Outdoor Kids Activities

Do you see the tiny bug on her finger? When you come to summer camp and spend so much time outdoors, you can bet you’ll run into some kind of cool spider, fly, ant, caterpillar, moth or butterfly just about every day. It’s almost an activity by itself— finding and learning about all of the different insects out there in the woods at camp. Some are little “creepy” looking (like these stink bugs !), and some you might not want to pick up (like this one we’ve spotted at camp before), but most are really interesting and neat to see.

Summer Activities Outdoors

We’re always trying to spend time outdoors at Rockbrook. Our cabins are “open-air” wooden buildings with screened windows… perfect to hear the crickets at night and feel the cool breezes. Of course, most of the activities are outdoor-oriented: swimming, hiking, horseback riding, archery, climbing, rafting, and on and on. Even many of our craft activities take place in an outdoor setting. The girls in the “Painting and Drawing” activity are always out somewhere, for example, and our upper pottery studio is tucked into a nice shady spot.

Here’s a photo of some girls weaving baskets near the creek running through camp.

Outrdoors Trip Camp

In addition to the regular in-camp activities, Rockbrook girls take lots of out-of-camp trips as well. These are day-long or overnight trips to area forests (e.g. the Pisgah National Forest), rivers (e.g., the Nantahala River), lakes (e.g., Lake Jocassee), and rocks (e.g., Looking Glass Rock) for such activities as backpacking, rock climbing, sea kayaking, whitewater rafting, canoeing and kayaking, and mountain biking.  Plenty of adventure to go around!

Lake Keowee Outdoor Waterskiing Trip

Go Lauren!

Time for Exploring Outdoors

The stream through camp is always a popular place to explore, or to just sit and talk.  Wonderful times in the outdoors!