Summer Nature Camp Week 9
August 4 – August 8
Theme: Surviving in the Wild 2
In addition to classic nature camp activities, we bring a second week of our most popular theme: 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.
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Fledglings (Age 3 & 4)
An Early Childhood Program
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
9:00 am-11:00 am
Let your little ones aged 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, a change of clothes and sturdy shoes that can get muddy (No Crocs or flipflops, please.)
Sign up per session.
Members: $93.50, Non-members: $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 (Age 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
Fish Camp
Naturalists/Adventurers (Ages 11-15)
Fish campers learn to use fishing poles, seine nets and other methods to maximize their catch during this special week around the water. In addition to catching fish, campers learn the ancient Japanese art form of Guyutaku and take home their own fish-printed shirt. Fish Camp includes field trips to local fishing spots.
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!