At these Nature Summer Camps near Ann Arbor your kids will learn to appreciate the world around us. These camps include outdoor nature camps, animal camps, and ecology camps.
Camp Guide Sponsor - Camp Curiouser
Camp Curiouser hosts half-day camps for children ages 9-13 at beautiful Robin Hills Farms in Chelsea, Michigan. Morning sessions focus on ecology and field studies and afternoon sessions investigate our local foodshed and focus on food preparation. Both sessions can be combined with a supervised lunch for families who would like their child to have a full-day experience.Camp Curiouser’s goals are to:
- Use children’s natural curiosity and enthusiasm for the outdoors to explore important ecological concepts.
- Investigate the abundant agricultural history and practices in our area.
- Discover how fascinating plants are by learning about wild plants as well as the cultivated plants we eat.
- Explore food in new ways by making and tasting new foods each week.
- Have fun outside and in the food lab!
Camp Categories: Animals/Nature, Art
Weeks: Before June 14, Week 01 - June 17-21, Week 02 - June 24-28, Week 04 - July 8-12, Week 05 - July 15-19, Week 07 - July 29-August 2
Camp Ages: Elementary School, 6th Graders, 7th Graders, 8th Graders
More Summer Camps
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2024 Nature Summer Camps Near Ann Arbor
At these camps, your child’s camp experience will include a focus on nature – the outdoors, environment, ecology, plants, animals, and more. Most camps will include arts and crafts and spending time outdoors. Kids will learn new skills and gain a love of nature.
This list includes both indoor and outdoor summer camps near Ann Arbor that focus on nature. Camps like Leslie Science and Nature Center are almost all outside while other camps spend more time indoor but focus on animals or ecology.
2024 summer camps are still being announced. Check out these 2024 listings and then check the section below for 2023 camps and wait for updates.
Note: List order is randomized each time the page is loaded with our sponsors showing at the top. Sponsors listings include a description and an image/logo.
Some camps listed may offer a wide variety of themed camps that include Nature camps. Not all of their camp sessions will be nature camps.
Apple Scouts Nature Immersion Camp
Apple Playschools’ Apple Scouts is a gender-inclusive, multi-age, outdoors camp based on the belief that all children have the right to play and connect to the natural world. Children in our camp programs are immersed in the outdoors in all kinds of weather. Through child-initiated activities like hiking, tracking, mapping, playing, building, and creating, Apple Scouts explore the rich surroundings offered by local parks, woods, trails – even the farmer’s market! Campers traverse the community by bus and foot, growing alongside the neighbors and nature they encounter.
Locations:
Camp Categories: Animals/Nature, Art, Outdoors, STEM
Camp Ages: Kindergarteners, Elementary School
Enrollment Types: Multi-Week, Full Day
Financial Aid Available
Price: Two week Sessions (week 1-4): $635/two week session, after care $150/session. One week session (week 5): $317.50/one week session, after care $75/session
Registration Opens: February 1, 2024
Maximum Day: 8:30am-5:30pm
Availability: Available
Camp Year: 2024
Weeks: Week 01 – June 17-21, Week 02 – June 24-28, Week 03 – July 1-5, Week 04 – July 8-12, Week 05 – July 15-19, Week 06 – July 22-26, Week 07 – July 29-August 2, Week 08 – August 5-9, Week 09 – August 12-16
Howell Nature Center
Camp Categories: Animals/Nature, Art
Camp Ages: Kindergarteners, Elementary School, 6th Graders, 7th Graders, 8th Graders, High Schoolers
Enrollment Types: Full Week, Full Day, Overnight
Camp Year: 2024
Weeks: Before June 14, Week 01 – June 17-21, Week 02 – June 24-28, Week 03 – July 1-5, Week 04 – July 8-12, Week 05 – July 15-19, Week 06 – July 22-26, Week 07 – July 29-August 2, Week 08 – August 5-9, Week 09 – August 12-16
Champions Camp
Camp Categories: Academic, Animals/Nature, Art, Computer, Food, Music, Outdoors, Pop Culture, Public Safety, STEM, Theater
Camp Ages: Elementary School
Enrollment Types: Multi-Week, Full Week, Daily Registration, Full Day
Camp Year: 2024
Weeks: Week 01 – June 17-21, Week 02 – June 24-28, Week 03 – July 1-5, Week 04 – July 8-12, Week 05 – July 15-19, Week 06 – July 22-26, Week 07 – July 29-August 2, Week 08 – August 5-9, Week 09 – August 12-16
Girl Scout Overnight Camp
Locations:
Camp Categories: Animals/Nature, Outdoors, Overnight
Camp Ages: Elementary School, 6th Graders, 7th Graders, 8th Graders, High Schoolers
Enrollment Types: Multi-Week, Full Week, Overnight
Camp Year: 2024
Weeks: Week 03 – July 1-5, Week 04 – July 8-12, Week 05 – July 15-19, Week 06 – July 22-26, Week 07 – July 29-August 2, Week 08 – August 5-9
PandaPrograms
Camp Categories: Animals/Nature, Outdoors
Camp Ages: Preschoolers, Kindergarteners, Elementary School
Enrollment Types: Full Week, Full Day
Camp Year: 2024
Weeks: Week 02 – June 24-28, Week 03 – July 1-5, Week 04 – July 8-12, Week 05 – July 15-19, Week 06 – July 22-26, Week 07 – July 29-August 2
Michigan Out-of-Doors Youth Camp
Locations:
Camp Categories: Animals/Nature, Outdoors, Overnight
Camp Ages: Elementary School, 6th Graders, 7th Graders, 8th Graders, High Schoolers
Enrollment Types: Full Week, Full Day, Overnight
Financial Aid Available
Camp Year: 2024
Weeks: Week 01 – June 17-21, Week 02 – June 24-28, Week 04 – July 8-12, Week 05 – July 15-19, Week 06 – July 22-26, Week 07 – July 29-August 2, Week 08 – August 5-9
Cedar Ridge Equestrian Center Horse Camp
Camp Categories: Animals/Nature, Sport
Camp Ages: Elementary School, 6th Graders, 7th Graders, 8th Graders, High Schoolers
Enrollment Types: Full Week, Daily Registration, Full Day
Camp Year: 2024
Weeks: Before June 14, Week 01 – June 17-21, Week 02 – June 24-28, Week 04 – July 8-12, Week 06 – July 22-26, Week 07 – July 29-August 2, Week 08 – August 5-9, Week 09 – August 12-16, Week 10 – August 19-23
Camp Gan Israel
Locations:
Camp Categories: Academic, Animals/Nature, Art, Outdoors, Sport, STEM
Camp Ages: Kindergarteners, Elementary School, 6th Graders, 7th Graders
Enrollment Types: Multi-Week, Full Week, Daily Registration, Full Day
Financial Aid Available
Camp Year: 2024
Weeks: Week 02 – June 24-28, Week 03 – July 1-5, Week 04 – July 8-12, Week 05 – July 15-19, Week 06 – July 22-26, Week 07 – July 29-August 2
Michigan Audubon Young Birders Camp
Camp Categories: Animals/Nature
Camp Ages: 8th Graders, High Schoolers
Enrollment Types: Full Week, Overnight
Camp Year: 2024
Weeks: Week 02 – June 24-28
Blue Turtle Nature Awareness and Wilderness Skills Camp
Locations:
Camp Categories: Animals/Nature
Camp Ages: Elementary School, 6th Graders, 7th Graders, 8th Graders, High Schoolers
Enrollment Types: Full Week, Full Day
Financial Aid Available
Camp Year: 2024
Weeks: Week 01 – June 17-21, Week 02 – June 24-28, Week 04 – July 8-12, Week 05 – July 15-19, Week 06 – July 22-26, Week 07 – July 29-August 2, Week 08 – August 5-9
Unity in Learning/Leslie Science Center & Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum
Locations:
Camp Categories: Animals/Nature, Outdoors, STEM
Camp Ages: Preschoolers, Kindergarteners, Elementary School, 6th Graders, 7th Graders, 8th Graders
Enrollment Types: Full Week, Full Day
Camp Year: 2024
Weeks: Before June 14, Week 01 – June 17-21, Week 02 – June 24-28, Week 03 – July 1-5, Week 04 – July 8-12, Week 05 – July 15-19, Week 06 – July 22-26, Week 07 – July 29-August 2, Week 08 – August 5-9, Week 09 – August 12-16, Week 10 – August 19-23, Week 11 – August 26-30
Camp Curiouser
Camp Categories: Animals/Nature, Art
Camp Ages: Elementary School, 6th Graders, 7th Graders, 8th Graders
Enrollment Types: Full Week, Full Day, Half Day
Camp Year: 2024
Weeks: Before June 14, Week 01 – June 17-21, Week 02 – June 24-28, Week 04 – July 8-12, Week 05 – July 15-19, Week 07 – July 29-August 2
Ann Arbor YMCA Day Camps
Locations:
Camp Categories: Animals/Nature, Art, Computer, Food, LEGO, Outdoors, Pop Culture, Sport, STEM, Theater
Camp Ages: Kindergarteners, Elementary School, 6th Graders, 7th Graders, 8th Graders, High Schoolers
Enrollment Types: Full Week, Full Day, Half Day
Financial Aid Available
Camp Year: 2024
Weeks: Week 01 – June 17-21, Week 02 – June 24-28, Week 03 – July 1-5, Week 04 – July 8-12, Week 05 – July 15-19, Week 06 – July 22-26, Week 07 – July 29-August 2, Week 08 – August 5-9, Week 09 – August 12-16, Week 10 – August 19-23
Summers-Knoll School
Camp Categories: Academic, Animals/Nature, Art, Food, Music, Pop Culture, STEM, Theater
Camp Ages: Preschoolers, Kindergarteners, Elementary School, 6th Graders
Enrollment Types: Full Week, Full Day
Camp Year: 2024
Weeks: Week 03 – July 1-5, Week 04 – July 8-12, Week 05 – July 15-19, Week 06 – July 22-26, Week 07 – July 29-August 2, Week 08 – August 5-9, Week 09 – August 12-16
Camp Paws
Locations:
Camp Categories: Animals/Nature
Camp Ages: Preschoolers, Kindergarteners, Elementary School, 6th Graders, 7th Graders, 8th Graders, High Schoolers
Enrollment Types: Full Week, Full Day, Half Day
Camp Year: 2024
Weeks: Before June 14, Week 01 – June 17-21, Week 02 – June 24-28, Week 03 – July 1-5, Week 04 – July 8-12, Week 05 – July 15-19, Week 06 – July 22-26, Week 07 – July 29-August 2, Week 08 – August 5-9, Week 09 – August 12-16, Week 10 – August 19-23
Teddy Bear Day Care & Learning Center
Camp Categories: Animals/Nature, Art, Food, Sport
Camp Ages: Kindergarteners, Elementary School, 6th Graders, 7th Graders
Enrollment Types: Multi-Week, Full Week, Daily Registration, Full Day
Camp Year: 2024
Weeks: Before June 14, Week 01 – June 17-21, Week 02 – June 24-28, Week 03 – July 1-5, Week 04 – July 8-12, Week 05 – July 15-19, Week 06 – July 22-26, Week 07 – July 29-August 2, Week 08 – August 5-9, Week 09 – August 12-16, Week 10 – August 19-23
Emerson School
Camp Categories: Academic, Animals/Nature, Art, Computer, Food, LEGO, Music, Outdoors, Pop Culture, Sport, STEM, Theater
Camp Ages: Preschoolers, Kindergarteners, Elementary School, 6th Graders, 7th Graders, 8th Graders
Enrollment Types: Full Week, Full Day, Half Day
Camp Year: 2024
Weeks: Week 01 – June 17-21, Week 02 – June 24-28, Week 03 – July 1-5, Week 05 – July 15-19, Week 06 – July 22-26, Week 07 – July 29-August 2, Week 08 – August 5-9, Week 09 – August 12-16, Week 10 – August 19-23
Camp Georgetown
Camp Categories: Animals/Nature, Pop Culture, STEM
Camp Ages: Kindergarteners, Elementary School, 6th Graders, 7th Graders, 8th Graders, High Schoolers
Enrollment Types: Full Week, Daily Registration, Full Day
Camp Year: 2024
Weeks: Week 01 – June 17-21, Week 02 – June 24-28, Week 03 – July 1-5, Week 04 – July 8-12, Week 05 – July 15-19, Week 06 – July 22-26, Week 07 – July 29-August 2, Week 08 – August 5-9, Week 09 – August 12-16
Hell Creek Equestrian Center
Camp Categories: Animals/Nature
Camp Ages: Preschoolers, Kindergarteners, Elementary School, 6th Graders, 7th Graders, 8th Graders, High Schoolers
Enrollment Types: Full Week, Full Day, Half Day
Camp Year: 2024
Weeks: Before June 14, Week 01 – June 17-21, Week 02 – June 24-28, Week 04 – July 8-12, Week 05 – July 15-19, Week 06 – July 22-26, Week 07 – July 29-August 2, Week 08 – August 5-9, Week 09 – August 12-16
The Farm at St Joe’s
Camp Categories: Animals/Nature, Food, Outdoors
Camp Ages: Preschoolers, Kindergarteners, Elementary School
Enrollment Types: Full Week, Full Day, Half Day
Financial Aid Available
Camp Year: 2024
Weeks: Week 05 – July 15-19, Week 06 – July 22-26, Week 07 – July 29-August 2
Camp Raanana
Locations:
Camp Categories: Animals/Nature, Art, Music, Outdoors
Camp Ages: Kindergarteners, Elementary School, 6th Graders, 7th Graders, 8th Graders, High Schoolers
Enrollment Types: Full Week, Full Day, Overnight
Financial Aid Available
Camp Year: 2024
Weeks: Week 02 – June 24-28, Week 03 – July 1-5, Week 04 – July 8-12, Week 05 – July 15-19, Week 06 – July 22-26, Week 07 – July 29-August 2, Week 08 – August 5-9, Week 09 – August 12-16, Week 10 – August 19-23
Creature Conservancy
Camp Categories: Animals/Nature
Camp Ages: Elementary School, 6th Graders, 7th Graders, 8th Graders, High Schoolers
Enrollment Types: Full Week, Full Day
Camp Year: 2024
Weeks: Week 01 – June 17-21, Week 02 – June 24-28, Week 03 – July 1-5, Week 04 – July 8-12, Week 05 – July 15-19, Week 06 – July 22-26, Week 07 – July 29-August 2, Week 08 – August 5-9, Week 09 – August 12-16, Week 10 – August 19-23
Camp Explorations
Locations:
Camp Categories: Animals/Nature, STEM
Camp Ages: Preschoolers, Kindergarteners, Elementary School, 6th Graders, 7th Graders, 8th Graders
Enrollment Types: Full Week, Full Day, Half Day
Financial Aid Available
Camp Year: 2024
Weeks: Week 01 – June 17-21, Week 02 – June 24-28, Week 03 – July 1-5, Week 04 – July 8-12, Week 05 – July 15-19, Week 06 – July 22-26, Week 07 – July 29-August 2, Week 08 – August 5-9, Week 09 – August 12-16
Happy Hooves
Camp Categories: Animals/Nature, Special Needs
Camp Ages: Elementary School, 6th Graders, 7th Graders
Enrollment Types: Full Week, Half Day
Camp Year: 2024
Weeks: Week 02 – June 24-28, Week 04 – July 8-12, Week 05 – July 15-19, Week 06 – July 22-26, Week 08 – August 5-9
Summer Camp at Stone School
Camp Categories: Animals/Nature, Art, Outdoors
Camp Ages: Preschoolers, Kindergarteners, Elementary School
Enrollment Types: Full Week, Half Day
Camp Year: 2024
Weeks: Before June 14, Week 01 – June 17-21, Week 02 – June 24-28, Week 04 – July 8-12, Week 05 – July 15-19, Week 06 – July 22-26, Week 07 – July 29-August 2, Week 08 – August 5-9, Week 09 – August 12-16
Carousel Acres
Camp Categories: Animals/Nature
Camp Ages: Preschoolers, Kindergarteners, Elementary School, 6th Graders
Enrollment Types: Full Week, Daily Registration, Full Day
Camp Year: 2024
Weeks: Before June 14, Week 01 – June 17-21, Week 02 – June 24-28, Week 03 – July 1-5, Week 04 – July 8-12, Week 05 – July 15-19, Week 06 – July 22-26, Week 07 – July 29-August 2, Week 08 – August 5-9, Week 09 – August 12-16, Week 10 – August 19-23, Week 11 – August 26-30
2023 Ann Arbor Nature Summer Camps
Camps are still publishing their 2024 camps. We are still waiting on updates for the following camps that were offered in 2023. Their 2023 information is shown below (note dates for each week have been updated to 2023 dates)
Camp Dexter
Locations:
Camp Categories: Animals/Nature, Art, Sport, STEM
Camp Ages: Kindergarteners, Elementary School
Enrollment Types: Full Week, Daily Registration, Full Day
Camp Year: 2023
Weeks: Week 02 – June 24-28, Week 03 – July 1-5, Week 04 – July 8-12, Week 05 – July 15-19, Week 06 – July 22-26, Week 07 – July 29-August 2, Week 08 – August 5-9, Week 09 – August 12-16, Week 10 – August 19-23
St Paul Day Camps
Camp Categories: Animals/Nature, Art, LEGO, Music, Sport, Theater
Camp Ages: Elementary School, 6th Graders, 7th Graders, 8th Graders
Enrollment Types: Full Week, Daily Registration, Full Day, Half Day
Camp Year: 2023
Weeks: Week 01 – June 17-21, Week 02 – June 24-28, Week 03 – July 1-5, Week 05 – July 15-19, Week 06 – July 22-26, Week 07 – July 29-August 2, Week 08 – August 5-9, Week 09 – August 12-16
Grand Maple Farm Horse Camp
Camp Categories: Animals/Nature, Outdoors
Camp Ages: Elementary School, 6th Graders, 7th Graders, 8th Graders, High Schoolers
Enrollment Types: Full Week, Daily Registration
Camp Year: 2023
Weeks: Week 03 – July 1-5, Week 05 – July 15-19, Week 10 – August 19-23
Great Escape Stables
Camp Categories: Animals/Nature, Art, Outdoors, Sport
Camp Ages: Preschoolers, Kindergarteners, Elementary School, 6th Graders, 7th Graders, 8th Graders
Enrollment Types: Full Week, Full Day, Half Day
Camp Year: 2023
Weeks: Week 03 – July 1-5, Week 09 – August 12-16, Week 10 – August 19-23
Kensington Day Camp
Camp Categories: Animals/Nature, Outdoors
Camp Ages: Elementary School, 6th Graders, 7th Graders, 8th Graders
Enrollment Types: Full Week, Daily Registration, Full Day, Half Day
Camp Year: 2023
Weeks: Week 03 – July 1-5, Week 05 – July 15-19, Week 07 – July 29-August 2, Week 09 – August 12-16
PAX Gymnastics
Camp Categories: Animals/Nature, Pop Culture, Sport
Camp Ages: Preschoolers, Kindergarteners, Elementary School, 6th Graders
Enrollment Types: Full Week, Half Day
Camp Year: 2023
Weeks: Week 02 – June 24-28, Week 03 – July 1-5, Week 05 – July 15-19, Week 07 – July 29-August 2, Week 08 – August 5-9
Rudolf Steiner School of Ann Arbor Summer Camp
Camp Categories: Animals/Nature, Art, Outdoors
Camp Ages: Preschoolers, Kindergarteners, Elementary School
Enrollment Types: Full Week, Full Day, Half Day
Financial Aid Available
Camp Year: 2023
Weeks: Week 01 – June 17-21, Week 02 – June 24-28, Week 03 – July 1-5, Week 05 – July 15-19, Week 06 – July 22-26, Week 07 – July 29-August 2, Week 08 – August 5-9, Week 09 – August 12-16, Week 10 – August 19-23
Ann Arbor Rec & Ed
Locations:
- Tappan Middle School, East Stadium Boulevard, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Westerman Preschool and Family Center, Boardwalk Drive, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Buhr Park, 2751 Packard Street, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Allmendinger Park, Pauline Boulevard, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Concordia University Ann Arbor, 4090 Geddes Road, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Eberbach Cultural Arts Center, 1220 South Forest Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- CTN, 2805 South Industrial Highway, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Freeman Environmental Education Center, 3540 Dixboro Lane, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Slauson Middle School, West Washington Street, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Skyline High School, 2552 North Maple Road, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Pioneer High School, 601 West Stadium Boulevard, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Lakewood Elementary School, 344 Gralake Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Huron High School, 2727 Fuller Road, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Eberwhite Elementary School, 800 Soule Boulevard, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Camp Categories: Academic, Animals/Nature, Art, Computer, Food, Music, Pop Culture, Sport, STEM, Theater
Camp Ages: Preschoolers, Kindergarteners, Elementary School, 6th Graders, 7th Graders, 8th Graders, High Schoolers
Enrollment Types: Full Week, Full Day, Half Day
Financial Aid Available
Camp Year: 2023
Weeks: Week 01 – June 17-21, Week 02 – June 24-28, Week 03 – July 1-5, Week 04 – July 8-12, Week 05 – July 15-19, Week 06 – July 22-26, Week 07 – July 29-August 2, Week 08 – August 5-9, Week 09 – August 12-16, Week 10 – August 19-23, Week 11 – August 26-30
