Dreaming Of Summer
A Guide to Park Hill and Nearby Camps
Compiled by Cara DeGette
Editor, GPHN
It’s February, and it feels like we’re been crab-crawling over the ice and snow for two seasons worth of winters. It’s time to start thinking about the long, lazy, days of summer — and the camps that go with them.
Here is a listing of summer camps in and nearby the Park Hill neighborhood. Many camps fill up fast, so make sure to check websites for the latest info.
Special note: Camps with descriptions below denote those organizations who are paid advertisers to the Greater Park Hill News Camp Directory.
Art Garage
6100 E. 23rd Ave. | artgaragedenver.com
Art Students League of Denver
200 Grant St. | asld.org
Athena Project’s Girls Create
2344 E. Iliff Ave.
athenaprojectarts.org/summer-camps/
Bladium Kids Camps
2400 Central Park Blvd.
camps.BladiumDenver.com
Bluff Lake Nature Center
11255 E. MLK, Jr. Blvd.
blufflake.org/camp/
Butterfly Pavilion
Westminster | butterflies.org
Camp Granite Lake
Golden
campgranitelake.com/rates-dates/
Ceramics in the City
5214 E. Colfax Ave.
ceramicsinthecity.com 303-200-0461
Come have fun in the mud this summer! At our kid and teen programs campers will be introduced to clay hand-building, wheel throwing and project glazing. As we enter our 20th summer we are excited to continue spreading the joy of creating in the Park Hill/Mayfair community!
Cheyenne Fencing and Pentathlon
5818 E. Colfax Ave.
coloradofencing.com
City of Aurora Summer Camps
Various locations
auroragov.org/recreation
Cleo Parker Robinson Dance
119 Park Avenue West
cleoparkerdance.org/academy
International Summer Dance Institute
(ISDI) – 3 programs, 5 weeks, all levels. STREAM (theatre tech) June 19-23; ages 9-15.
ISDI Global Kids Camp culture & movement, June 19-July 8, ages 3-13. Elite teaching artists in
Pre/Pro Intensives July 10-22, ages 9 to adult.
Colorado Rapids Youth Soccer Club
Various locations
rapidsyouthsoccer.org
Colorado School of Strings
3112 Trenton St.
coloradoschoolofstrings.com
Commerce City Parks, Recreation & Golf
Commerce City
recreation.c3gov.com/home-parksrec
Dance Institute Summer Camp
4601 Quebec St.
DanceInstituteDenver.com
Denver Botanic Gardens Camps
1007 York St.
catalog.botanicgardens.org
Denver Dumb Friends League Camps
Denver | ddfl.org/youth-camps/
Denver Museum of Nature and Science
2001 Colorado Blvd.
dmns.org/summercamps.
Denver Parks and Rec
Various Locations | denvergov.org
Denver Zoo
2300 Steele St. | denverzoo.org
Four Mile Historic Park Camps
715 S. Forest St.
fourmilepark.org/summer-day-camp
Heritage Camps for Adoptive Families
info@heritagecamps.org
Our 9 separate camps held throughout the summer are for families who have adopted children internationally and domestically. These camps give the opportunity for families to interact with a community of other adoptive families, to learn from adoption experts, hear from adult adoptees, and engage with our vast cultural community.
i9 Sports
Various Locations | i9sports.com
International School of Denver
Lowry | isdenver.org/camp
JCC Ranch Camp
ranchcamp.org 303-316-6384
JCC Ranch Camp is a community that inspires campers and families to strengthen their identity, connect with the natural world, and develop life-long friendships. We offer a summer adventure where campers fully engage and live excited for each moment. Campers are encouraged to defy their limits and define themselves.
JCC Camp Shai
jccdenver.org/shai 303-316-6392
Camp Shai is Denver’s premier Jewish Day Camp, serving children grades K – 6. Individuals of all backgrounds are welcome. We offer a variety of engaging and fun activities; from sports, to art, to science, our campers are building their skill sets while enjoying everything that makes camp so special.
JCC Tennis Camp
jccdenver.org/camps 303-316-6380
At Tennis Camp, each day will consist of two hours of court time followed by an hour of swimming. This is an opportunity for focusing on basic and advanced stroke techniques, scoring, using the correct grip on all shots, proper singles and doubles strategies, and match play.
JCC Wolf Theatre Academy
jccdenver.org/wta 303-316-6360
One of Denver’s most acclaimed youth theatre programs, offering opportunities to work alongside professional theatre artists and to be part of award-winning productions that are open to everyone. Students will develop acting, singing, and dancing techniques in an intensive rehearsal schedule.
Kathy’s Kamp Summer Enrichment Camp
Northeast Denver
familiesforwardrc.org
LYNX National Arts & Media Camps
artsandmedia.ucdenver.edu/
prospective-students/lynx-camps
The LYNX National Arts & Media Camps are summer immersion programs for high school students interested in music and the arts hosted on the University of Colorado Denver campus and sponsored by the College of Arts & Media. These courses are designed to provide an educational preview of college programs.
Mighty Movement Academy
2245 Kearney St.
mightymovementacademy.com
720-955-3677
Montessori Children’s House of Denver
Various Locations
mchdenver.org, 303-322-8324
We live for the moments when excited children discover passions that drive them and talents they never knew they had. Our theme-based, two-week camps use hands-on, real-world experiences, guided by highly trained Montessori educators, to give children a chance to explore the world and their own unique gifts.
Neighborhood Music & Theatre at Stanley Marketplace
2501 Dallas St., Aurora
neighborhoodmusicstanley.com
School of the Poetic City
2015 Glenarm St.
schoolofthepoeticcity.com
Sewall Child Development
940 Fillmore St. | Sewall.org/Summer
SOCCER ELECTRIC “CAMPLIFY”
East High Soccer and Sie Film Center
soccerelectric.com
We’re teaming up with Denver Film, Denver East High School and other local partners for the 9th annual CAMPLIFY. Campers play games and develop their soccer skills with experienced soccer coaches and outdoor ART / STEM sessions with expert teachers and closely supervised walks to the Sie Film Center for age-appropriate movies.
SPREE Summer Camp
Various Locations Denver
GreenwayFoundation.org/camp
Stanley British Primary
350 Quebec St. | stanleybps.org
Summer in the Parks and Summer Day Camps
City of Denver | denvergov.org
The Urban Farm
10200 Smith Rd.
theurbanfarm.org/summer-camp-tuf
TOCA Denver at Bladium
2400 Central Park Blvd.
bit.ly/3spyBfF
Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum
Lowry | www.wingsmuseum.org