Find the perfect summer camp for your kids in our Marin Summer Camp Guide! Browse a wide range of summer camps throughout Marin County and the San Francisco Bay Area—you're bound to find a camp that's ideal for your child. You can browse by camp activities, grade level, and location. If we've omitted your camp or you'd like to update your camp information please add a new listing here. (All listings are queued for administrative approval.) You can also advertise your summer camp with us for even more exposure. Find out more about advertising your summer camp here.
Hottest Marin Summer Camps
What are the hottest summer camps in Marin? Here are the five most-viewed summer camp listings on the Marin Summer Camp Guide:
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Gymnastics is not only great for coordination and balance, but it's a lot of fun, too, which may explain why it's a popular summer camp activity. Pyramid in Corte Madera, Marin's oldest gymnastics club,offers weekly morning and afternoon intensive summer camp sessions for boys and girls starting June 13. The Pyramid summer camps introduce kids to real gymnastics, where they'll receive instruction on the six Olympic events for men and the four Olympic events for women. Campers have plenty of opportunities to develop their coordination, strength, flexibility, and balance in a safe and fun environment.
Are you still not quite sure which summer camps are right for your kids? Do you have lots of questions, but don’t have the time to contact each camp? Then don’t miss the free Marin Summer Camp Fair on Thursday, March 31, 2011 from 4:30–7:30 pm at Dominican University of California. Over 100 of the top local summer day camps for preschool, elementary, middle, and high school students will be on hand to present their offerings and answer your questions.
Are you searching for that perfect summer camp for your children? Looking for swimming or soccer lessons? Check out the local Marin County parks and recreation departments and community centers for tons of great camps for this summer. There are many wonderful and unique camps to choose from including: Mountain Bike
Spend some time at sea this summer! Call of the Sea, an educational non-profit based in Sausalito, is offering a Voyage Camp designed for students ages 12–18 to take part in three- and five-day summer sea voyages to explore the waters of the San Francisco Bay and Beyond!
Have your child experience Native American life this summer with Camp Coyote at Novato's Marin Museum of the American Indian. Open to children 5–11 years old, Camp Coyote will allow campers to experience Native American ways through storytelling, hiking, games, crafts, rope making and practice hunting to name a few. This enriching experience will take children into the outdoors and teach them an appreciation of how Native people lived in harmony with the Mother Nature, Mother Earth and how they had immense respect for the land, the animals and each other
Living in Marin, you don't have to look far for a summer camp that takes advantage of some of the amazing natural resources we have right in our own backyard. Parents have several outstanding nature and outdoors oriented summer camps to choose from. Here is a selection of our favorites. Of course if you have your own favorite, let us know by leaving a comment.