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Overnight residential camp for girls entering grades 2-12. Swimming, Ropes Course, Archery, Horseback Riding, Crafts and more.
Traditional overnight camp for ages 7-16. Equestrian Camp for girls ages 9-16. Counselor in Training sessions for ages 15-17. Family Camp weekends available.
Camp Horizons is a summer sleep-away camp for campers ages 6-16. We offer a variety of activities such as swimming, archery, drama, arts & crafts, and horseback as well as an Outdoor Adventure Camp and Equestrian Camp.
Camp Launch provides eligible students in grades 7-10 with unique academic and enrichment opportunities. Campers are recruited from school districts throughout Virginia to participate in this two-week residential program with courses in STEM, Writing, and Personal Development.
Camp Orbit is a two-week extension of Camp Launch and is designed to provide 5-6 Camp Launch alums with an opportunity to participate in hands-on research and mentorship with a W&M or VIMS professor.
Secular, co-ed summer camps with week-long residential and day programs for children aged 5-17
Christian Youth Camp
Day camp for girls entering grades 1-12. Swimming, Ropes Course, Archery, Hiking, Canoeing, Crafts and more.
Founded in 2017, Camp Under the Stars is an overnight summer camp for ages 5-17. We are located in the Prince William Forest National Park in Dumfries, Virginia.
Entrepreneurial Summer Immersion Camp
For 5 days, driven young women from around Hampton Roads will engage in hands-on business building, mentorship from collegiate scholars, and a transformative self-development experience. They’ll leave with new skills, newfound confidence, and a network of empowering, future-focused peers.
Envision Lead Grow’s mission is to increase the rate of entrepreneurship in today’s youth, thereby transforming communities of poverty to communities of prosperity through economic development, social justice, and promoting ownership, equity, and investment in marginalized communities around the globe. We are committed to helping them build their future through entrepreneurship by creating a community to support their success.
This free 5-day sleep away camp is held on the campus of Old Dominion University.
Scouting Programs and Summer camps, open to Girl Scouts and non-Girl Scouts ages 6 and up.
Adaptive Camp at the YMCA at JT's Camp Grom in Virginia Beach is designed for campers ages 5 to 12 whose physical, social and emotional abilities require additional assistance when participating in camp activities. Adaptive camp is staffed with a 1:3 counselor to camper ratio. Prior to camp, we will meet with parents to plan a fun summer camp experience tailored to each camper’s needs and abilities.
Activities include:
Archery
Arts & Crafts
Challenge Course
Cable Water Sports
Fishing
Group Games
Outdoor Education
Sling Shots
Splash Pad & Swimming
Sports
Located on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, YMCA Camp Silver Beach is an overnight summer camp for ages 8 to 16, set on 151 amazing acres filled with forests, trees and wetlands and surrounded by the beautiful Chesapeake Bay. Campers enjoy beachfront and land activities like swimming, Alpine Tower, tubing, sailing, sports, games, performing arts, and more. This is true paradise—and best of all, it’s just for kids and teens (and, okay, some pretty awesome counselors, lifeguards and instructors too).
One-week and two-week sessions are available.
All inclusive overnight camp experience
Overnight nature and adventure summer camps throughout the state of Virginia.
Virginia Space Flight Academy provides Six Co-Ed Residential Camps for ages 11-16
The Virginia Earth System Science Scholars (VESSS) program is an interactive online science, technology, engineering, and mathematics learning experience for Virginia high school juniors and seniors, highlighted by a seven-day residential summer academy at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. Students selected to participate in the program are immersed in NASA-related research, focusing on the Earth’s responses to changes in climate, weather, and natural hazards, through interaction with scientists, engineers, and technologists.
Camp Kekoka helps to prepare young people for their future by engaging them in developing life skills. We have knee boarding, kayaking, gaga ball, skiing, windsurfing, fishing, crabbing, swimming pool and waterfront, arts and crafts, archery, drama, basketball, cooking, spike ball, glow in the dark bocce ball, and so much more.