Camping Magazine

Aquatic safety takes more than a lifeguard chair — here's how to layer protection against drowning risk.

Closing out camp season is more than operational — here's how to close the summer well, emotionally too.

Where AI can save camp directors real time — and where human judgment has to stay firmly in charge.

Why camps' instinct to rescue kids from every small mishap may be undermining real character growth.

Early in the morning in a physician workroom on the 15th floor of a busy county hospital, I thought about summer camp. My mind drifted to warm, sunny days by the lake and the sweet...

Walking through the majestic realm of a forest is tonic for the soul. There is a mystical presence; an environment of tranquility in the rustle of leaves or the arc of branches. In...

Try engaging campers in some friendly competition this summer with a STEM challenge! Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) activities are not only fun, but educational...

Every summer it happens. Staff arrive at camp full of energy. They are excited, hopeful, and ready to give everything they have to their campers. Then, somewhere around the middle...

A six-step, mission-driven framework for building your own camp character curriculum — from core values to staff training practices.

We are in the midst of another summer, and wherever you are in your camp season, I want to say, “Thank you.” Across the country, camp professionals have one of the most important...