Children in preschool through 8th grade can experience fun this summer naturally while participating in one or more of the 49 different Summer Day Camps.
Summer day camps offer fun and educational activities, field trips, and
an overnight campout for select camps. Camps are led by qualified staff at various park locations.
Explore the complete listing of Lake Metroparks summer day camp online and
in Parks Plus!
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NEW! Scientific Exploration Adventures (Grades 6 – 8) A brand new camp at a brand new facility designed for scientific exploration and observation. Learn about the natural systems of water, energy, and geology as we observe, investigate, and experiment. This is a four-day camp.
The First Discoveries camp (Kindergarten) - This camp provides an excellent opportunity for a young child’s first camp experience through hands-on exploration of the natural world around us. Activities will engage campers to help them learn about the 3 R’s of the environment – reverence, respect, and responsibility through hiking, games, crafts, and more.
Bite Sized Camps (grades 1 - 5) - Mini-camps that are only one or two days in length, yet offer a full array of activities, such as backcountry skills, rock climbing, fishing, science, art, scavenger hunts, and discovering plants and farm animals.
Art Adventures Camp (grades 1 – 5) - Campers explore the patterns and colors of nature by artistically investigating different parks. Try painting with different mediums, learn sketching and shading techniques and make a naturalist sketch journal.
Camp Luckystone (grades 1 - 5) - Seven different camps provide a combination of nature and recreation and include two to three field trips each week. Series includes Rocks Rock!, Wild Things, Treasure Hunters, and Skate and Score.
Wild Encounters Camp (Ages 8 - 11)- Join us for a week at the Wildlife Center for live animal encounters, & peeks behind the scenes. Become an animal trainer and try wild activities! End the week with a visit to Cleveland Zoo/Rainforest.
Lake Metroparks Adventure Camps! – Five camp offerings include Ultimate Adventures (ages 7 to 11 & 11-14) where campers experience the thrill of canoeing, rock climbing, kayaking, snorkeling (conditions permitting), archery and more. In Fish Expedition Adventure, campers will land some new knowledge about fish, fish rivers and ponds, use spin and fly rods and tie flies and end the week on a Lake Erie Charter!
Dairy Delight (Grades 3 – 6) - Spend four days as a dairy farmer when you take care of dairy cows and calves, make home made ice cream, butter and cheese.
Campers even visit a dairy farm and the Environmental Learning Center.
Mommy and Me Mini Camp -Experience life on the farm with your three-year old child. Milk a cow, tend a garden, groom a mini horse, make crafts, and read farm stories. This fun interactive camp is designed for a parent or guardian with children who are three years of age by June 1.
This is a three-day camp.
Farmcamps - Milk a cow, make brownies, groom a horse, and create a country fair for your family. Explore animals, plants, and farm products; and experience farm chores and farm life. Three camps to choose from: Once upon a Farmcamp (Preschool), Farmcamp, (grades K - 4), and Farm Adventures (grades 4 to 6), which includes an overnight stay at Farmpark.
Horse’n Around Camp (ages 8 - 12). Experience the world of horses, ride like knights and fair ladies on a horse led by experience horsemen. Ride in a show wagon on parade day, visit horse farms, learn to care for horses, and explore animal careers.
Horse Sense (ages 9 - 12) -
Dream of driving a draft horse, riding English and Western style, or owning a horse? Experience horsemanship and a trip to a horse farm. Campers ride horses led by experienced horseman.
Leaves and Livestock(ages 8 - 12) - Tend to farm animals, see how farmers grow and discover hydroponics. Visit Lake Metroparks Environmental Learning Center and the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo and investigate native plants and wild animals.
Renewable Energy Camp (ages 8 - 12) - Build a solar powered toy, make a wind turbine, go on a “green building” scavenger hunt, and discover the science of renewable resources.This is a four-day camp.
It’s a Wooly World(ages 8 – 12) - Shear sheep, spin yarn, weave a wooly creation and tend sheep, goats and rabbits that provide the fiber used to make clothes. Continue your adventure at a alpaca farm.
Horse’n Around Camp (ages 9 - 12) - Experience the world of horses, learn to groom, lunge, and drive our show wagon. Try a variety of riding disciplines led by experienced horsemen. Visit horse farms and explore equine careers.
Beach Adventure Camp (grades K - 5) - If your camper enjoys being in
the water, set sail for the beach at Fairport Harbor Lakefront Park this summer. Activities range from swimming and kayaking to kite flying, hiking, games, nature, crafts and more. This camp is available by the day, or by the week.
Boat Camp (ages 12 - 16) - Learn the world of boating. An Ohio Boaters Education Certification Course is given first to educate the campers on the rules and regulation of boating. After dry land training, they will learn how to canoe, kayak, sail, and drive a powerboat. This is a 5-day camp with course work and hands-on in the water using canoes, kayaks, sail boats, power boats and pwc (jet skis).
Sailing camp (ages 12 - 16) - Offers youth the chance to learn the ins and outs of handling small sailboats. They will handle a variety of small sailboats in the protected harbor. Campers should expect to be on and in the water.
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