MontgomeryParks.org Advanced Fishing Camp
Prerequisite: Beginning Fishing Camp, or experience with overhead and sidearm casting, mastery of at least one reliable knot to attach tackle to line, and ability to rig plastic worms and grubs to jig heads.
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This advanced camp will focus on building skills and techniques to effectively use a wider variety of artificial lures, and better understand fish behavior and fishing strategies. Campers will also learn care, maintenance and selection of equipment. We’ll fish a wide variety of waters, both on and off-site. Fee includes a tackle pack full of a variety of lures to use and take home. FOBH $295 Black Hill Visitor Center 175999
12-17yrs
4 Classes
$300
7/2- 7/6*
M,Tu,Th,F 8:30am- 5pm
Spend four days and three nights in the great outdoors, learning all about your county parks while doing meaningful service projects (SSL-approved). By day, you’ll meet the folks who keep the parks running, from Park Managers and Park Police to natural resource experts. By night, you’ll swing through the trees at the Go Ape rope course; enjoy night hikes, campfires, and lots more! We’ll spend each night camping in beautiful Little Bennett Park. Come find out more about the big wide world Montgomery Parks has to offer! Meadowside Nature Center
* No camp Wednesday, July 4
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River Adventures Kayak Camp
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Kayaking is even more fun than it looks! Learn the basics of successful kayaking on flat and gentle river waters in this beginners’ camp. We’ll cover equipment, safety, basic strokes, entries and exits (wet and dry), boat control, self-rescue, how to read the water, river hazards, safe transport of kayaks, knots and hitches, features/uses of kayaks and equipment, and more, using American Canoe Association-approved manuals and certified kayak instructors. We’ll spend our first day on Little Seneca Lake learning how to kayak on flatwater, and the other three days on local rivers (Class I moving water). Four-day camp. FOBH $295 Black Hill Visitor Center 176850 12-17yrs 4 Classes $300 7/16- 7/20* M,Tu,Th,F 8:30am- 5pm 176851 12-17yrs 4 Classes $300 7/30- 8/3* M,Tu,Th,F 8:30am- 5pm Fee includes kayak rental, personal floatation devices (PFDs), and all other necessary equipment. You must be able to swim. Please wear clothes you don’t mind getting wet, and bring water shoes or strapon sandals, brimmed hat, sunglasses with strap, and sunscreen. * No camp Wednesday, July 18 or Wednesday, August 1
Parent & Child Nature Art Camp
Share nature and art with your child! Together you’ll discover the plants and animals of the forest, stream and meadow while creating nature artwork and projects to treasure. We’ll send each camper home with an art set, so they can continue to explore and create nature art throughout the year. Brookside Nature Center 175199
4-6yrs
4 Classes
$100
8/13- 8/16 M-Th
9am- Noon
Grandparent-Grandchild Nature Camp Create great memories with your grandchild as you participate together in fun outdoor activities and field trips like fishing, catching bugs, hiking, boating, and more. Please register and pay for each camper (both the young, and young at heart). Meadowside Nature Center 178449 6 & up
4 Classes
$125
14-17yrs
4 Classes
$350
6/26- 6/29 9am Tuesday - 2pm Friday
Come with us to hike the entire Maryland section of the Appalachian Trail! We’ll start our 40-mile hike on the Maryland/Pennsylvania state line and head south along South Mountain, covering about 10 miles a day. During the day we’ll take in all the trail has to offer, including breathtaking views, local history, and some beautiful state parks. For two of the three nights, we’ll camp in shelters along the trail. On our second night, we’ll get some well-earned R&R when we tent camp at Greenbrier State Park, where we’ll enjoy swimming, canoeing and hot showers. Are you up for the challenge? Meadowside Nature Center 177899
15-17yrs
4 Classes
$400
7/10- 7/13 9:30am Tuesday - 5pm Friday
Chesapeake Week
Explore the Chesapeake Bay and the watershed region by sailing, camping, canoeing and more! We’ll begin the week exploring the Bay by boat as we hoist our sails, trawl for fish, and analyze water samples looking for microscopic life forms. Mid-week, we’ll hop into canoes to get a more intimate look at the Bay’s waterways, camp for two nights, and go fossil hunting. We’ll close out the week by examining the lives of people who’ve made the Bay their home throughout the years, including early American colonists and Native Americans living in long house villages. Meadowside Nature Center 178253 12-14yrs 5 Classes $385 8/6- 8/10 8am-5pm M/Tu, and 8am Wed. - 5pm Fri.
Family Adventures Kayak & Canoe Camp
Parents, do you have a secret wish to go to summer camp just like your kids? Here’s your chance! Enjoy four days of canoeing or kayaking and one overnight camping expedition with your children. In the first two days, we’ll cover the basics of flatwater and Class I moving water kayaking and canoeing, including gear, safety, basic strokes, entries and exits (wet and dry), how to read the water, and more. On Thursday and Friday, we’ll take our boats and sleeping bags to the Chesapeake Bay to paddle and enjoy this fabulous natural resource. Fee includes kayak rental, personal flotation devices, and other necessary equipment. FOBH $295 Black Hill Visitor Center 177999 8 & up 4 Classes $300 8/13- 8/17* M & Tu 8:30am-5pm; Th & F 10am-4pm (*no camp Wed.; camp overnight Thurs.)
8/14- 8/17
Tu-F
9am- 2:30pm
You must be able to swim, and provide your own bedding (such as a sleeping bag). Please wear clothes you don’t mind getting wet, and bring water shoes or secure sandals (no flip-flops), a brimmed hat, sunglasses with keeper strap, water, and sunscreen. At least one parent/guardian (or responsible adult) per family must register with and accompany their children.
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