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Summer Camps

Traditional summer camps are residential boarding facilities offering structured programs geared towards individual enrichment and having fun in an outdoor setting. Camps include a primary lodge and cabins for young campers. They offer a variety of outdoor and indoor activities which may include swimming, arts, crafts, archery, sports, boating, horseback riding, and games. Site information may have content of interest to children, teens, and their parents. If your website has a version for campers and a version for parents, please submit the page intended for campers. Local summer school classes and programs that are travel or sightseeing tours are not considered camps for these categories.

Submit websites about supervised residential summer camps that offer structured activities suited for children and teenagers.

Academic Programs

Residential summer camps where the emphasis is on learning. Includes pre-college enrichment camps for teens as well as residential science or math camps for younger children. Regular summer school classes or language programs are not considered camps.

Submit residential summer camps that focus on academics including pre-college, math, science, social studies, or other learning activities.

Asia

Local summer school classes and programs that are travel or sightseeing tours are not considered camps for these categories.

Computer

Information about summer camps (including some that offer programs at other times of the year) focused on computer topics, including programming, web design, robotics, computer graphics, and related interests.

If your website has a version for campers and a version for parents, please submit the page intended for campers.

Farm

This category is for camps on farms that actually involve the children in real farm chores such as milking cows, working in the fields, or gathering eggs.

Horseback Riding

Residential summer camps for young people with a focus on horses and riding. These types of traditional camps follow a structured program that includes horses, but also includes swimming, arts, crafts, or games.

Submit websites about residential summer camps that concentrate primarily on horseback riding, but may include other activities as well.

Do not submit local riding programs, riding stables, or ranches.

Performing Arts

Residential summer camps with a focus on performing arts, including instrumental and vocal music, dance, stand-up comedy, and acting for stage or screen.

Submit sites that are traditional summer camps but have a focus on the performing arts, including music, dance, comedy, and theater.

Space

Residential summer camps whose focus is on the universe, astronauts, astronomy, rocketry, and space flight.

Submit residential summer camp sites that focus on space flight, science, astronomy, rocketry, and being an astronaut.

Special Needs

This category is for traditional summer camps and programs for kids and/or teens with special needs, such as ADHD, physical disabilities, diabetes, or blindness.

All sites submitted to this category must be designed for use by kids / teens and provide information on or about special needs summer camps.

English-only sites. Sites in other languages should be submitted to the appropriate category in /International.

Sites about camps for specific disabilities/conditions should be submitted to the appropriate subcategory.

Sports

Traditional summer camps with a focus on playing and developing skills in one or more sports. Other activities should also be offered including but not confined to swimming, boating, games, etc.

Submit sites about traditional summer camps that focus on one or more sports, including baseball, basketball, figure skating, hockey, or other sport.

Please do not submit local recreational summer programs or professional sport academy or school websites. Traditional summer camps must be residential facilities offering structured programs for children and teens.

Travel and Adventure

Traditional summer camps that offer programs for travel and adventure, which may include bike trips, kayaking, hiking, mountaineering, sailing, or other adventure. Campers should have the residential camp as their base where they leave and return. This is not intended for supervised or unsupervised Travel and Adventure Tours for young people, or for leadership programs.

Please submit only sites about traditional summer camps that offer travel and adventure as part of their programming for their campers.

Do not submit sites about supervised or unsupervised university programs, leadership programs, vacation, adventure, or travel tours for young people.

Weight Loss

This category is for traditional summer camps which are dedicated to helping campers lose weight through exercise, nutrition, education, and lifestyle changes.

Submit only sites that are about the traditional summer camp experience with a focus on weight loss through exercise, nutrition, education, and lifestyle changes.