They think the typical camp is too expensive, too exclusive or too time consuming. These days, however, there is no such thing as a typical camp. The more than 8,500 camps across the country offer something for every budget, interest, personal schedule and ability. All of the camps used in the study are ACA-accredited. The most popular session length of camp is one week, followed by two weeks, then a month.
Summer camp is affordable.
Most summer camps begin their season in June and operate until mid to late August. In the spring and fall, camps offer environmental education programs for children and programs in teamwork and communications to corporations and businesses organizations. The activities at camp are diverse. Among the most common activities that camp directors added to their program last year are mountain biking, performing arts, travel camp and all types of water-craft activities, such as canoeing and boating. Approximately 6,200 of America s estimated 8,500 summer youth camps are operated by social service agencies and nonprofit groups.