55 Exciting Camps and Classes for Summer 2021

Camp Fire Central Puget Sound

Day Camps (Seattle, Woodinville, Bothell and Issaquah)

Camp Fire offers traditional outdoor camp activities, including arts and crafts, outdoor exploration, outdoor cooking, games, canoeing, archery and more.

Dates: weekly, July 5–Aug. 20

Grades: K–7, plus teen leadership programs

Cost: $150–$300

Overnight Camp: Camp Sealth (Vashon Island) 

Overnight camp experiences that range from classic summer camp to horseback riding camps. 

Dates: June 30–Aug. 28

Grades: 1–12

Cost: Camp Sealth offers a tiered cost structure; prices range from $500 to $1,900; financial assistance is available.

Hidden Valley Camp (Granite Falls)

This camp offers traditional activities such as canoeing, games, arts and crafts, archery, swimming and more. Camp is on for 2021, but many registered campers from 2020 rolled over their camp fees to 2021. Registration will open as soon as providers are able to determine how many spots are available.

Ages: 7–16

Sessions/costs: June 26–July 9, $1,560; July 11–Aug. 1, $2,180; Aug. 3–22, $2,060

YMCA Camp Lake Helena (Port Orchard)

Summer camp at the lake may look different depending on the state’s reopening plan, but campers will still kayak, canoe, practice archery, and do arts and crafts, along with other traditional camp activities.

Dates: June 28–Aug. 27

Grades: 1–8

Cost: members, $249; community members, $254 

SAMBICA Day Camps (Bellevue) 

At this Christian summer camp, kids participate in traditional camp activities and daily Bible study as well as adventure activities, such as challenge courses and inflatables. A hot lunch is served daily. Scholarships are available.

Dates: various; check website

Grades: 2–9

Cost: $630–$729

SAMBICA H2O Day Camp 

In this water-filled week, campers’ days are focused on water activities, such as boating, kayaking, swimming and water toys, as well as traditional camp activities.

Dates: Aug. 9–27

Grades: 2–9

Cost: $665–$709

SAMBICA overnight camps were on hold at press time — check the website for updates. 

Camp Huston (Gold Bar)

This Episcopalian camp offers traditional weekly overnight camps as well as camps focused on horseback riding. Younger kids can also try a mini camp, which is just three nights. Campers take turns planning the nightly chapel session, and kids of all genders, sexual orientations, races and religions are welcomed.

Ages: 6–16

Dates/costs: TBD

URJ Camp Kalsman (Arlington)

This Reform Jewish overnight camp offers traditional camp activities while focusing on six core values: friendship, kehilah kedoshah (sacred community), Reform Jewish identity, chesed (kindness), connection to Israel and our relationship to teva (nature).  Sessions range from one to five weeks.

Dates: June 23–Aug. 18

Grades: 1–12

Cost: varies

Black Diamond Adventure Camps (Auburn) 

This Christian day camp offers adventures every day. Campers play arrow tag, swim, create arts and crafts, and practice archery.

Dates: weekly, June 21–Aug. 22

Ages: 5–12

Cost: $330; extended care is available for an extra fee

Fircreek Day Camp (Bellingham) 

Kids in grades 1–3 will enjoy traditional camp activities, while campers in grades 4–6 can try out extreme sports, wilderness survival skills, ceramics and woodshop.

Dates: weekly sessions, June 21–Aug. 27

Grades: 1–6

Cost: $225    

Camp Gallagher (Lakebay) 

At Camp Gallagher’s revered camps, kids enjoy a camper-led experience that includes boating, a vertical ropes course and other classic camp activities. Seventh- and eighth-graders also enjoy a two-day overnight voyage around Puget Sound during which they cook their own food, bond and work as a team.

Dates: June 27–Aug. 22

Grades: 6–12

Cost: $665–$995