16 Overnight Summer Camps Near Chicago

Camp Manitoqua is a retreat from the everyday, and into a one of a kind overnight summer camp experience. With a focus on the Christian faith, campers will also enjoy campfires, team-building challenges, high ropes, ziplines, paintball, sports, outdoor education, nature studies, and more. Day Camps are also available.

Camp Shaw-Waw-Nas-See offers a variety of options, including overnight camps for kids and a weekend camp for the whole family! Camp activities include archery, arts & crafts, barn & garden, a challenge course, music, nature, outdoor living & cooking, photography, recreation. theatre, waterfront (pool & creek), zip lining, and much more!

Players at all experience levels can take their skills to the next level at these specialized football camps, where experienced coaches provide individualized instruction to help identify and correct any weaknesses in technique, along with drills and exercises to push them out of their comfort zones.

At Emagination Computer Camps, kids enjoy the perfect mix of technology learning and summer fun! Campers are assigned to small groups by age and enjoy hands-on learning from well qualified camp counselors. Kids stay in the college's dorms with supervision.

Harand Camp of the Theatre Arts was one of the nation's first co-ed, residential camps to combine singing, dancing, and acting with the fun of traditional camp activities. Campers will spend half the day in theater classes and the other half enjoying sports and elective activities, excursions, and all-camp events. Sessions culminate with large-scale performances in the state-of-the-art theater.

Chicago YMCA's Camp Duncan is a great place for kids to get out of the city/suburbs this summer, and have a traditional summer camp adventure! With swimming, boating, ropes course, arts & crafts, climbing wall, nature hikes, campfires, sports, and so much more, campers will never want to leave.

If you're looking for a Jewish camp packed with summer fun, Camp Beber is the place to be! This fun and supportive camp creates the perfect environment for kids to grow, learn, and just be themselves. Activities include: hiking, challenge course, swimming, arts & crafts, tennis, and so much more.

Each summer, Camp Timber-lee hosts eight weeks of camp, with each week being uniquely designed for the different ages and interests! They have camps for grades 2nd through 12th, classic camp, and even specialty summer camps for those looking to spend more time doing their favorite activities.

This overnight gymnastics summer camp near Chicago gives kids a chance to train alongside National Champions using a state-of-the-art facility. All ability levels are welcome, including those with no prior gymnastics experience.

White Pines Ranch is an overnight summer camp with horseback riding near Chicago. The co-ed sleepaway camp is located on a 200-acre ranch in the beautiful Rock River Valley, just 90 miles west of Chicago. They offer a traditional camp program, where kids can help care for animals, and enjoy activities such as archery, hiking, swimming, arts & crafts, capture the flag, orienteering, and a fossil hunt, along with horseback riding.

Camp Kupugani is a family-run, multicultural overnight summer camp located less than 2 hours outside of Chicago. Programs include a girls summer sleepaway camp, a blended camp, as well as mother/daughter and parent/child weekend overnight camps. Camp Kupugani offers an array of outdoor activities like sand & mud volleyball, climbing walls, swimming pool and waterfront, archery, and more. Most importantly, campers have the opportunity to celebrate diversity in a fun, welcoming environment.

Camp Benson has been a favorite summer destination for more than 80 years! They offer sleepaway camps near Chicago from 4 to 14 days. They have lots of great options for safe, well-supervised, and “unplugged” summer fun for your kiddos.

Unplug from technology and experience a summer that is full of fun, friends, and unforgettable experiences! Located in Wisconsin Dells on beautiful Lake Delton, Camp Chi offers sleepaway camps ranging from 4 days-8 weeks, as well as dozens of camp activities designed to help kids explore new interests and foster a deeper connection to their Jewish identity.

A traditional overnight camp for girls, Chippewa offers 4- and 8-week sessions at its beautiful lakeside, forest-filled campgrounds, where activities range from fishing, windsurfing and sailing, to aerobics, tennis, and trampball (think volleyball+four square+trampolines!), as well as horses, archery, pottery, theater and much more!

A traditional overnight summer camp for girls in beautiful Wisconsin, the days at Birch Trail are filled with activities like guitar, outdoor cooking, martial arts, and canoeing. The nights bring on after-dinner programs such as council fires and dance parties. And, no camp experience is complete without the tailored wilderness trips, which vary in length and destination according to age, ability and interest.