Summer Overnight Camps in Virginia
- Summer camps in Virginia offer a variety of programs including water sports.girl at summer gymnastic camp image by Galina Barskaya from Fotolia.com
From wilderness camps to sports camps; music and arts camps to science camps, summer overnight camps offer a great experience for American children. In Virginia alone, a variety of residential summer camps offer a selection of experiences. The Virginia Guide to Summer Camps features camps that provide adventurous opportunities for campers. - Cheerio Adventures Camp, based out of Mouth of Wilson, Virginia is a wilderness adventure camp. It offers a standard 14-day overnight camp for teens 12-17. Different camp programs are offered for different age groups, and a variety of shorter programs are likewise offered, including five and seven-day camps for younger kids. Cheerio Adventures offers rock climbing, whitewater rafting, canoeing, cave diving, backpacking and mountain biking.
- Camp Staunton Meadows, in Clover is a less extreme camp adventure that still offers a wide variety of activities and opportunities. Staunton Meadows offers one and two-week sessions, a teen leadership program and activities such as horseback riding, arts and crafts, photography, canoeing and swimming. Camp Staunton offers 420 acres of camp grounds, and fosters personal relationships with campers through a staff to camper ratio of 1-to-4.
- Camp Friendship, in Palmyrais a traditional coed residential camp that offers one and two-week sessions from the ages of 6 to 16. Programs that are offered at Camp Friendship include equestrian, gymnastics, golf, tennis and challenge trips for teens.
