Camp K Adventure Camps

ALL SPORTS

Play, learn, and meet new friends in the new All-Sports Camp. Throughout the week, your child will learn and play sports such as basketball, soccer, floor hockey, pickleball, volleyball, dodge ball, and various outdoor yard games! There will be a focus on teamwork, good sportsmanship, and the YMCA’s 4 core values: respect, responsibility, honesty and caring. A half day will be spent on the Baldwin Center Low Ropes Course. This camp will have an opportunity to swim each day.

AQUA

Make a splash exploring some of Maine’s incredible wildlife, marine wonders, and water parks! Field trips include beaches, regional swimming holes, Aquaboggen, and more. For the fish in your family, this is the camp for them! A trained lifeguard will be leading this camp so our campers can stay safe while exploring the water. This camp is designed for ages 10+.

NEW! AQUA JR.

Make a splash exploring some of Maine’s incredible wildlife, marine wonders, and water parks! Field trips include beaches, regional swimming holes, and more. For the fish in your family, this is the camp for them! A trained lifeguard will be leading this camp so our campers can stay safe while exploring the water. This camp is designed for ages 7-9 years.

BALDWIN (levels 1/2)

Focus on team building, trust activities, learning to listen to your instinct, boosting your confidence, and fun at our full day Baldwin Center high ropes and low ropes course-based facility! Once per day, swimming will be scheduled to cool off at the main campus. Field trip each Friday to Monkey C, Monkey-Do. This camp is designed for first-time ropes course campers.

BALDWIN (levels 2/3)

NEW! COOKING & BAKING

Join Sarah Gordon at the Boothbay Region YMCA's teaching kitchen to learn how to be safe in the kitchen, learn to read recipes, and make delicious snacks! This camp will start and end their days at Camp K where they will take a bus to the Y to start their day. Campers will also have an opportunity to swim or boat each day to cool off.

FISHING

Take to the lake to learn the basics of fishing for the first couple of days of this adventure camp, and then head out into the beautiful state of Maine to discover fishing holes and other bodies of water in the region. In addition to fishing, campers will learn about types of bait, different types of fishing, and will learn to create their own lures!

NEW! FORAGING

Spend time in nature to discover the wonders in the woods! Join Onna in this camp to learn about types of plants that are edible, make some snacks with them, brew tea, and create your own baskets to collect your findings! Field trips will be taken. This camp will have an opportunity to swim or boat each day.

GARDENING

Hang out with our specialty camp staff to learn about all things gardening! With activities including but not limited to planting, harvesting, plant identification, ecosystems, color wheel theory with nature, natural plant buddies, and more, this camp will educate you on all things natural! We will take a field trip to the farmer's market as well as Conley's to purchase plants to create hanging baskets. This camp will have an opportunity to swim each day.

HIKING

Take to the local land trusts for the first two days of this camp, and then end the week going on a day hike to a Mid-Coast Maine Mountain. Hiking experience and endurance is required, as one of the hikes we take will be just about 9 miles in total. Two staff members certified in WAFA will go on trips with this group to ensure maximum safety.

LOW ROPES

Take to the low ropes course for this full day camp! Learn about teamwork, sportsmanship, the elements of the course, and more! Each day, campers will have the opportunity to swim or boat and play games that focus on the Y’s core values of caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility.

NEW! MYTH BUSTERS

Campers will enjoy a week of learning about ciphers, riddles, creating their own escape rooms, and taking a field trip to the Escape Room in Portland or Brunswick. An additional waiver will need to be signed to participate in the Escape Rooms. Each day, swimming will be scheduled to cool off in the lake!

NEW! NATURE EXPLORATION & HIKING

Campers will travel by bus from Camp Kn to local land trusts. Each day will be a different location where we will learn about the plants and environment as well as an activity and lunch.

NINJA WARRIOR

Refine techniques, run courses, and condition campers for obstacle course racing. Take to the Low Ropes Course at the Baldwin Center, utilize equipment at the sports field, and more to stay active, work as a team, and have fun! This camp will have an opportunity to swim each day.

SURVIVOR (Female)

Challenge yourself to learn new skills in the outdoors such as building fires, cooking on an open flame, building shelters to sleep in, learning about nature, learning how to dispose of waste in nature, learn how to plan for a backpacking/open water trip, and more! Join our Adventure Camp to learn how to be a survivor in the wilderness. On Friday night, campers and staff will sleep on Jackson Island to make dinner, enjoy a campfire, and cook breakfast/clean up on the last day of camp. All staff are trained and are lifeguard certified.

SURVIVOR (Male)

TEEN

Enjoy field trips to places such as Aquaboggen, Old Orchard Beach, mini-golf, disc golf, hikes, beaches, the Baldwin Center, and more! Join two staff for this camp to travel around and get out of town!