Overnight Camps
A week in the Woods or A week on the coast!
Tucked away on the traditional homelands of the Kalapuya, Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, and Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians both Camp Artemis and Little Fall Creek Camp (aka Youngers) will be held at the foot of the cascades North of Lowell, on Oregon Trail Council land. This beautiful mixed forest of Doug-fir, Red alder and Big Leaf Maple hung with lichen, is also bordered by Little Fall Creek. Our secluded camp spot has open meadows for games, lots of shady tree-covered spots for meals, crafts and rest times, and plenty of forest to explore. All campers will sleep in 6-person wall tents, with a Junior Counselor as mentor and helper for each group. This rustic location offers campers the opportunity to practice the essential outdoor skill of hardiness – as there is no running water, no showering facilities, and porta-potties for bathrooms. We will spend the week learning to embrace the elements of nature! Bring clothes that can get dirty, plenty of sunscreen and bug repellant, and a sturdy sense of adventure.
Campers of Coastal Adventure will journey on a road trip down the Oregon Coast from Astoria to Reedsport.
To make things easier for families, all overnight campers will be dropped off at Mt Pisgah at 9am on Monday morning, as part of our usual day camp drop-off. Camp Artemis and Little Fall Creek Campers will be transported by van to the campsite, and at the end of the week families will get a glimpse of camp life when they come out to pick their campers up on Friday at 4pm.
Our Coastal Adventure campers will be dropped off and picked up at Mt Pisgah following usual day camp procedures.
Little Fall Creek Camp
Dirt. Food. Gnarly. Visit Little Fall Creek is your opportunity for the most epic nature camp experience we have to offer.
* For students of all genders.
*PLEASE READ IN YOUR BEST MOVIE ANNOUNCER VOICE*
“Do you want to level up your Gnartential?
If so then join us for a week-long overnight adventure led by your favorite Whole Earth instructors.
Students will learn to embrace the three factors that make Whole Earth excellent: DIRT, FOOD, and GNARLY!” –
*END MOVIE ANNOUNCER VOICE*
Little Fall Creek Camp will be full of creek walks, team building, carving, and epic games of capture the flag. Some students may choose to form adventuring parties in daily live-action games of Dungeons and Dragons. Others will hone real-life adventuring skills like archery, shelter building, natural camouflage, and plant identification. Nights will be full of legendary tales, glorious night games, and mystifying stargazing.
Meals will be cooked daily by the students themselves. Guided by our staff, the students will level up their cooking abilities as the week goes on, culminating in a cooking show style competition on Thursday that we lovingly call the Wooden Chef.
Don’t miss out on this epic wild-summer experience.
A typical day at Little Fall Creek Camp:
- Wake to the mysterious Sounds of the Terance (you’ll have to live it to know it).
- After breakfast, spend a few hours practicing outdoor skills, each day will have a different focus. Some additional morning activities include:
- Working as a team to care-tend camp
- Exploring using natural navigation
- Cooking meals in a primitive camp kitchen
- During the heat of the day, rest in the shade during siesta: a time for napping, reading, drawing, or quiet chatting with new friends.
- In the afternoon you can follow your interests and choose from elective activities:
- Try on a new character in a week-long game of Dungeons and Dragons
- Practice target archery and play archery games with safe foam arrows
- Cover yourself in mud and sneak through the bushes in camo games
- After dinner, you get to spend some quality time bonding with your Tent Group and preparing for the spectacular evening.
- As the sun sets, so begins everyone’s favorite part of camp – night activities.
- Practice your night vision on a short, guided hike through the dark woods
- Learn stealth in the shadows with sneaky night games
- Gather for hilarious stories of legendary adventures past
Camp Artemis
The ultimate nature camp experience for girls* with an empowering storyline, all its own.
Join us for a week of immersion in the wilderness in this iconic Whole Earth camp. Shoot bows and arrows like the Greek goddess of wild animals and wilderness, Artemis! Practice outdoor skills like fire making, knot tying, navigation, and primitive camp cooking! Connect with your crafty side through nature art, leather working and carving! Embrace the darkness with songs and night games!
At Camp Artemis we explore and empower the feminine, while recognizing that gender is a constellation, unique to each one of us. During this special week we create a space where each of us can welcome, celebrate and share our unique-ness. We also have a darn good time in the woods!
Camp Artemis is open to girls (including trans and cis girls) and non-binary, gender queer and gender-questioning kids
A typical day at Camp Artemis:
- Wake to the sound of singing! Our early-bird campers get to join the “song parade.” Imagine waking up to the melodic voices of your friends threading through the forest!
- After breakfast, spend a few hours practicing outdoor skills, each day will have a different focus:
- Fire making basics and primitive fire techniques like bow-drill
- Survival shelters
- Hiking off-trail and natural navigation
- Archery
- During the heat of the day we love to enjoy siesta: a time for napping, reading, drawing, or quiet chatting with new friends.
- In the afternoon you can follow your interests and choose from elective activities:
- Get crafty with leather working, carving or fiber arts
- Try on a new character in a role playing game complete with Greek goddesses
- Connect to your inner botanist with plant walks and wildcrafting
- After dinner, you get to spend some quality time bonding with your Tent Group and preparing for the spectacular evening.
- As the sun sets, so begins everyone’s favorite part of camp – night activities. We love the darkness!
- Practice your night vision on a short, guided hike through the dark woods
- Learn stealth in the shadows with sneaky night games
- Gather with the magic of campfire by singing songs and sharing laughter with friends.
COastal adventure
Do you have what it takes for the adventure of a lifetime?
Join Whole Earth’s most iconic instructors and most seasoned students for a road trip down the Oregon Coast – from Astoria to Reedsport! During this DIY experience, you will be mentored in the skills of independence and camping competency: Learn to navigate analog-style using a paper map! Work together as a team to set up wall tents at each camp spot! Practice your foodie skills from “store to fork” by menu planning, budget shopping, and then cooking meals in our non-state-of-the-art primitive camp kitchen.
For this epic adventure, you must fully immerse yourself in the ways of the 1900s by leaving your phone at your home! Disposable cameras will be provided so that you can still come home with plenty of memories.
Monday: Meet the team, prepare the playlist (no road trip is complete without a soundtrack), say bon voyage to your family and embark on your epic journey! We’ll start the adventure by driving to the Northern tip of the Oregon coast and camping at Fort Stevens State Park. Experience the awesome power of the ocean in this incredible place called the Graveyard of the Pacific. Oh, and to top it all off, we can even walk right up to an old shipwreck!
Tuesday: Wake to any number of mysterious Sounds of the Terance (you’ll have to live it to know it). Make your meal plan for the week and practice shopping with a budget at the ultimate Store Stop. End the day at Beverly Beach Campground, beachcomb for treasures, keep an eye out for whales, and cook your first DIY meal with your friends.
Wednesday: Setting up and breaking down camp is becoming second nature now! You’ll get to settle in a bit this time because we’ll be at the amazing Eel Creek Campground for two nights so we can fully explore the Oregon Dunes and its unique ecosystems. Stargazing anyone?
Thursday: Play a legendary, all-day game of Capture the Flag, camouflaging with shore pine. You have to track your opponents through the sand dunes, run with everything you’ve got up, down, and up again, all the time making sure that you don’t fall into any Sarlacc pits!
Friday: Watch the sunrise over the dune-sea and reflect on the week’s epic journey. Gather with your friends, break down camp, and pack up all the sand-filled gear for the last time. Then you’ll fill the van with inside jokes as we wind back through the beautiful coastal range to the warm embrace of our cozy city.
Stop 1 – Fort Stevens State Park
Stop 2 – Beverly Beach State Park
Stop 3 – Eel Creek Campground
Pricing and Dates for All Overnight Camps
All 5-day camps are $888.
- Camp Artemis 12-16: June 30 – July 4 (Week 2)
- Little Fall Creek Camp 12-14: July 21 – July 25 (Week 5)
- Coastal Adventure 15-18: Aug 18 – Aug 22 (Week 9)
Student Leadership Opportunities
Junior Counselors (JCs) are an integral part of the success of our overnight camp programs. The JC program is designed to give our more experienced students hands on leadership experience in mentoring younger campers. Junior Counselors will get a behind the scenes perspective on what it takes to run a summer camp, will support the activities being taught, and will have the opportunity to advance their own awareness and bushcraft skills. Click here to go to our student opportunities page.
Visit our student leadership opportunities page to learn more!
