Camp Augusta

Hours: Camp Augusta is an absolutely amazing and life-changing camp experience located in a beautiful forest setting. It offers an incredible abundance and wide variety of daily activities for kids, teens, and families, including specialized options like glass bead making, pottery, aerial silks, archery, spear and axe throwing, stilt walking, candle making, and zip lines. The program emphasizes self-reliance, responsibility, and respect for self and others, encouraging campers to disconnect from electronics and connect with the community. The staff and counselors are consistently described as amazing, fun, impressive, and highly dedicated, treating campers more as friends. The camp's leader is noted for a strong background in child development. Families and campers report profound benefits, with children becoming more social, confident, and happy, often carrying positive life lessons home. The accommodations, while sparse and open-air, include welcome amenities like hot showers and flushing toilets. The food is universally praised as absolutely delicious and incredible, with a varied menu that thoughtfully accommodates all dietary needs. While minor downsides include mosquitoes, a long drive for some, and Covid policies that were challenging, the overall magic of Camp Augusta overwhelmingly outweighs these. It fosters a special sense of wonder and surprise, creating a place that families and campers look forward to year after year, forming lasting traditions.

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1. Nevada City, California