This summer camps directory is the most comprehensive guide for the 2008 camping season to help you find overnight coed summer camps for children of all ages. Choose from programs designed as elementary summer camps and those specifically for high school kids and teenagers. This year, find the best course for your son or daughter from a variety of offerings in most states throughout the US and in Canada. Weight loss summer camps for teens are listed along with Christian and military summer camps. Included are academic and college-prep programs that specialize in leadership, computers, SAT preparation, and summer language camps. For your extreme child, search among adventure camps for backpacking, canoeing, kayaking, sailing, whitewater rafting, and mountaineering. Find a camp for your young actor, artist, photographer, sculptor or magician. Many camps offer traditional sports like basketball, baseball, soccer, swimming, horse backing riding and tennis as well as extreme sports like BMX, inline skating, skateboarding and surfing. Find girls only or boys only sleep away camp in any region throughout the United States and Canada. Also included in the guide are programs designed just for children with autism, ADD or ADHD, or other special needs. In addition to the smaller, family owned programs, traditional camps offered through the YMCA, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts are also listed in the summer camps guide.

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Academic and Pre-College Summer Camps
Animals, Aviation, Business, College Prep, Computers, Creative Writing, Culinary, Finance, General Academics , Gifted, History, International Studies, Languages, Leadership, Liberal Arts, Marine Science, Math, Public Speaking and Debate, Robotics, SAT Prep, Science, Space, ...

Adventure Summer Camps
Backpacking, Canoeing, Caving, Enviromental, Farming, Hiking, Hunting, Kayaking, Mountain Biking, Mountaineering, Orienteering, Piloting, Primitive Skills, Rappelling, Rock Climbing , Ropes Courses, Sailing, Scuba, Survival , Whitewater Rafting, Wilderness, ...

Arts Summer Camps
Acting, Arts and Crafts, Ceramics, Circus, Dance, Drama, Performing Arts and Theater, Drawing and Painting, Magic, Music, Photography, Video, Film, TV, Pottery, Sculpture , Visual Arts, ...

Co-Ed Summer Camps
AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, Canada, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY, ...

Day Camps

Family Camps

Military Summer Camps

Religious Summer Camps
Anglican, Baptist, Bible, Catholic, Christian, Jewish, Lutheran, Mennonite, Methodist, Muslim, Presbyterian, ...

Special Needs Summer Camps
Asperger's, Asthma, Autism, Behavioral Correction, Blood Disorder, Burn, Cancer, Cerebral Palsy, Community Service, Cystic Fibrosis, Developmental Disabilities , Diabetes, Emotional Problems, Epliepsy, Hearing Impaired, HIV and AIDS, Learning Disabilities ADD ADHD, Mainstreaming, Mental Retardation , Muscular Dystrophy, Physical Disabilites, Speech Impaired, Spina Bifida, Substance Abuse, Tourettes Syndrome, Visually Impaired, Weight Loss, ...

Sports Summer Camps
Aerobics, Alpine Skiing, Archery, ATV and Motorcross, Auto Racing, Baseball and Softball, Basketball, BMX, Cheerleading, Chess, Crew and Rowing, Cycling, Diving, Equestrian and Horseback Riding, Fencing, Field Hockey, Fishing, Fitness, Football, General Sports, Golf, Gymnastics, Ice Hockey, Ice Skating, Inline Skating, Lacrosse, Martial Arts, Paintball, Riflery, Skateboarding, Snowboarding, Soccer, Surfing, Swimming, Tennis, Track and Field, Volleyball , Wakeboarding, Water Sports, Waterskiing, Windsurfing, Wrestling, Yoga, ...

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Summer Camps by Region
Canada, East, New England, Mid Atlantic, Midwest, Central States, South, Southeast, West, Southwest, Pacific Northwest, ...

Summer Camps by State
AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY, ...

Summer Camps Just For Boys

Summer Camps Just For Girls

Traditional Residential Summer Camps
4-H, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, YMCA Camps, ...

Travel Camps and Summer Tours

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Find the Right Summer Camp for Your Child

Your library's Guide to Summer Camps looks like a thick little phone book with thousands of listings. An Internet search engine has 22,000 camps in its data base. How do you choose a camp - when every description sounds wonderful, every camp brochure is fantastic, and every website looks like a gorgeous work of wilderness art?

The best way to choose a camp is to first determine what you and your child want from the camping experience and then go from there. If your child wants a classic camp experience with swimming, hiking and S'mores, then you want a general camp. If your child has an interest in a certain sport or wants a certain kind of wilderness experience like backpacking, or if your child has interest in particular field like drama, then you may want to look at a specialty camp. More on How to Find the Right Summer Camp for your child >>

Looking for a Summer Job?

Visit our Summer Camps Jobs page to find a job in Outdoor Education, Wilderness Therapy, Leadership Expeditions, Adventure Camps, and more!

Specialized Summer Camps

Does your child need a specialized programs? Aspen Education Group has summer programs for many different needs, from wilderness therapy for behavioral issues to adventure camps for kids with autism, ADHD, Asperger's syndrome, PDD, and even weight loss adventure camps. Please call to learn more.

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Talisman Summer Camps offer programs for children ages 8 to 17 with LD, ADD and ADHD much more than the typical summer adventure. Talisman specializes in creating camps that offer not only adventure, but learning experiences, for children and teenagers with learning disabilities, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Asperger's syndrome and high-functioning autism. Learn more about Talisman Camps >>