Completing challenge courses—ropes courses, zip lines, rock-climbing walls—can help kids build hand-eye coordination and gross motor skills. But they can also help your child gain communication and teamwork skills that will benefit them in the years to come—especially when it comes to joining the workforce. These summer camps in Westchester County offer campers opportunities to participate in challenge courses, including day camps in Purchase, Southfield, New Rochelle, and Pomona .
Camp Hillard
26 Elizabeth St. Scarsdale NY
914-949-8857
We have two Zip Lines. This popular activity begins with age 4 and is a safe and controlled activity. Campers entering first grade and older also experience the “giant swing” called the Flying Squirrel and our 30-foot Climbing Wall.
Camp Nabby
1 Nabby Hill
914-528-7796
Challenging and so much fun, our state-of-the-art aerial adventure program offers campers five exciting challenge-by-choice activities. Each one is certified and annually inspected to meet the highest safety standards. Our older, taller campers are loving the newest addition to camp: a 35-foot-high, five-station ropes course.
Camp Ramaquois
30 Mountain Road, Pomona
845-354-1600
Upper and lower ropes courses for different ages with varying degrees of difficulty. Includes ropes courses, upper and lower climbing walls, “flying squirrel” rope swing, belay system with harnesses, and other team-building activities to challenge children to take healthy risks.
Deer Mountain Day Camp
63 Call Hollow Rd
845-354-2727
More than just the adrenaline rush, our low and high ropes course, climbing wall, and two zip-lines and vertical playpen offer crucial opportunities for both personal development and team building. Exhilarating experiences that involve cooperation and strategic decision-making while challenging agility and endurance continue to wow our campers every year!
Future Stars Summer Camps
SUNY Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase
914-273-8500
Adventure Camp is offered in weekly sessions for kids in fifth-ninth grades. It aims to create a fun and positive small group experience that fosters leadership skills and encourages the campers to challenge themselves. Activities includes high ropes courses, surfing, stand up paddle boarding, kayaking, hiking, rock climbing, and mountain biking.
Les Elfes International
Chemin de Cli 7, 1936 Verbier
+41 (0)27 775 35 90
In addition to a large number of exciting outdoor activities, such as rock climbing, mountain biking, ropes courses, wakeboarding etc, our campers are asked to choose an extra course aimed to challenge them such as Etiquette & Table manners, Leadership Training Program, Swiss Watchmaking workshop, etc.
Linguakids LLC
2005 Palmer Ave., Larchmont
914-671-8658
Mosholu Day Camp
261 Arden Valley Road, Southfield
845 243-0751
Mosholu Day Camp
261 Arden Valley Road, Southfield
845 243-0751
Group games and team building activities for Mosholu campers to enjoy include a number of initiatives, challenges, and tree climbing fun.
New Rochelle Racquet Club
130 Rhodes St. New Rochelle, NY
914-636-1003
Geared towards younger campers enrolled in Red Ball Camp, campers will play fun games and run through obstacle courses that will enhance coordination, movement, and provide lots of fun!
Premier Athletic Club
2127 Albany Post Road
9147397755
Physical challenges, obstacle courses, relay races, riddle games. These activities engage children by utilizing critical thinking and problem solving skills
Rippowam Cisqua School
439 Cantitoe St.
914-244-1200
During the Innovators Workshop and Gravity Race Challenge, senior explorers will design and build a spectacular Gravity Racer! By working in teams, explorers will prototype, test, and engineer an original vehicle and then put it to the test in a grand ceremony.
Southwoods Camp
532 NYS Route 74
914-214-8780
50 foot three-sided climbing wall with rappel tower. 10 high element ropes course, 10 low element challenge course, mountain hiking, biking and climbing, white water rafting, and Giant Swing.
The Chapel School Summer Program
172 White Plains Road, Bronxville
914-337-3202
The Rock Club at Pine Brook Fitness
130 Rhodes St., New Rochelle
914-633-7625
Play fun games, run through obstacle courses, climb the giant ladder, and crate stack into the lead arch. We offer a variety of fun challenges for campers to experience.
Westfair Swim Camp
Pace University, 861 Bedford Road, Pleasantville
914-588-2971
Our program is designed to help kids learn and progress through the six American Red Cross swimming levels. Competitive swimmers participate in stroke clinics to refine their strokes and improve cardiovascular endurance. Here competitors fine tune their starts and turns, as well as technique to increase efficiency and speed.
