Type: Acting, Art & Nature, Arts & Crafts, Arts Education, Camps for Girls, Creative, Day Camp, Design, Fashion, Featured Sleep Away Camp, Film, Improv, Music, Musical Theater, Nature, Performing Arts, Photography, Skateboarding, Sleep Away, Teen, Theater, Traditional, Visual Arts, Voice, Water Sports

Description:

Just 90 minutes from LA, Amplify is an award-winning music and arts camp tucked away in the gorgeous Ojai mountains. We’ve redefined what a sleepaway camp can be — blending the friendship and fun of traditional camp life with a next-level creative experience designed to empower every camper.

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Younger students explore confidence, creativity, and self-expression through music, visual arts, theatre, film, and more — all in a supportive, inclusive, and fiercely anti-bullying community.
For our oldest campers, Amplify becomes a true launchpad. With one-on-one mentorship from industry professionals — including instructors from Berklee, UCLA, and beyond — they can prepare for college portfolios, auditions, and future creative careers.
Whether your child is here to grow their skills, make lifelong friends, or take their artistry to the next level, they’ll leave Amplify more fearless, inspired, and ready to take on whatever’s next.
Amplify isn’t just a camp — it’s a launchpad for confidence and creativity.

Type: Adventure Camp, Arts & Crafts, Backpacking, Featured Sleep Away Camp, Nature, Outdoors, Sleep Away, Traditional, Water Sports

Description:

Deer Crossing Wilderness Camp is an ACA accredited overnight summer camp for youth ages 8-17, located on Loon Lake in California near Lake Tahoe (as the crow flies). Founded on the concept that competence builds self-esteem, Deer Crossing offers a wide variety of activities for campers, with an emphasis on building skills in outdoor activities and leadership.

Mention MomsLA for a $310 discount off of tuition!

Class sizes are small, so each class is taught to a high skill level and is highly personalized. Campers progress at their own rate from one level to the next and return year after year to master windsurfing, kayaking, sailing, rock climbing, technical tree climbing and many other activities.

Deer Crossing’s leadership programs – Counselor-in-Training, Leader-in-Training, and Wilderness Guide-in-Training – are specially-tailored programs that go above and beyond camp’s general activities with leadership, lifeguard and first aid training, wilderness first aid, and instruction opportunities.

Bay Area Parent Magazine called Deer Crossing Wilderness Camp “One of the best children’s summer camps in California.”

Type: Adventure Camp, Animal Camp, Art & Nature, Arts & Crafts, Backpacking, Equestrian, Featured Sleep Away Camp, Mindfulness, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Sleep Away, Teen, Traditional, Water Sports

Description:

Welcome to the Meadow.
Mountain Meadow Ranch is a traditional, co-ed sleep-away summer camp for ages 7–16, tucked into a beautiful working ranch in Northern California’s Sierra Nevada. Family-owned and operated for three generations, MMR is the kind of camp that gives your camper more than just fun. Campers unplug, spend their days outdoors, and become part of a warm, close-knit community. Days are filled with classic camp activities and the freedom to try new things at their own pace and in their own way. It’s a place where kids feel welcome, make real friendships, and head home grounded with great stories, a little more independence, and that unmistakable glow of a summer well spent.