Community & Culture: camps for adults

Camps organized around identity and community: Jewish adult camp, Black outdoors trips, language immersion, FIRE-movement meetups, alumni weekends, and camps for widowed people. We track 6 camps here, 6 of them running.

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Active camps

  • Camp Mustache

    A woodsy Washington-state lodge weekend where about 50 devotees of the Mr.

    Washington Weekend Under $500 Creator-run

  • Camp Widow (Soaring Spirits)

    Soaring Spirits' long-running gathering for widowed people, deliberately branded a camp: name tags, camperships, mixers, and a reunion feel layered over workshops and research-informed grief programming.

    Multiple locations, USA / Canada Weekend Varies / not published

  • Camp Yoshi

    A Black-owned outfit founded in 2020 to reclaim the outdoors for Black people and allies, running curated basecamp-style trips where the tents, gear, and chef-cooked meals are handled and the days are programmed with hikes and adventure.

    Oregon Format varies $2,000 and up

  • Concordia Language Villages Adult Programs

    The famous Minnesota language-immersion camp network runs adult sessions in its architecturally themed villages, where grown-ups live entirely in French, German, Spanish, and a dozen other languages for a weekend or a week.

    Minnesota Week-long $500 to $999

  • Stanford Sierra Camp Alumni & Adult Weekends

    Stanford's storied Sierra Camp on Fallen Leaf Lake devotes spring weekends to grown-up programming: a Memorial Day weekend with faculty lectures and wine-paired dinners, a women's Healthy Living Retreat, and affinity weekends like the Black alumni camp.

    California Weekend $500 to $999

  • Trybal Gatherings

    Founded in 2017, Trybal Gatherings is the leading Jewish adult summer camp, drawing 20s-40s crowds for all-inclusive weekends of color war, Shabbat under the stars, waterfront sports, and l'chaims.

    Multiple locations, USA Weekend $500 to $999

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