At these Ann Arbor Nature Summer Camps 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

- 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!
More Summer Camps
Don’t miss our full Summer Camp Guide sponsored by Rocks and Robots. The full guide includes camps of all types plus links to other sub-guides like this Nature Camp Guide.

Events from our Sponsors
2023 Ann Arbor Nature Camps
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Some camps listed may offer a wide variety of themed camps that include Nature camps. Not all of their camps will be nature camps.
Apple Scouts Nature Immersion Camp
Camp Categories: Animals/Nature, Art, Outdoors, STEM
Camp Ages: Kindergarteners, Elementary School
Enrollment Types: Multi-Week, Full Day
Financial Aid Available
Price: $595/two week session, after care $115/session. Discounts for signing up for additional sessions
Registration Opens: January 1, 2023
Maximum Day: 8:30am-5:30pm
Availability: Available
Camp Year: 2023
Weeks: Week 01 – June 12-16, Week 02 – June 19-23, Week 03 – June 26-30, Week 04 – July 3-7, Week 05 – July 10-14, Week 06 – July 17-21, Week 07 – July 24-28, Week 08 – July 31-August 4, Week 09 – August 7-11, Week 10 – August 14-18
Camp Curiouser

- 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!
Locations:
Camp Categories: Animals/Nature, Food
Camp Ages: Elementary School, 6th Graders, 7th Graders, 8th Graders
Enrollment Types: Full Week, Full Day, Half Day
Price: $179/session except July 3-7 (no camp July 4) $159/session
Registration Opens: December 1, 2022
Maximum Day: 9a for morning, 1p for afternoon-noon for mornings, 4p for afternoon
Availability: Available

Camp Year: 2023
Weeks: Week 04 – July 3-7, Week 05 – July 10-14, Week 06 – July 17-21, Week 07 – July 24-28
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: 2023
Weeks: Before June 9, Week 01 – June 12-16, Week 02 – June 19-23, Week 03 – June 26-30, Week 04 – July 3-7, Week 05 – July 10-14, Week 06 – July 17-21, Week 07 – July 24-28, Week 08 – July 31-August 4, Week 09 – August 7-11, Week 10 – August 14-18, Week 11 – August 21-25
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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: 2023
Weeks: Week 02 – June 19-23, Week 03 – June 26-30, Week 05 – July 10-14, Week 06 – July 17-21, Week 07 – July 24-28, Week 08 – July 31-August 4, Week 09 – August 7-11, Week 10 – August 14-18
Michigan Out-of-Doors Youth Camp
Locations:
Camp Categories: Animals/Nature, Outdoors, Overnight
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: 2023
Weeks: Week 03 – June 26-30, Week 05 – July 10-14, Week 06 – July 17-21, Week 07 – July 24-28, Week 08 – July 31-August 4, Week 09 – August 7-11
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: 2023
Weeks: Week 02 – June 19-23, Week 03 – June 26-30, Week 05 – July 10-14, Week 06 – July 17-21, Week 07 – July 24-28, Week 08 – July 31-August 4, Week 09 – August 7-11, Week 10 – August 14-18
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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: 2023
Weeks: Week 03 – June 26-30, Week 04 – July 3-7, Week 05 – July 10-14, Week 06 – July 17-21, Week 07 – July 24-28, Week 08 – July 31-August 4
Ann Arbor YMCA Day Camps
Locations:
Camp Categories: Animals/Nature, Outdoors, Pop Culture, Sport, STEM
Camp Ages: Kindergarteners, Elementary School, 6th Graders, 7th Graders, 8th Graders, High Schoolers
Enrollment Types: Full Week, Full Day, Half Day
Camp Year: 2023
Weeks: Week 01 – June 12-16, Week 02 – June 19-23, Week 03 – June 26-30, Week 04 – July 3-7, Week 05 – July 10-14, Week 06 – July 17-21, Week 07 – July 24-28, Week 08 – July 31-August 4, Week 09 – August 7-11, Week 10 – August 14-18, Week 11 – August 21-25
Riverside Arts Center
Camp Categories: Animals/Nature, Art, STEM
Camp Ages: Elementary School, 6th Graders, 7th Graders
Enrollment Types: Full Week, Full Day
Camp Year: 2023
Weeks: Week 03 – June 26-30, Week 05 – July 10-14, Week 06 – July 17-21, Week 07 – July 24-28, Week 08 – July 31-August 4
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Michigan Audubon Young Birders Camp
Camp Categories: Animals/Nature
Camp Ages: 8th Graders, High Schoolers
Enrollment Types: Full Week, Overnight
Camp Year: 2023
Weeks: Week 03 – June 26-30
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: 2023
Weeks: Week 02 – June 19-23, Week 03 – June 26-30, Week 04 – July 3-7, Week 05 – July 10-14, Week 06 – July 17-21, Week 07 – July 24-28, Week 08 – July 31-August 4, Week 09 – August 7-11, Week 10 – August 14-18
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: 2023
Weeks: Week 01 – June 12-16, Week 02 – June 19-23, Week 03 – June 26-30, Week 04 – July 3-7, Week 05 – July 10-14, Week 06 – July 17-21, Week 07 – July 24-28, Week 08 – July 31-August 4, Week 09 – August 7-11, Week 10 – August 14-18
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Summer Camp at Stone School
Camp Categories: Animals/Nature, Art, Outdoors
Camp Ages: Preschoolers, Kindergarteners, Elementary School
Enrollment Types: Full Week, Full Day, Half Day
Camp Year: 2023
Weeks: Before June 9, Week 01 – June 12-16, Week 02 – June 19-23, Week 05 – July 10-14, Week 06 – July 17-21, Week 07 – July 24-28, Week 08 – July 31-August 4, Week 09 – August 7-11, Week 10 – August 14-18
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 – June 26-30, Week 09 – August 7-11, Week 10 – August 14-18
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
Camp Year: 2023
Weeks: Week 01 – June 12-16, Week 02 – June 19-23, Week 03 – June 26-30, Week 05 – July 10-14, Week 06 – July 17-21, Week 07 – July 24-28, Week 08 – July 31-August 4
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Leslie Science & Nature Center
Locations:
Camp Categories: Animals/Nature, Outdoors, STEM
Camp Ages: Preschoolers, Kindergarteners, Elementary School
Enrollment Types: Full Week, Full Day
Camp Year: 2023
Weeks: Week 01 – June 12-16, Week 02 – June 19-23, Week 03 – June 26-30, Week 04 – July 3-7, Week 05 – July 10-14, Week 06 – July 17-21, Week 07 – July 24-28, Week 08 – July 31-August 4, Week 09 – August 7-11, Week 10 – August 14-18, Week 11 – August 21-25, Week 12 – August 28-September 1
Camp Explorations
Locations:
Camp Categories: Animals/Nature, STEM
Camp Ages: Preschoolers, Kindergarteners, Elementary School, 6th Graders
Enrollment Types: Full Week, Full Day, Half Day
Financial Aid Available
Camp Year: 2023
Weeks: Week 01 – June 12-16, Week 02 – June 19-23, Week 03 – June 26-30, Week 04 – July 3-7, Week 05 – July 10-14, Week 06 – July 17-21, Week 07 – July 24-28, Week 08 – July 31-August 4, Week 09 – August 7-11
Howell Nature Center
Camp Categories: Animals/Nature, Art, Special Needs
Camp Ages: Kindergarteners, Elementary School, 6th Graders, 7th Graders, 8th Graders, High Schoolers
Enrollment Types: Full Week, Full Day, Overnight
Camp Year: 2023
Weeks:
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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 19-23, Week 03 – June 26-30, Week 04 – July 3-7, Week 05 – July 10-14, Week 06 – July 17-21, Week 07 – July 24-28, Week 08 – July 31-August 4, Week 09 – August 7-11, Week 10 – August 14-18
Carousel Acres
Camp Categories: Animals/Nature
Camp Ages: Preschoolers, Kindergarteners, Elementary School, 6th Graders
Enrollment Types: Full Week, Daily Registration, Full Day
Camp Year: 2023
Weeks: Week 01 – June 12-16, Week 02 – June 19-23, Week 03 – June 26-30, Week 05 – July 10-14, Week 06 – July 17-21, Week 07 – July 24-28, Week 08 – July 31-August 4, Week 09 – August 7-11, Week 10 – August 14-18, Week 11 – August 21-25, Week 12 – August 28-September 1
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: 2023
Weeks: Week 01 – June 12-16, Week 02 – June 19-23, Week 03 – June 26-30, Week 04 – July 3-7, Week 05 – July 10-14, Week 06 – July 17-21, Week 08 – July 31-August 4, Week 09 – August 7-11, Week 10 – August 14-18, Week 11 – August 21-25
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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: 2023
Weeks: Week 02 – June 19-23, Week 03 – June 26-30, Week 04 – July 3-7, Week 05 – July 10-14, Week 06 – July 17-21, Week 07 – July 24-28
2022 Ann Arbor Nature Summer Camps
Camps are still publishing their 2023 camps. We are still waiting on updates for the following camps that were offered in 2022. Their 2022 information is shown below.
St Paul Day Camps
Camp Categories: Animals/Nature, Art, Computer, Food, LEGO, Music, Pop Culture, Sport, STEM, Theater
Camp Ages: Elementary School, 6th Graders, 7th Graders, 8th Graders
Enrollment Types: Full Week, Daily Registration, Full Day, Half Day
Camp Year: 2022
Weeks: Week 01 – June 12-16, Week 02 – June 19-23, Week 03 – June 26-30, Week 05 – July 10-14, Week 06 – July 17-21, Week 07 – July 24-28, Week 08 – July 31-August 4, Week 09 – August 7-11
Pittsfield Township Day Camps
Camp Categories: Animals/Nature, Food, Outdoors, Pop Culture, Sport
Camp Ages: Preschoolers, Kindergarteners, Elementary School, 6th Graders
Enrollment Types: Full Week, Full Day
Camp Year: 2022
Weeks: Week 01 – June 12-16, Week 02 – June 19-23, Week 03 – June 26-30, Week 04 – July 3-7, Week 05 – July 10-14, Week 06 – July 17-21, Week 07 – July 24-28, Week 08 – July 31-August 4, Week 09 – August 7-11, Week 10 – August 14-18
Ann Arbor Rec & Ed
Locations:
- 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
- Huron High School, 2727 Fuller Road, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Ann Arbor Open School, 920 Miller Avenue, 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
Camp Year: 2022
Weeks: Week 01 – June 12-16, Week 02 – June 19-23, Week 03 – June 26-30, Week 04 – July 3-7, Week 05 – July 10-14, Week 06 – July 17-21, Week 07 – July 24-28, Week 08 – July 31-August 4, Week 09 – August 7-11, Week 10 – August 14-18, Week 11 – August 21-25
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Kensington Day Camp
Camp Categories: Animals/Nature, Outdoors
Camp Ages: Elementary School, 6th Graders, 7th Graders, 8th Graders
Enrollment Types: Full Week, Daily Registration, Half Day
Camp Year: 2022
Weeks: Week 05 – July 10-14, Week 08 – July 31-August 4, Week 10 – August 14-18
Rudolf Steiner School of Ann Arbor Summer Camp
Camp Categories: Animals/Nature, Art, Outdoors
Camp Ages: Preschoolers, Kindergarteners, Elementary School, 6th Graders
Enrollment Types: Full Week, Full Day, Half Day
Camp Year: 2022
Weeks: Week 01 – June 12-16, Week 02 – June 19-23, Week 03 – June 26-30, Week 05 – July 10-14, Week 06 – July 17-21, Week 07 – July 24-28, Week 08 – July 31-August 4, Week 09 – August 7-11, Week 10 – August 14-18
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, Full Day
Camp Year: 2022
Weeks: Week 02 – June 19-23, Week 03 – June 26-30, Week 04 – July 3-7, Week 05 – July 10-14, Week 06 – July 17-21, Week 07 – July 24-28, Week 08 – July 31-August 4, Week 09 – August 7-11, Week 10 – August 14-18
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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: 2022
Weeks: Week 02 – June 19-23, Week 03 – June 26-30, Week 04 – July 3-7, Week 06 – July 17-21, Week 07 – July 24-28, Week 09 – August 7-11