Best Summer Camps In North Carolina

Each year, summer camps in North Carolina receive thousands of children from all over the United States. Within idyllic areas like the Blue Ridge Mountains, camps offer experiences that provide your children with outdoor skills for life. Whether you’re looking for an overnight camp that’s filled with adventure or a more academic program where kids can learn and play outdoors, you can find them in the Tar Heel State.

Kids have a lot to look forward to here. Sitting around the campfire, playing sports, learning wilderness skills, and sleeping under the stars are a few of the many fun things kids can do at a summer camp in North Carolina.

Top Summer Camps in North Carolina

  • Zirconia, NC

  • Ages 6-17

  • Boys

Located in the Mountains of Western North Carolina for 103 years, we emphasize outdoor activities such as hiking, kayaking, canoeing, sailing, mountain biking, rock climbing, and horseback riding. We believe in fun, adventure, safety, and great instruction.

Our program is...

  • Brevard, NC

  • Ages 5-17

  • Boys

Camp Carolina is an overnight, all boys, high adventure summer camp in North Carolina. Serving boys from K-11th grade. Boys can attend camp for 1, 2, 3 or 4 week sessions or combine sessions to spend 7 or 10 weeks...

  • Newport, NC

  • Ages 4-18

  • Coed

Camp Albemarle has provided quality summer camps and programs on the Crystal Coast of North Carolina with the goal of providing safe and fun experiences that allow children to try new activities, make new friends and grow in their Christian...

  • Black Mountain, NC

  • Ages 7-16

  • Boys

At Camp Rockmont, campers and staff work together to create an incredibly fun and meaningful Christian community in the mountains of Western North Carolina. Each summer, Rockmont serves over 1,400 boys from all over the U.S. and other countries. We...

  • Hendersonville, NC

  • Ages 7-15

  • Coed

Promising a new approach to summer camps, Camp Pinnacle in Henderson County near the Blue Ridge Mountains is a sleepaway camp for kids ages 7-15. Although there is a separate spot for boys and girls, there are some coed activities....

  • Brevard, NC

  • Ages 7-14

  • Girls

Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina, we are approximately one mile from downtown Brevard, population 7,000, and approximately 40 minutes from Asheville. Pisgah National Forest is only 15 minutes from our front gate. Needless to say...

  • Black Mountain, NC

  • Ages 6-16

  • Girls

There is something special about a Merri-Mac girl. New friends, discovered talents and a sense of adventure mark our girls as they become part of the camp community. Girls have been returning to Merri-Mac since 1945 because a great camp...