Escape to the mountains for a restorative weekend of camp fun at Green River Preserve with your family or pod! Explore the Preserve on Mentor Hikes with our trained naturalists. Relax by the lake or in hammockville with a book. Laugh, learn, and challenge yourselves with archery, canoeing, and other camp activities. Plunge into GRP traditions - from reverent council fires to making s’mores around a fire. Throughout the weekend we will hike some of the favorite GRP trails, explore various camp activities, and gather at a safe distance for evening programs. Unplug, slow down, and play in the woods.
We are excited to offer two family camps this spring!
Family Camp: Friday, April 30th - Sunday, May 2nd
Rookie Family Camp: Friday, May 14th - Sunday, May 16th
Family Camp is for all Alumni and current camper families who have been needing more GRP in their lives - haven’t we all?!? Come back to camp and introduce the GRP experience to new family members. Relax in the front field, go on your favorite hike, and enjoy being back “home.”
Rookie Family Camp is the perfect opportunity for younger siblings and first-time campers to try sleep away camp alongside the comfort of family. Future campers can meet our directors and staff, learn their way around the Preserve, and feel right at home when they decide to return on their own for a summer session.
Both weekends provide the perfect opportunity to experience GRP, either for the first time or as a seasoned camper. If you are a new GRP family, but your calendar does not align with the Rookie Family weekend, you should still join us for our Alumni Family Camp, which will still provide ample opportunity to experience GRP and get your camper ready for camp.
Tickets are $1000 for a family or group of 4 and $200 for each additional person. Registration is open for the entire family or group pod. Once you fill out the registration form, Catherine will contact you within 3 business days to confirm registration.
We are thrilled to invite you to enjoy GRP with us for what is certain to be a special weekend filled with connection, joy, and memories. We hope to see you and your family this Spring!
It has been a difficult year in a myriad of ways, and we want this weekend to be accessible to any family who wishes to come. Please reach out to us if your family would like to attend but the cost is prohibitive.
We ask that all participants be tested within 3 days prior to arrival and have proof of a negative test result upon arrival. We also ask that family members quarantine at home, with the exception ofgoing to work, school, and other essential activities for 10 days prior to the weekend. Families will be asked to fill out a covid symptom questionnaire daily for 10 days prior to arrival.
We are following continually refined government and American Camp Association guidelines, and appropriate measures to ensure a safe and fun-filled weekend outdoors. Your cooperation in Covid safety protocols is essential to making this weekend a success.
We are still in the process of building a plan specific to our program and our community. We will also have to do a bit of watching and waiting to see what levels of restrictions are necessary given the environment and guidelines we receive in the spring. Even so, we do know the general shape of what our specific plan will aim for. We know that we will be using all of the best practices developed this year. We greatly appreciate your patience and flexibility.
Both weekends are open to all family members. We do ask that at least one adult accompany children throughout the day. If a child is too young for an activity, one adult can remain with them and not participate.
Both weekends are open to anyone who wants to come to camp! Due to Covid-19, we are only housing 1 family group or pod per cabin side. If you have formed a pod with a family (or 2) and want to form a group of 4 or more with them for this event you can. Cabins have 9 single beds.
Parents and guardians are expected to monitor their family members during their stay for Covid-19 symptoms and must notify a camp director as soon as possible if anyone is symptomatic. If someone in your family begins to show symptoms, we ask that your family quarantine in your cabin until you can make arrangements to go home.
The official arrival time for both weekends is between 5 - 6pm on Friday. Please check in at the Back Field via the Opening/Closing Day entrance. If you plan to arrive at a later time, please contact with your estimated arrival.
Please plan to depart between 2-3pm on Sunday. If you plan to depart at an earlier time, please contact with your estimated departure.
Stay tuned! We will send you a detailed schedule prior to your arrival at camp. Our goal is to recreate a regular camp day at GRP as best as we can.
We are unplugged at camp! GPS and cell service is nonexistent on the Preserve, so please use the driving directions.
Yes! Lodging is included in your ticket price.
Your family will be staying in your own cabin, included in the ticket price.
Since each family will have their own cabin side, the weekends will be capped at 16 family groups.
While we are beyond excited to see so many friends of GRP gathered together for the weekend, please leave your pets behind.
We suggest packing the following items PER PERSON:
If you choose to form a pod with your friends, please email and let her know.