Quaker Summer Camps 2022

Quaker Summer Sleep-Away Opportunities for Kids

Most Friends Camps are affordable and provide a range of activities. 

Baltimore Yearly Meeting Camps

• Shiloh, VA, http://bymcamps.org/programs/shiloh-quaker-camp/
• Opequon, MD, http://bymcamps.org/programs/opequon-quaker-camp/
• Teen Adventure, VA http://bymcamps.org/programs/teen-adventure/
• Catoctin, MD http://bymcamps.org/programs/catoctin-quaker-camp/

For families who seek over-night Friends summer camp for 6, 7, and 8 year-olds, five Friends’ camps (on the US East Coast) fill the need.  Registration for some camps begin in early December and camps can fill up in hours.

Those camps include: 

• Dark Waters, NJ, http://www.campdarkwaters. org/
• Onus, PA http://camponas.org/
• Friends Camp, ME http://friendscamp.org/
• Camp Celo, NC http://www.campcelo.com/ (farm focus)

2 Camps have a farm focus, Celo and Tamarack Farm:

• Camp Celo, Burnsville NC, https://www.campcelo.com/
• Tamarack Farm, VT, https://www.farmandwilderness.org/camps/tamarack-farm (farm focus)

Farm and Wilderness overnight camps in Vermont: 

• Saltash Mountain Camp, https://farmandwilderness.org/saltash-mountain/
• Flying Cloud, https://farmandwilderness.org/flying-cloud/
• Timberlake, https://farmandwilderness.org/timberlake/
• Indian Brook, https://farmandwilderness.org/indian-brook/
• Red Spruce Grove, https://www.farmandwilderness.org/camps/red-spruce-grove

Two Camps are devoted to the Performing Arts:

• Monteverde, Costa Rica, Theater Camp, http://mfschool.org/summer-camp-in-costa-rica/ (This camp is the only bilingual camp)
• Friends Music Camp, Earlham, IN, https://www.friendsmusiccamp.org/

More camps that are non-profits or connected to Yearly Meetings:

• Neekaunis, Ontario, https://www.neekaunis.org/
• Mountain Friends Camp, NM, http://mountainfriendscamp.org/
• Quaker Knoll, Wilmington Yearly Meeting, OH, https://quakerknoll.org/quaker-knoll-summer-camps/
• Santa Cruz, CA, Ben Lomond Camp, The Art and Service Camp, June 18 to Saturday June 25
• Camp Woodbrooke, Richland Center, WI, http://www.campwoodbrooke.org/
• Camp Wombat, Woolman, CA, https://woolman.org/camp/wombat-camp/
• Teen Leadership Camp, Woolman, CA, https://woolman.org/camp/teen-leadership-camp/

Friends Camps with a Christian Focus

• QuakerLake, NC, http://www.quakerlakecamp.org/
• Twin Rocks Camp, OR http://www.twinrocks.org/ (4 camps of different ages)
• Camp Quaker Haven, KS, https://www.campquakerhaven.org/
• Quaker Haven Camp, IN, http://quakerhaven.com/ (5+ camps of different ages)
• Iowa Yearly Meeting Camp, IA, https://www.iaymyouth.org/camp.html

Camps owned by individuals grounded in Quaker values and had Quaker founders

• Camp Applejack, NY, http://campregis-applejack.com/
• Camp Shohola, PA, http://www.shohola.com/

Other Opportunities for Children of All Ages

• Friend General Conference, first week of July http://www.fgcquaker.org/connect/gathering
• Many residential Yearly Meeting Gatherings are fabulous places for kids to attend.
• Some Yearly Meetings have quarterly High School and Middle School conferences.
• Many Friends Schools host summer day camps.
• Many Friends camps also have family camps and work camps.

Day Camp

Friendly Horse Acres https://www.friendlyhorseacres.org/

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