Summer Nature Camp Week 5
July 7 – July 11
Theme: Surviving in the Wild
In addition to classic nature camp activities, Surviving the Wild campers will have a week of outdoor adventure and survival skills training. They’ll learn essential skills such as fire building, tracking and shelter construction techniques.
For all the details about what your child needs for camp, camp forms and our Summer Camp FAQs, click here!
Fledglings (Age 3 & 4)
An Early Childhood Program
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
9:00 am-11:00 am
Let your little ones, ages 3 to 4 years, experience nature this summer! Your children will make summer discoveries as they explore the habitats around the Nature Center. Each week children will meet live animals, hike, and play games. Bring a snack, water bottle and a change of clothes and sturdy shoes that can get muddy (no crocs or flip-flops)
Sign up per session.
Members: $93.50, Nonmembers: $110

Classic Camps
Join us at the Nature Center for a week of outdoor fun! Each morning we’ll start off with free play as campers arrive and check in. Throughout the day, campers will hike, have live animal encounters, and participate in games and activities that relate to the theme of the week. Please provide a morning snack, non-perishable lunch, water bottle and change of clothes. Sturdy shoes that can get wet and muddy are essential at camp! No crocs or flip flops.
Investigators (Ages 7 & 8)
Full Day
Staggered drop off and pick up times according to camper’s last name:
(A-H 8:30 am – 3:30 pm),
(I-Q 8:45 am – 3:45 pm),
(R-Z 9 am -4pm)
Members: $369.75, Nonmembers: $435

Explorers (Ages 9 & 10)
Full Day
Staggered drop off and pick up times according to camper’s last name:
(A-H 8:30 am – 3:30 pm),
(I-Q 8:45 am – 3:45 pm),
(R-Z 9 am -4pm)
Members: $369.75, Nonmembers: $435
Specialty Camp
Tree Trails & Adventure
(Ages 12-15)
Plan on a week full of outdoor adventure, highlighted by a special day at Tree Trails Adventure Park! https://treetrails.com/ Campers will test their climbing skills and confidence building on the aerial ropes course located minutes from DPNC in Mystic.
Full Day
Staggered drop off and pick up times according to camper’s last name:
(A-H 8:30 am – 3:30 pm),
(I-Q 8:45 am – 3:45 pm),
(R-Z 9 am -4pm)
Members: $420.75, Nonmembers: $495

Shared Camp

Art Gone Wild (Ages 8-12)
With Mystic Museum Of Art
Full Day 9am-4pm
M,W,F @ DPNC
T,Th @ MMOA
$403.75 members/ $475 Non Members *May be a member of either organization.
Explore and create in this cooperative camp opportunity that will bring out the nature-loving artist in your child. This shared camp between the Mystic Museum of Art (MMOA) and DPNC will use the natural landscape of the grounds and it’s animal residents as inspiration for constructing sculptures, textiles, sketches, paintings and more! Discover the wonderful sounds, patterns, colors and rhythms of animals and how that can be translated into art. Get ready to go wild for animals and art!