Green River Preserve
Nature Reserve
Why pick this one
Green River Preserve offers overnight nature camp on a 3,400-acre wildlife preserve with a 3:1 camper-to-staff ratio.
Best for
- Children seeking overnight outdoor summer camp
- Campers interested in hiking, caves, waterfalls, wildlife tracking, and environmental science
- Rising 7th–12th graders seeking immersive Blue Ridge wilderness expeditions
- School groups seeking 3–5 day residential environmental education
- Families seeking small-group mentorship with a 3:1 camper-to-staff ratio
Look elsewhere if
- Families seeking a day-only summer camp
- Children outside the rising 1st through 12th grade program ranges
- Customers seeking an urban indoor recreation program
Specialties
- overnight summer camp for rising 1st through 9th graders
- Blue Ridge wilderness expeditions for rising 7th through 12th graders
- 3–5 day residential environmental education programs for school groups
- sustainable agriculture learning programs for schools and organizations
- mentor-led nature hikes
Certifications
- outdoor leadership
- risk management
- youth development
What makes them different
- Located on a 3,400-acre private wildlife preserve in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina
- Maintains a 3:1 camper-to-staff ratio
- Limits summer camp enrollment to 112 campers per session
- Uses mentor naturalists for hikes involving caves, waterfalls, wildlife tracking, archaeological sites, and edible plants
- Places 2,600 acres under conservation easement with Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 301 Green River Rd, Cedar Mountain, NC 28718
- Phone
- +18286988828
- Website
- http://www.greenriverpreserve.org/
- info@greenriverpreserve.org
Services
- overnight summer camp
- wilderness expeditions
- school environmental education
- agricultural learning experiences
- outdoor and creative activities