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Best Overnight Summer Camps in Georgia

YMCA Camp High Harbour allows children to escape screens and everyday stress, and enjoy the great outdoors! Photo courtesy of the YMCA
YMCA Camp High Harbour allows children to escape screens and everyday stress, and enjoy the great outdoors! Photo courtesy of the YMCA
3/5/23 - By Melanie Preis

Overnight summer camps in Georgia provide kids and teens with independence and insane amounts of fun. These sleepaway camps offer many activities and opportunities that regular day camp can't provide. Evening programming, bunking and socializing with kids from across the state (and even the country), resiliency, and discovering new aspects of their personalities are just some of the advantages of attending sleepaway camp.

Even when kids age out as campers, these devoted teens can then work at their beloved sleepaway camps as counselors, specialists, and other roles. Take a look at some of the best overnight summer camps in Georgia that will have your kids begging to attend every year!

Not ready for overnight summer camp? We rounded up awesome day camps in Atlanta that offer wonderful activities in our Atlanta Summer Camp Guide!

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Kids can spend an awesome summer at a beautiful retreat away from home at WinShape Camps. Photo courtesy of the camp
Kids can spend an awesome summer at a beautiful retreat away from home at WinShape Camps. Photo courtesy of the camp

Georgia Overnight Summer Camps

Camp Barney Medintz

Cleveland, GA
Located in Cleveland, Georgia, Camp Barney Medintz provides an amazing Jewish overnight camping experience for boys and girls. There are 1-, 2-, and 4-week session options for campers completing grades 2nd-7th, as well as teen programs for high school students. READ MORE

Camp Blue Ridge

Clayton, GA
Head to the Blue Ridge Mountains for Camp Blue Ridge! Kids ages 5-16 will enjoy this safe and nurturing environment, focused on fun, social development, and outdoor exploration. Activities include boating, sports, fishing, rock climbing, zip lining, and much more. READ MORE

Camp Coleman

Cleveland, GA
Camp Coleman serves Jewish campers from the Southeast, including Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, and the Carolinas. Families can choose from 2- and 4-week sessions for grades 3rd-10th. Teen programs include staff-in-training and Israel travel programs. Coleman activities include athletics, art, ropes course, fishing, Israeli culture, and much more. READ MORE

Camp Juliette Low

Cloudland, GA
Created for girls ages 8-17, Camp Juliette Low allows campers to develop skills in confidence and competency with its outdoor residential programs. Juliette Gordon Low, founder of both this camp and the Girl Scouts, picked the location of CJL herself, located on Lookout Mountain. READ MORE

Camp Woodmont

Cloudland, GA
Camp Woodmont is a traditional overnight summer camp for boys and girls ages 6-15, located atop Lookout Mountain. Woodmont focuses on nature, outdoor adventure, horseback riding, sports, arts, and more. The non-denominational Christian atmosphere is appropriate for kids of all faiths. READ MORE

Ramah Darom

Clayton, GA
Head to Clayton, Georgia for a memorable summer at Ramah Darom overnight camp! This Jewish sleepaway camp features various sports, arts, outdoor adventures, Israeli culture, and more. Ramah Darom offers 1-, 2-, 4-, and even 8-week sessions in grades 2nd-11th (sessions time depend on age). Older teen programs, including an Israel seminar, are also available. READ MORE

UGA Summer Academy Camps

Athens, GA
Do what you love at Summer Academy at the University of Georgia, with one-week speciality camp session for tweens and teens. These sessions are either overnight (in the dormitories) or traditional day camp hours. Camp themes include photography, oceanography, art, journalism, and more. READ MORE

WinShape Camps

Multiple locations
Founded by Chick-fil-A Founder S. Truett Cathy, WinShape Camps have been an Atlanta mainstay since the 1980s. The Christian-based program has expanded all over the country and offers day camps, overnight camps, and family camps.  READ MORE

YMCA Camp High Harbour

Lake Allatoona and Lake Burton
Get ready for fun at YMCA Camp High Harbour! This popular spot offers overnight summer camp AND day camps at two camp locations: Lake Allatoona, outside Atlanta, and Lake Burton, in Clayton, Georgia. Kids get to enjoy the great outdoors, explore new interests, and make lifelong friends.  READ MORE

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