LAFAYETTE SUMMER CAMPS
Outdoor day camps in Lafayette for children ages 5-14
Thorne campers explore the wonders of the outdoors at Boulder County parks and open spaces, sharpen survival skills, create nature art, and dive into hands-on learning about local plants, animals, and a whole lot more. Join us for a summer of pond mucking, fort building, and creek splashing adventure!
LAFAYETTE CAMP SCHEDULE
Camps run from 8:30 am-2:30 pm Monday-Friday with the option to add Extended Care from 2:30 pm-5:30 pm.
Click the camp names below to view detailed camp descriptions.
| Age | Camp Name | Session 1 5/27-6/6* |
Session 2 6/9-6/20* |
Session 3 6/23-7/3* |
Session 4 7/7-7/18 |
Session 5 7/21-8/1 |
Session 6 8/4-8/12* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5-6 | Eco-Explorers | LNC** | LNC** | LNC** | LNC** | LNC** | LNC |
| 6-8 | Wanderers | Coal Creek | Coal Creek | Coal Creek | Coal Creek | Coal Creek | LNC |
| 9-11 | Pathfinders | Coal Creek | Coal Creek | Coal Creek | Coal Creek | Coal Creek | |
| Wild Skills | Coal Creek | Coal Creek | Coal Creek | Coal Creek | Coal Creek | ||
| 12-14 | Outdoor Leaders-in-Training | LNC | |||||
| 5-11 | Extended Care 2:30-5:30 pm |
Coal Creek | Coal Creek | Coal Creek | Coal Creek | Coal Creek | LNC |
* Sessions 1, 2, and 3 are 9-day camps for holidays, Session 6 is a 7-day camp
- Session 1: No camp May 26
- Session 2: No camp June 19
- Session 3: No camp July 4
- Session 6: 7-day camp
** These Eco-Explorers sessions include a visit from Jeff Kagan of the musical duo Jeff & Paige!
CAMP MEETING LOCATIONS
Our camps are designed around home open space sites where campers will spend most of their time when they aren’t on field trips to other fabulous open spaces in Boulder County.
- Coal Creek: 1241 Ceres Dr, Lafayette, CO 80026 (Boulder Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship)
- LNC (Lafayette Nature Center): 300 Old Laramie Trail E, Lafayette, CO, 80026
PRICING
Sessions 1, 2, and 3: $915 per session (9-day camps for holidays)
Sessions 4 and 5: $1015 per session
Session 6: $715 per session (7-day camp)
Families can sign up for our convenient payment plans, allowing them to pay for camp over time, or they can pay in full at the time of registration.