twin Creeks is where friendships flourish, childhood thrives and independence grows! During two weeks of traditional overnight camp, kids will become a part of a lifelong community. By unplugging from technology ...read more

KidCycle Club

Asheville, NC
Coed Day Camp

KidCycle Club Summer Biking Day Camps offer kids aged 5 to 12 in North and South Carolina a way to get immersed into biking fun for a whole week at a time – allowing them to build confidence in new skills and make ...read more

Camp Chosatonga

Brevard, North Carolina
Residential Boys' Summer Camp

For more than 50 years Camp Chosatonga and our sister camp, Kahdalea, have offered traditional and unplugged wilderness experiences in the heart of North Carolina's beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. Our Christian ...read more

Camp Balcones Springs

Marble Falls, Texas
Residential Coed Summer Camp

At Camp Balcones Springs, we want our campers to thrive and grow to reach their full potential. At CBS, we know the needs of today's youth, and we understand the culture in which they live. Therefore, we aim to ...read more

Night Eagle Wilderness Adventures

Wallingford, Vermont
Residential Boys' Summer Camp

Night Eagle Wilderness Adventures is a unique primitive summer camp for boys (ages 10-14). At Night Eagle, we live in tipis and do things that boys did hundreds of years ago - learn survival skills (fire making with ...read more

Safari Zoo Camp

Orono, Ontario
Residential Coed Summer Camp

Safari Zoo Camp at Jungle Cat World Wildlife Park is an exciting and unique experiential education program, which specializes in hands-on learning experiences with wildlife. Participants work alongside professional ...read more

Ekone Ranch Summer Camps

South Washington State
Coed Sleepaway Camp

Since 1986, Ekone Ranch has offered a one-of-a-kind camp program emphasizing natural horsemanship, nature-based activities, positive peer relationships, and a warm, welcoming camp community. This year we are offering a ...read more

Northwaters & Langskib- Canoe Trips with Heart & Meaning

Temagami, Ontario
Girls and Coed Wilderness Adventure Program

Our backcountry canoe trips take us through some of the most beautiful wild places in the world. Northwaters offers a unique blend of adventure and personal growth in a highly supportive environment. While the ...read more

Camp Cayuga

Pocono Mountains, Pennsylvania
Residential Coed Summer Camp

FIRST-TIME CAMPER GUARANTEE: Ages 6-16 * Separate Teen Campus * 100% Electives (5th grade & higher) * Over 60 Daily Activities: All Land & Water Sports, Horseback Riding, Trapeze, ATVs, Paintball, Skateboarding, ...read more

Camp Pinnacle

Hendersonville
Residential Coed Summer Camp

Experience the benefits of a 4-week session in just 2 or 3 weeks! Established in 1928, Camp Pinnacle is a non-denominational, boys and girls summer camp for children ages 7-16. Camp Pinnacle is located in the heart of ...read more

Camp Highlander

Horse Shoe, North Carolina
Residential coed summer camp

Camp Highlander is a residential summer camp in Mills River, North Carolina devoted to the growing and nurturing of boys and girls ages 6-16 in a safe, fun-filled, and electronics-free environment. Since 1957, we have ...read more

Burgundy Center for Wildlife Studies

outside Capon Bridge, West Virginia
Residential coed summer camp

The Burgundy Center is a unique nature camp for teens and children! Campers hike, swim, garden, and hunt for butterflies, warblers, foxes and salamanders in our secluded 600-acre wildlife sanctuary. We are located in ...read more

Turtle Island Preserve Summer Camps

Boone, North Carolina
Residential summer camp with separate sessions for boys and girls

Turtle Island Preserve is a 1000 acre Nature Preserve, and Wilderness Retreat Center nestled in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains, near the town of Boone, North Carolina. We offer exceptional education in a totally ...read more

Camp Hidden Meadows

Bartow, West Virginia
Residential coed summer camp

Amazing staff, welcoming community, lifelong friends, & endless fun! Camp Hidden Meadows offers 1 & 2-week sessions for children of all genders ages 6-17. Our four core values are Confidence, Community, ...read more

Tremont Summer Camp in the Smokies

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Townsend, TN
Coed residential camp

Imagine splashing around in an icy cold mountain stream, climbing ridges to an unbelievable view, or discovering nature through hands-on explorations, day hikes, and crafts. At Tremont's summer camps, campers can ...read more

NRA Whittington Adventure Camp

Raton, New Mexico
Residential Coed Summer Camp

How would you like to experience some of the wildest country left in the West, learning to hunt, shoot, camp, and sharpen your outdoor skills? This is exactly what the NRA Whittington Adventure Camp offers; a chance for ...read more

YMCA Camp Takodah

North Swanzey
Residential camp with separate sessions for boys and girls

Voted 'Best Overnight Camp in New Hampshire' - and only 90 minutes from Boston - Camp Takodah provides award-winning overnight camps for kids ages 8-15. Takodah helps campers discover who they are and what ...read more

Green River Preserve

Cedar Mountain, NC
Residential, coed environmental summer camp

Green River Preserve is a non-competitive, coed summer camp connecting children with nature. Located on a 3,400 acre private wildlife preserve in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina, this extraordinary ...read more

Camp Carolina

Brevard, North Carolina
Residential Boys' Summer Camp

Camp Carolina is a residential high adventure and sports camp in Western North Carolina surrounded by some of the South East's best lakes, river, mountains and trails to explore. At Carolina for 100 summers, boys ...read more

Camp Kahdalea

Brevard, North Carolina
Residential Girls' Summer Camp

For more than 50 years Camp Kahdalea and our brother camp, Chosatonga, have offered traditional and unplugged wilderness experiences in the heart of North Carolina's beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. Our Christian ...read more

Camp Fitch YMCA

N. Springfield, Pennsylvania
Residential Coed Summer Camp

Camp Fitch's century-old, classic sleep-away summer camp provides boys and girls aged 6-16 with a holistically safe, values-driven community where they discover friendship and achievement. Kids feel like they ...read more

Teton Valley Ranch Camps

Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Residential summer camp with separate sessions for boys and girls

Our traditional, 30-day Ranch Camp allows campers to be fully immersed in what our 2,300-acre ranch and surrounding National Forests and Parks have to offer. From fly fishing in flowing rivers, summiting mountain peaks ...read more

Langskib- Canoe Trips with Heart and Meaning

Temagami, Ontario
Wilderness canoeing adventures for boys

Langskib offers backcountry canoeing adventures from our remote Canadian island base camp with an emphasis on personal growth, leadership development, and expedition skills. We believe that our canoe trips are an ...read more

Camp Ridgecrest

Ridgecrest, North Carolina
Residential Boys' Summer Camp

Boys of all ages are looking for two things. They're looking for adventure and for someone to follow into that adventure. For over 90 summers, Camp Ridgecrest for Boys has been a place where campers follow role ...read more

Frost Valley YMCA Summer Camp & Adventure Trips

Claryville, New York
Residential Coed Camp

As a parent, you want your child to have growth-filled opportunities, healthy habits, and lifelong friendships. We partner with families to do exactly that. More than a place to cool off, our lake is where children ...read more

Swift Nature Camp

Minong, Wisconsin
Residential coed summer camp, ages 6-15

Swift Nature Camp is an overnight nature camp for boys and girls ages 6-15. Our focus is to blend traditional summer camp activities while increasing a child's appreciation for nature, science and the environment. ...read more

JCC Ranch Camp

Denver, CO
Wilderness Adventure Program

Set on 400 acres of forests, wildflowers, and trail systems, JCC Ranch Camp offers a summer adventure where campers can be fully immersed in the beauty of the Colorado outdoors. A premiere coed residential camp for ages ...read more

Camp Mondamin

Tuxedo, North Carolina
Residential Boys' Summer Camp

For over 100 years, Mondamin has been a traditional summer camp for boys on a mountain lake in NC, with a non-competitive wilderness focus. The emphasis is on water (canoeing and kayaking, sailing, and swimming), woods ...read more

Summer Camp at SOAR

North Carolina, Wyoming, Florida, and California
Residential Coed Summer Camp

SOAR offers high adventure summer camps designed specifically for youth and young adults between the ages of 8 and 25 diagnosed with ADHD and LD. Each of our summer camp programs promotes making friends, increasing ...read more