2023 DATES & RATES
We are a diverse community committed to creating a welcoming experience where each camper can bring their full selves to camp. All youth are welcome.
Discover what inclusion looks like at camp.
Overnight camps provide an immersive experience for campers to explore the outdoors, make new friends and to discover their spark. Through team and individual activities, our program focuses on inclusion, nature, and character development led by caring and engaging camp counselors from all over the world.
During the daytime, campers enjoy traditional camp activities and venture out on great adventures on Lake Minnewashta and across our 103 acres. Before heading into rustic cabins for the night, campers spend the evening playing all-camp games, telling epic stories, and singing songs around the campfire.
Campers are grouped into cabins by age and their selected cabin preference (girl, boy, or all-gender). They spend most of the week in activities with their cabin mates. All campers come together for meals, swimming, evening activities and campfires.
What are you waiting for?! Carry on the nearly 100-year-old traditions of camp life – Polar Bears and Rock’n Robins – and, of course, help create some new ones! At Camp Fire, campers build new skills and friendships, develop a deeper understanding of the natural world, and simply have fun.
Progressive sleep-over camp experiences:
- Mini-Overnight Camp
- Overnight Camp (plus Teen Week!)
- Northwoods Adventure Trips
- Counselor-in-Training 2-week overnight
Discover more about our overnight programs:
Mini-Overnight Camp
Sunday – Wednesday | Ages 7-12
Mini-Overnight Camp is a sampling of all the great things Overnight Camp has to offer. Campers stay in rustic cabins with other Mini-Overnight campers and enjoy activities with their cabin group. Campers will enjoy individual and team-building activities like archery, challenge courses, nature exploration, art, swimming, kayaking, and more. During the evening, everyone comes together for all-camp games and campfires.
Mini-Overnight camp is also the perfect stepping stone to full-week Overnight Camp if your camper is new to overnights.
Overnight Camp
Sunday – Friday | Ages 7-15 (Teen Week, Ages 13-17)
Make Camp Fire home for the week! Classic camp activities and new adventures start in the early morning and continue the night. Our evening activities include a mixture of all-camp games, small-group experiences, and telling stories around the campfire. Each week, campers participate in a cookout and some cabins take on an overnight tent camping challenge. Campers will do a mix of chosen activities and activities with their cabin group. Learn new skills, build new friendships, develop a deeper understanding of the natural world, and simply have fun!
When you arrive at camp, you’ll fill out your top activity choices and then spend the week diving deep and developing your skills. Choose from a wide variety of classic camp activities like archery, boating, swimming, climbing, nature study, arts, and drama.
Teen Week: Break away from all the pressure of being a teen and just have fun! Teen week is more relaxed than other weeks of camp. Roll out of your bunk later and stay up at the campfire longer. (ages 13-17)
Northwoods Adventure Trips
Sunday – Friday | Ages 14-17
Eat, sleep, adventure! Led by two fully trained and qualified trip leaders, campers build lifelong skills – collaboration, communication, and self confidence – on a Northwoods Adventure Trip! Campers start the week at our Camp Fire Excelsior Property preparing for their trip and getting to know each other. After a night at Camp Fire, they hit the road for 3 nights of camping and adventure. Celebrate with a hot shower and meal at the dining hall during a final night spent back at Camp Fire. Learn more.
Counselor-in-Training (CIT)
Two-Week Overnight | Ages 15-17
CIT is part of our progressive Leadership Development Program for teens. Learn more.
Weekly themes create a fun, creative, and silly atmosphere showing up in all-camp games and activities.
Campers are encouraged to dress up on Wednesdays for the weekly theme — have fun!
2023 OVERNIGHT CAMP THEMES
| Week 1: June 11-16 | A Bug’s Life |
| Week 2: June 18-23 | Deep Sea Exploration |
| Week 3: June 25-30 | Minnesota Adventures |
| Week 4: July 2-7 | Beach Party |
| Week 5: July 9-14 | Y2K |
| Week 6: July 16-21 | Sailors and Scallywags |
| Week 7: July 23-28 | Out of this World! |
| Week 8: July 30-August 4 | International Bonanza |
| Week 9: August 6-11 | Whodunnit?!? |
| Week 10: August 13-18 | Wizards, Witches, and Warlocks |
| Week 11: August 20-25 | Go Wild! |