9 Best Nature & Wildlife Summer Camps for Kids in the US (2026 Parent Guide)

The 9 best nature and wildlife summer camps for kids in the US for 2026 — botanical gardens and urban nature preserves (Camp Schuylkill in a 365-acre Philadelphia forest, Awbury Adventures in a 56-acre Germantown arboretum, Fairchild Camp Discovery in a Coral Gables tropical garden), wildlife and marine science (Zoo Miami, Oatland Island Wildlife Center in Savannah, Living Coast Discovery Center in Chula Vista, Tybee Marine Science Sea Camp on the Georgia coast), and residential nature immersion (Camp Stevens in the California Cuyamaca Mountains, Acadia Institute of Oceanography on the Maine coast). Ages 4 through 18. Scholarships + sliding-scale + Children's Scholarship Fund + school-district nonprofit pricing options.