In honor of the 33rd Olympic Games being held in Paris, join us to make your Olympic games with the world around you. Start the week with opening ceremonies, find natural materials to build and compete in games you create in addition to building your own Olympic Village. End the week with a friendly competition and closing ceremonies with parents. 

This summer, join your friends at Piedmont Wildlife Center as we connect with nature (and each other!) at our award-winning outdoor camps. Explore some of the Triangle’s best parks, play exciting forest games, go creek crawling, meet native NC wildlife, and more. Experience the Best Summer Camp in Durham (INDY Week Best of Durham 2023) for yourself this summer!

To all our old-timers and newcomers, we are excited to welcome you back into the wild!

Drop-off: 8:00 -9:00 AM
Pick-up: 2:45 - 3:00 PM

Camper price (ages 7-12): $365
Level 1 CIT price (ages 13-17): $165

CITs (Counselors in Training) are required to attend Outdoor Leadership Camp first.

Option to add aftercare until 5:30 PM for an additional fee

Location: Blackwood Farm Park (4215 NC 86 S, Chapel Hill, NC 27516)

You stand on the threshold between being a camper and being a counselor. You have the power to shape your own adventure and guide those who are taking their first steps into nature. Hone your outdoor skills and learn to become a community leader!

All teens must attend this program before being a Counselor in Training (CIT). Participants need to attend the TOL program and then be approved by our staff to graduate on to CIT Level 1. Most of our participants do graduate but we want to make sure each person is ready to be a CIT.

Teen Outdoor Leadership is only offered during the summer season.

NOTE: This is a four-day camp. To honor Juneteenth, camp will not meet on Wednesday, June 19th.

Ages 13-17

Price: $311

Location: Blackwood Farm Park (4215 NC 86 S, Chapel Hill, NC 27516)

Welcome to Village Camp! This week, each group will work together through hands-on study and creative play, we will create our own village community in the forest. We will learn to build the physical structures of our village, and then create natural crafts and tools such as baskets, counsel sticks, pigments, small pots, and much more! We will learn to barter some of our creations with different group villages.

This summer, join your friends at Piedmont Wildlife Center as we connect with nature (and each other!) at our award-winning outdoor camps. Explore some of the Triangle’s best parks, play exciting forest games, go creek crawling, meet native NC wildlife, and more. Experience the Best Summer Camp in Durham (INDY Week Best of Durham 2023) for yourself this summer!

To all our old-timers and newcomers, we are excited to welcome you back into the wild!

NOTE: This is a four-day camp. To honor Juneteenth, camp will not meet on Wednesday, June 19th.

Drop-off: 8:00 -9:00 AM
Pick-up: 2:45 - 3:00 PM

Camper price (ages 7-12): $295
Level 1 CIT price (ages 13-17): $135

CITs (Counselors in Training) are required to attend Outdoor Leadership Camp first.

Option to add aftercare until 5:30 PM for an additional fee

Location: Blackwood Farm Park (4215 NC 86 S, Chapel Hill, NC 27516)

Everything in nature is connected. From mushrooms to coyotes, join us to explore what makes up an ecosystem! We will get our hands dirty learning about soils and our feet wet learning about water. We will investigate trees from their roots to their leaves and track animals by their scat. Discover what makes a plant grow, what makes water flow, and how all things, living and nonliving, are woven into the web of life.

This summer, join your friends at Piedmont Wildlife Center as we connect with nature (and each other!) at our award-winning outdoor camps. Explore some of the Triangle’s best parks, play exciting forest games, go creek crawling, meet native NC wildlife, and more. Experience the Best Summer Camp in Durham (INDY Week Best of Durham 2023) for yourself this summer!

To all our old-timers and newcomers, we are excited to welcome you back into the wild!

Drop-off: 8:00 -9:00 AM
Pick-up: 2:45 - 3:00 PM

Camper price (ages 7-12): $365
Level 1 CIT price (ages 13-17): $165

CITs (Counselors in Training) are required to attend Outdoor Leadership Camp first.

Option to add aftercare until 5:30 PM for an additional fee

Location: Blackwood Farm Park (4215 NC 86 S, Chapel Hill, NC 27516)

Coyote is nature’s trickster. We will follow their lead as we tap into our sense of humor and immerse ourselves in the playful spirit of the Coyote. Using this energy, we will gently push our edges as we adapt to the forest around us. Patience, planning, and stealth are key for causing good coyote mischief!

This summer, join your friends at Piedmont Wildlife Center as we connect with nature (and each other!) at our award-winning outdoor camps. Explore some of the Triangle’s best parks, play exciting forest games, go creek crawling, meet native NC wildlife, and more. Experience the Best Summer Camp in Durham (INDY Week Best of Durham 2023) for yourself this summer!

To all our old-timers and newcomers, we are excited to welcome you back into the wild!

NOTE: This is a three-day camp due to the July 4th holiday.

Drop-off: 8:00 -9:00 AM
Pick-up: 2:45 - 3:00 PM

Camper price (ages 7-12): $220
Level 1 CIT price (ages 13-17): $100

CITs (Counselors in Training) are required to attend Outdoor Leadership Camp first.

Option to add aftercare until 5:30 PM for an additional fee

Location: Blackwood Farm Park (4215 NC 86 S, Chapel Hill, NC 27516)

Branch out with us and learn more about trees and your place in the forest. From saplings to stumps, you can’t have a forest without trees! Tall trees, short trees, fallen trees, and snags - each one plays an important part in the forest ecosystem! We will get to know the quiet giants of the forest through up-close examination, sensory learning, and games.

This summer, join your friends at Piedmont Wildlife Center as we connect with nature (and each other!) at our award-winning outdoor camps. Explore some of the Triangle’s best parks, play exciting forest games, go creek crawling, meet native NC wildlife, and more. Experience the Best Summer Camp in Durham (INDY Week Best of Durham 2023) for yourself this summer!

To all our old-timers and newcomers, we are excited to welcome you back into the wild!

Drop-off: 8:00 -9:00 AM
Pick-up: 2:45 - 3:00 PM

Camper price (ages 7-12): $365
Level 1 CIT price (ages 13-17): $165

CITs (Counselors in Training) are required to attend Outdoor Leadership Camp first.

Option to add aftercare until 5:30 PM for an additional fee

Location: Blackwood Farm Park (4215 NC 86 S, Chapel Hill, NC 27516)

We will hone our senses to make music inspired by birdsong, paintings inspired by the colors of the forest, and rhythms inspired by raindrops. Bring home artwork, instruments, and songs. Let imagination, creativity, and natural wonder be your guides. Most of all, develop your mind’s eye so you can see the world in a whole new way!

This summer, join your friends at Piedmont Wildlife Center as we connect with nature (and each other!) at our award-winning outdoor camps. Explore some of the Triangle’s best parks, play exciting forest games, go creek crawling, meet native NC wildlife, and more. Experience the Best Summer Camp in Durham (INDY Week Best of Durham 2023) for yourself this summer!

To all our old-timers and newcomers, we are excited to welcome you back into the wild!

Drop-off: 8:00 -9:00 AM
Pick-up: 2:45 - 3:00 PM

Camper price (ages 7-12): $365
Level 1 CIT price (ages 13-17): $165

CITs (Counselors in Training) are required to attend Outdoor Leadership Camp first.

Option to add aftercare until 5:30 PM for an additional fee

Location: Blackwood Farm Park (4215 NC 86 S, Chapel Hill, NC 27516)

Fully engage your mind and body while playing some of PWC’s famous woodland games! Join us for story-driven games that encourage fair and honorable play. Children will learn to work in groups and resolve conflicts in a safe environment. During these games, your child will strive to be quiet as a fox, fast as a wolf, and persistent as the wind!

This summer, join your friends at Piedmont Wildlife Center as we connect with nature (and each other!) at our award-winning outdoor camps. Explore some of the Triangle’s best parks, play exciting forest games, go creek crawling, meet native NC wildlife, and more. Experience the Best Summer Camp in Durham (INDY Week Best of Durham 2023) for yourself this summer!

To all our old-timers and newcomers, we are excited to welcome you back into the wild!

Drop-off: 8:00 -9:00 AM
Pick-up: 2:45 - 3:00 PM

Camper price (ages 7-12): $365
Level 1 CIT price (ages 13-17): $165

CITs (Counselors in Training) are required to attend Outdoor Leadership Camp first.

Option to add aftercare until 5:30 PM for an additional fee

Location: Blackwood Farm Park (4215 NC 86 S, Chapel Hill, NC 27516)

Saw, shave, bend, and string. Learn the ins and outs of longbow archery while building your own bow from sapling to bowstring. You’ll develop hand tool skills during construction, and hone your focus and accuracy during target-shooting at the end of the week. Upon completion of their bows, campers will receive a series of challenges to prove their archery skill. This unique experience taught by our skilled staff is truly one of a kind!

Ages 13-17

Price: $390

Location: Blackwood Farm Park (4215 NC 86 S, Chapel Hill, NC 27516)

Comfort and community can be built anywhere! In this camp, we will learn about shelters, fires, and primitive structures of all kinds. Learn what makes good mud, where to find the best rocks, and how to make a roof waterproof! Join us as we explore the forests and streams while responsibly using the resources the land has given us!

This summer, join your friends at Piedmont Wildlife Center as we connect with nature (and each other!) at our award-winning outdoor camps. Explore some of the Triangle’s best parks, play exciting forest games, go creek crawling, meet native NC wildlife, and more. Experience the Best Summer Camp in Durham (INDY Week Best of Durham 2023) for yourself this summer!

To all our old-timers and newcomers, we are excited to welcome you back into the wild!

Drop-off: 8:00 -9:00 AM
Pick-up: 2:45 - 3:00 PM

Camper price (ages 7-12): $365
Level 1 CIT price (ages 13-17): $165

CITs (Counselors in Training) are required to attend Outdoor Leadership Camp first.

Option to add aftercare until 5:30 PM for an additional fee

Location: Blackwood Farm Park (4215 NC 86 S, Chapel Hill, NC 27516)

Don a mask and become a character to explore the natural world through acting, improvisation, and storytelling! Warm up your stage voices to sing, act, and put on a show as we learn from ancient stories and the world around us. We will design sets and costumes, write a miniature play, and interpret old stories in a new way. Come play, explore, and express yourself!

This summer, join your friends at Piedmont Wildlife Center as we connect with nature (and each other!) at our award-winning outdoor camps. Explore some of the Triangle’s best parks, play exciting forest games, go creek crawling, meet native NC wildlife, and more. Experience the Best Summer Camp in Durham (INDY Week Best of Durham 2023) for yourself this summer!

To all our old-timers and newcomers, we are excited to welcome you back into the wild!

Drop-off: 8:00 -9:00 AM
Pick-up: 2:45 - 3:00 PM

Camper price (ages 7-12): $365
Level 1 CIT price (ages 13-17): $165

CITs (Counselors in Training) are required to attend Outdoor Leadership Camp first.

Option to add aftercare until 5:30 PM for an additional fee

Location: Blackwood Farm Park (4215 NC 86 S, Chapel Hill, NC 27516)

Fairies, gnomes, trolls, and sprites! We will hear ancient stories and lore from around the world. Together we will construct fairy villages and gnome homes. We will adventure to magical places in the forest to look for elusive friends. Make a costume from nature’s bounty and invent mystical tales of your own. This week is all about imagination!

This summer, join your friends at Piedmont Wildlife Center as we connect with nature (and each other!) at our award-winning outdoor camps. Explore some of the Triangle’s best parks, play exciting forest games, go creek crawling, meet native NC wildlife, and more. Experience the Best Summer Camp in Durham (INDY Week Best of Durham 2023) for yourself this summer!

To all our old-timers and newcomers, we are excited to welcome you back into the wild!

Drop-off: 8:00 -9:00 AM
Pick-up: 2:45 - 3:00 PM

Camper price (ages 7-12): $365
Level 1 CIT price (ages 13-17): $165

CITs (Counselors in Training) are required to attend Outdoor Leadership Camp first.

Option to add aftercare until 5:30 PM for an additional fee

Location: Blackwood Farm Park (4215 NC 86 S, Chapel Hill, NC 27516)