Best Georgia Horse Riding Camps Summer 2024-25 Directory

CAMP FACILITIES: Fields and forest for exploration, sports, and fun. high and low ropes course, swimming pool, archery ranges, classrooms and cabins, farm animals, gaga pit, tipi, and more unique, engaging camp facilities.

CAMP PROGRAM INFO: Visit our website Our Camp Website Link: www.highmeadowscamp.org for more details! Established in 1973 on 40 acres of farm and forest in Roswell, High Meadows offers campers a structured recreational program focusing on self improvement, personal responsibility, and environmental respect. In a relaxed, caring, and non-competitive atmosphere, each camper is encouraged to engage in new experiences and social relationships. Each day, we welcome 300 children, from age 4 to 15, to our campus. Bus transportation is available from various locations in the north metro area. Groups are arranged by grade level, and generally have 12 - 15 children with two counselors.

Activities, offered at age-appropriate levels, may include Animal Care, Arts & Crafts, Archery, Swimming, Sports, Canoeing, Traditions, Darkroom Photography, Pony Rides, Ropes, Dance, Drama, Nature, Pioneering, and Woodworking.

Preschoolers participate in a shortened day program with constant nurturing supervision and exploration of our property and activities.

Our oldest campers, rising 5th - 9th graders, exercise responsibility and decision making in developing and following their own class schedule, and by participating in our Knighthood program, which encourages high-level achievement and recognition in each of our activities. High Meadows offers a unique, traditional, outdoor program, with well-established traditions and an exemplary staff. Our summer fun goes hand-in-hand with learning, achievement, and enrichment.

Visit our website at Our Camp Website Link: www.highmeadowscamp.org for more details!

CAMP LEADERSHIP CIT/LIT PROGRAMS: Counselor-In-Training leadership program for rising 10th graders who have attended High Meadows Camp or School.

CAMP SCHOLARSHIPS OR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: Limited scholarships available. Please visit Our Camp Website Link: www.highmeadowscamp.org for more info.

CAMP SESSION DATES & FEES:
Three, 3-week sessions
$1200 per 3-week session, full day M-F, 9:15am - 4pm, rising K - rising 9th grade
$930 per 3-week session, half day M-F, 9:45am - 1:45pm, preK - rising K
Session 1: June 1 - June 19
Session 2: June 22 - July 10 (no camp July 3rd)
Session 3: July 13 - July 31
Visit our website at Our Camp Website Link: www.highmeadowscamp.org for more details!

CAMP FACILITIES: Along with this spectacular natural setting, you'll find playing fields, horseback riding trails, a barn, stables, a riding arena, a basketball/volleyball gym, a climbing wall, a paintball course, a wakeboard/ski dock, a swimming pool, a diving board, the blob, a 150-foot waterslide, a creative arts room, a mountain lore area, a dining hall, two campfire bowls, a model rocketry area, a props and costumes building, an archery range, a BMX track, mountain biking trails, hiking trails, camper cabins, staff housing, a videography and editing room, a music performance room, a clinic, a camp store, an office, a line call area, a 1/4 mile zipline, a giant rope swing and a flying chair.

CAMP PROGRAM INFO: Cohutta Springs Youth Camp has been a significant part of kids' lives for 30 years. Our camp values include a commitment to developing Christian character through relationships, Christ-centered campfires and exciting activities in God's great outdoors! If seven days of spiritual impact, wrapped up in the most fun a kid can have, is what you are seeking this summer, it's time to register for Cohutta Springs Youth Camp.

CAMP LEADERSHIP CIT/LIT PROGRAMS: The following Leadership training programs are offered: Counselor in Training (CIT), Staff in Training (SIT), and Wrangler in Training (WIT).

CAMP SCHOLARSHIPS OR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: Please see the Fees/Discounts page on our website for information on financial aid for campers.

FAMILY CAMP SESSION(S): Family camp - please visit out website for details.

CAMP SESSION DATES & FEES:
Please go to Our Camp Website Link: www.cs-yc.com for a current summer schedule and fee information.

CAMP FACILITIES: Heaven's Gait enjoys an 18 stall barn and a wooded sensory trail with multiple stations. Our covered arena ensures that riding instruction can take place, regardless of weather. Please visit our website!

CAMP PROGRAM INFO: Our mission is to provide emotional, physical and social benefits for children and adults with special needs such as Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, Asperger Syndrome, Autism, Developmental Delay and other therapeutic needs.

Heaven's Gait employs 3 PATH International certified riding instructors. Riders enjoy a one-to-one camper/adult ratio.

CAMP SCHOLARSHIPS OR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: Partial scholarship funds may be available.

CAMP SESSION DATES & FEES:
Please visit our website for specific information about dates and fees.

CAMP FACILITIES: Our Valley View girls live in 5 large wood-framed bunkhouses with swings on the porches, each equipped with plumbing and electricity. Approach the rock porch steps and enter a center hallway. The bathroom is straight ahead and two large rooms are on your right and left. Upon arrival, girls select their wooden bunk and begin to make friends immediately. One wrangler is assigned as the immediate counselor to a group of no more than five girls, and she lives in the cabin with them.

There are two cabins in each bunkhouse, with five girls and counselor on each side. In this way, ten girls and two counselors live in every bunkhouse. Ranchers wake up to stunning brow views and the sounds of horses peacefully grazing in the fields outside their screened-in windows.

CAMP PROGRAM INFO: Horse lovers’ paradise since 1954! A'top Lookout Mountain, for 50 girls, 8-17; 1 to 9 weeks, 600 acres, English, Western, Barrels, Vaulting, and Trails. CHA instructors teach beginner to advanced riders. Spend 4-6 hours daily with your OWN camp horse. The Jones family are third generation horse lovers, camp administrators, and equine educators making girls dreams come true!

YEAR-ROUND PROGRAMS: Family Reunions and Riding groups.

CAMP SESSION DATES & FEES:
Dates & Rates [AT] Our Camp Website Link: www.valleyviewranch.com

CAMP FACILITIES: With 170 acres of hardwood forests, rolling meadows and pastures, and plenty of shade from the sun, Camp Woodmont's property is spectacular. The facilities include: Dining Hall Nurses Clinic/Staff housing Separate boys & girls cabin areas w/3 bathhouses Basketball gymnasium with stage and crafts room Mini 6-hole putt putt golf course Small lake w/dock Archery range Campfire rings & campout areas Swimming pool, 40 Tall Climbing Wall w/high ropes, zip line and giant swing Challenge course Athletic field Miles of horseback riding trails (w/stables & tack house) Scenic rock formations

CAMP PROGRAM INFO: Our program features traditional summer-camp activities with an emphasis on nature, outdoor adventure, horseback riding, noncompetitive sports, and more. The nondenominational Christian atmosphere is appropriate for children from all faiths. Please see Our Camp Website Link: www.campwoodmont.com for more details.

Founded on strong Christian morals & principles in 1981, Camp Woodmont is the perfect place to build lifelong friendships and everlasting memories. Our deep-seeded traditions, close family atmosphere and caring counselors make campers feel secure, welcome & reassured! Counselors are college-age and live in the cabins with the campers.

Our camp program is very well-suited to first-time campers: we have all of the traditional camp activities starting at an introductory level and the camp layout is very conveniently spaced out. We have a lot of returning campers as well!

Come tour the camp at our Open House May 17, 2010 from 2- 5 pm

CAMP LEADERSHIP CIT/LIT PROGRAMS: Leadership program.

OTHER CAMP INFO: Camp Woodmont provides a rich environment full of new friends, monumental achievements and memorable activities. We provide supportive relationships, challenging opportunities, but most important give all children a level playing field from the start, without the pressures of school or suburban life. Everyone is equal at Camp Woodmont.

CAMP SESSION DATES & FEES:
Please visit: Our Camp Website Link: www.campwoodmont.com for dates & rates.

SUMMER CAMP JOBS:
Please apply online.
Camp Counselor
Camp Photographer
Sports Manager
Events Manager

CAMP FACILITIES: Camp Shane New York is located on 120 acres just 2 hours north of New York City in the beautiful Catskill Mountains. 10 minutes from the 600,000 acre Catskill Forest Preserve. Lush playing fields, world-famous forests and extensive facilities. Superb climate; comfortable days, cool nights and mornings. Perfect for outdoor activities.

Unsurpassed custom-designed facilities uniquely offered only in New York such as our go cart track, dune buggie off-road course, rope course, and on-site river with multiple whirlpools and waterfalls. Lakefront Adventure Center on our 9 mile long stunning lakefront property near camp featuring water-skiing, tubing, banana boats and Jet Ski rides. We are the only weight loss in camp in the world that owns its own camp grounds, your assurance of quality.

We run an awesome, exciting and fun camp, a program loaded with hilarious and fun activities that our creative staff created from scratch. And you will not find them at other camps.

CAMP PROGRAM INFO: Our caring, fun, and nurturing counselors help provide a wonderful environment for our campers. Our focus is on fun as much as on weight loss. Our goal is to have your camper leave armed with the knowledge to continue maintaining their weight loss goals. We offer three, six and nine week sessions throughout the summer with available weekly extensions.

CAMP SCHOLARSHIPS OR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: Limited Tuition Assistance is available for families in financial need.

OTHER CAMP INFO: Other Camp Locations:

ARIZONA: Camp Shane Arizona located at the naturally beautiful Orme School with 360 degree views of distant mesas and mountains boasting 19th century ranch buildings is truly a place to laugh, learn and lose weight. At an elevation of 4000 feet the climate is remarkably ideal without the intense heat of southern Arizona. This camp is unique in that it offers 25,000 acres for horseback riding as well as the facility offers climate controlled indoor gymnasiums, green playing fields and lawns and a beautiful outdoor pool. Campers ranging in age from 8 – 18 can take advantage of two, four or six week sessions at an affordable price. Your camper will experience a life change they will never forget.

CALIFORNIA: At Camp Shane California you will enjoy the breathtaking 225 acre California Lutheran University campus situated between Santa Barbara and Los Angeles. With a climate controlled state of the art fitness center, a variety of outdoor sporting facilities, a huge aquatic center and 6 brand new tennis courts Camp Shane California will transform your camper’s life. Our focus is always on having fun combined with a balance of fitness and nutrition for a truly life-changing experience. We offer two, four and six week sessions that are sure to meet your budgetary needs. With our proven program your camper is guaranteed to lose weight and gain a healthy outlook to last a lifetime.

GEORGIA: Camp Shane Georgia’s campus is located at Emmanuel College in northeast Georgia in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. An hour and a half drive from Atlanta, Georgia it's a quiet and safe setting on 200 acres. All facilities air-conditioned and it boasts an indoor 9-lane collegiate size pool, Aquatic Center, 4000 Sq.ft. air-conditioned Fitness Center with state of the art wellness equipment, fabulous new dormitories, quad style with one or two campers sharing a bathroom. Minutes from Georgia state parks, river activities, and Lake Hartwell. It's a wonderful place to experience summer fun while learning about nutrition, healthy cooking and fitness.

TEXAS: Camp Shane Texas is set on a lovely 83-acre, beautifully landscaped and wooded campus with attractive and well kept facilities in gorgeous Texas Hill Country setting. Dormitories are modern with custom furniture, granite bathroom counter tops and polished concrete floors. All sport facilities, dorms and classrooms are air conditioned. There is an outdoor classroom, garden, orchard, chicken coop, and miles of nature trails as well as a state-of-the-art weight room, fitness center, multi-purpose room, two gymnasiums and a new indoor swimming pool. Wholesome and nutritious Shane approved healthy menu prepared on-site. We are not a fat camp nor are we a boot camp. We combine all the fun of traditional summer camp with the benefits of weight loss.

WISCONSIN: Camp Shane Wisconsin is set on 80 acres, located off the shore of Lake Michigan. Dorms are newly constructed, modern and fully air-conditioned. There is an extensive, state of the art, multi-million-dollar fitness center and large grass playing fields to run fun fitness activities outdoors. The property also boasts an Olympic size indoor swimming pool – great for water exercise. Extensive walking paths on the grounds allow for easy exercise and a scenic river runs through the campus which is suitable for kayaking. Campers can relax in a beautiful, modern lounge and use the theatre for performance arts activities and to watch movies. Our program features our healthy yet delicious portion controlled foods.

CAMP SESSION DATES & FEES:
2017 Session Dates

Arizona - 2 Week Session Dates

Session 1: June 11 - June 25, 2017
Session 2: June 25 - July 9, 2017
Session 3: July 9 - July 23, 2017

California - 2 Week Session Dates

Session 1: June 17 - July 1, 2017
Session 2: July 1 - July 15, 2017
Session 3: July 15 - July 29, 2017

Georgia - 2 Week Session Dates

Session 1: June 10 - June 24, 2017
Session 2: June 24 - July 8, 2017
Session 3: July 8 - July 22, 2017

New York

Session 1: June 21 - July 10, 2017: 3 weeks
Session 2: June 21 - July 31, 2017: 6 weeks
Session 3: June 21 - August 19, 2017: 9 weeks
Session 4: July 10 - August 19, 2017: 6 weeks
Session 5: July 31 - August 19, 2017: 3 weeks

Texas - 2 Week Session Dates

Session 1: June 10 - June 24, 2017
Session 2: June 24 - July 8, 2017
Session 3: July 8 - July 22, 2017

Wisconsin - 2 Week Session Dates

Session 1: June 10 - June 24, 2017
Session 2: June 24 - July 8, 2017
Session 3: July 8 - July 22, 2017

SUMMER CAMP JOBS:
Directors, head staff, counselors, photographers, videographers, office support, nutrition instructors and many more. See complete job details, at: Our Camp Website Link: www.campshane.com.

CAMP FACILITIES: Our air-conditioned cabins are newly constructed with bunk beds, individual cubbies and indoor shower & toilet facilities. Indoor basketball court, amphitheater, indoor and outdoor activity areas, a heated pool, two pristine lakes for swimming, boating and blobbing.

CAMP PROGRAM INFO: An integral part of the Camp Blue Ridge family are owners/directors, Lori & Joey Waldman. With a combined 70 years of camping between them, they remain dedicated to the beliefs and ideas of what camp does for a child.

Joey was just 11 years old when his parents, Morris and Sheila Waldman, founded Camp Ocala in 1970. Starting his employment in 1975, his 5 years as a counselor and a certified aquatics instructor, prepared Joey for his athletics director position when his parents started Camp Blue Ridge. He has been a camper, counselor, unit leader, a head counselor, athletic director, program director, an assistant director and of course, now, runs Camp Blue Ridge with all the knowledge and heart he has gained.

Lori taught for 33 years, every grade from 2nd through high school. She started working at Camp Blue Ridge when she and Joey married. Having been to summer camp herself in her early years, her love of camp was already there. At Camp Blue Ridge, she is the healthcare manager, program director and the off-season retreat/conference center coordinator.

Together she and Joey work closely with their head counselors and staff to make sure every child has a fun, safe summer making memories and friends that last a lifetime. Along with their daughters, Rikki and Alexa, they welcome campers, staff and their families into their Camp Blue Ridge family.

CAMP LEADERSHIP CIT/LIT PROGRAMS: S.T.A.R. Leadership program for rising 11th graders.

FAMILY CAMP SESSION(S): Yearly Family Camps listed on Facebook

YEAR-ROUND PROGRAMS: Surrounded by the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains, Camp Blue Ridge Conference & Retreat Center facility offers a multitude of indoor activity and meeting facilities, as well as scenic outdoor facilities suitable to meet all of your needs. One rate for lodging, meals, meeting places and fields.

OTHER CAMP INFO: Each session consists of various field trips, special events, and over 50 camper selected summer camp activities. With proper guidance from our staff, every camper has the opportunity to enjoy an abundance of activities in the areas of aquatics, athletics, outdoor adventure & the arts. Every 3 days (6 periods per day) each camper selects his/her activities (each activity is 1 hour long). At the end of the 3 days, a camper may select new activities, or elect to continue with some.

Campers 5 – 16 years of age may participate in any of our off-campus field trips as well. These trips include: white water rafting, climbing/bouldering expeditions, and our all-camp trips (Six Flags Over Georgia & White Water Park in Marietta). Additionally, each week we offer our exciting camp-wide special events and Color War.

CAMP SESSION DATES & FEES:
SESSION A
06/12/2022 – 06/24/2022

Call for first time camper rate!
(Teen Program add’l FEE $225)

SESSION B
06/26/2022- 07/30/2022
$6450
(Teen Program add’l FEE $550)

SESSION C
06/12/2022 – 07/30/2022
$8500
(Teen Program add’l FEE $675)

SUMMER CAMP JOBS:
A Camp Blue Ridge Camp Counselor needs to be an “activity oriented” individual, willing to work for the needs of the children. Staff members receive weekly days off, nights off and a salary competitive with all camps in our region. Our program facilities are exemplary and our living quarters are very comfortable.

They can apply here:
Our Camp Website Link: www.blueridgecamp.com

CAMP FACILITIES: We are a family owned and operated equestrian facility. We have both an indoor and outdoor arena, so campers can ride rain or shine.

CAMP SESSION DATES & FEES:
Week 1: English. June 8-12
week 2: western. July 22-26
$100 deposit to hold campers spot and remaining $200 due first day of camp. $75 off each additional family member.

CAMP FACILITIES: Built in 2005, our facilities are modern, climate controlled, and include restrooms. Our property consists of 250 acres featuring a horse barn, gym, outdoor education pavilion, a riflery and archery range, two large playing fields and a beautiful campfire area overlooking one of our two lakes.

CAMP PROGRAM INFO: Life-long memories can be found here! Where else can you ride a horse, shoot a bow, climb a rock wall, go blobbing in the lake, paddle a canoe, play crazy camp-wide games, hang out with the coolest college students on the planet, and hear awesome devotions about God? Nowhere, but camp!

Your time at Strong Rock is designed so you can have the most fun possible. Counselors can't wait to teach you new skills as you try different activities. Your tribe excitedly prepares for each evening competition, looking for a chance to earn more points for the Pride of the Tribe and Honor of the Warrior trophies. Morning and Evening Lifelines help you explore who God is and what He has to say about you.

New friendships develop and grow as you live together with your counselor and cabin-mates. We want to help you answer the question: What does an abundant and purposeful life look like?

CAMP LEADERSHIP CIT/LIT PROGRAMS: The HERO program consists of three independent phases. Phase I (rising 10th grade) is a 13-day, voluntary program that is the perfect stepping stone for campers wanting to make a difference in the world. Beyond the traditional camp fun, this program gets campers engaged in interactive group discussions about the importance of Christian role models and gives them the opportunity to practice being one.

Phase II (rising 11th grade) is also offered during 13-day sessions, HERO II encourages you to dig deeper into the responsibilities and skills of servant leadership. You get to study the techniques and character traits necessary for motivating others, in addition get hands-on experience as they assistant our staff in several areas around camp.

Phase III (rising 12th grade) is offered to those who want to put the servant leadership skills they have learned into practice. Participants spend 4 weeks at camp being mentored by an experienced staff member who encourages and guides them through their duties. These participants are a vital part of our camp community as many of their daily responsibilities are important to our camp program.

This program has an application process and campers selected are chosen for their counselor-like qualities.

CAMP SESSION DATES & FEES:
2014 Sessions:
Session 1 (6 day): June 1-6 $845
Session 2 (13 day): June 8-20 $1420
Session 3 (6 day): June 22-27 $845
Session 4 (13 day): June 29-July 11 $1420
Session 5 (13 day): July 13-25 $1420

Eligibility:
One week sessions: Rising 1st - Rising 6th graders
Two week sessions: Rising 2nd - Rising 10th graders
HERO II Program: Rising 11th graders (Available Session 2 and 4 only)

CAMP SCHOLARSHIPS OR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: Early bird specials and scholarships

FAMILY CAMP SESSION(S): Family camps, overnight teen and adult camps offered; as well as respite.

YEAR-ROUND PROGRAMS: Year round therapeutic horseback riding and equine assisted psychotherapy

CAMP SESSION DATES & FEES:
Please see our website for details.

SUMMER CAMP JOBS:
Always looking for OT, PT, SLP, Music therapist. Also, special needs teachers, para's and nurses