Chestnut Ridge

Church day camp is for local churches with 8 or more elementary age campers who wish to attend camp as a group. Churches provide transportation to and from camp, and Chestnut Ridge provides staff, worship, recreation and lunch each day from 9 am to 4 pm.

Church Day Camp follows a small group format, meaning that all of the campers from your church will stay together for all activities during the week.  Chestnut Ridge provides our excellent staff, daily worship, lunch, snacks, and a variety of camp activities including arts and crafts, hikes, games, canoeing, and daily swimming.  Church Day Campers do not participate in trail riding, the zipline, or high challenge course.  For this, and other, reasons we recommend Church Day Camp for K-4th grade only.  It is recommended that older campers sign up individually in our other camp programs.

The cost is $155 per camper and includes a camp t-shirt. We invite each church to contribute what they can toward this cost.

One church has shared that their church uses camp scholarship monies to defray the cost of this program to the campers, reducing the cost to each camper's family to $110. We applaud the efforts of churches like this who believe in the value of camp ministries as an extension of local church ministries. To enroll your church, please contact the camp for available weeks.

Would your church also like to hold a retreat at Chestnut Ridge?  Churches are encouraged to plan, supervise, and host their own day or overnight group programs at Chestnut Ridge. These church groups are invited to enjoy Chestnut Ridge lodging, dining, and program to complement their own supervision and church-provided program. Space is available on a first-come basis.