Gwynn Valley

About Gwynn Valley

Parents sending their children to camp can be confident that Gwynn Valley has been providing a safe and nurturing camp experience since 1935. Situated on 400 acres in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains in Brevard, NC, Gwynn Valley offers a farm, wilderness, and traditional program designed to foster community building, lifelong friendships, and a connection with the land. Our founder, Mary Gwynn, created a camp based on the values of simplicity, acceptance, a non-competitive program, and an appreciation of the natural world. These core values continue to be embraced today. At Gwynn Valley, we strive to help our campers develop resilience, responsibility, cooperative skills, confidence, and personal independence. Our philosophy, values, and traditions have remained constant throughout camp’s history, providing a child-centered world where each camper will learn and grow under the guidance of a mature and caring staff. Our accreditation by the American Camp Association guarantees that our camp program meets the strict standards required for accreditation and provides parents with the assurance that their children are in a safe and nurturing environment.

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Main Camp

Main Camp is the core of our camp culture, is our largest program with 160 campers, and is for campers finishing Kindergarten – 6th grade. Life at camp starts in the cabin where campers build strong friendships that may last a lifetime and works outward into program. There are many different activities for our campers to choose from such as the Farm, the Mill, Climbing, Arts and Crafts, Blacksmithing, horseback riding, etc. Campers choose their activities and will have the opportunity to be exposed to many new program areas and skills. Main Camp offers a variety of session lengths including 1 week, 10 day, 2 week and 3 week sessions. The 1 week sessions are designed to provide a “taste” of camp for those children who may not have had a previous overnight camp experience. There are two cabin areas of Main Camp known as Hillside and Brookside. Campers in both areas enjoy all the same programmatic elements of Main Camp, with a slight difference in the cabins to account for the needs of younger and older camper groups. Younger campers live on Hillside, and older campers live on Brookside; the exact age divide varies depending on the median age of the session.

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Mountainside

After finishing 6th, 7th, or 8th grade, Mountainside is a good option for many young people to continue their Gwynn Valley experience, or to attend Gwynn Valley for the first time. Mountainside has two 10-day sessions and two 3-week sessions and gives young people the opportunity to become an essential part of a small community of 50 campers. In Mountainside, campers are asked to take on more responsibility for themselves and the community. With this responsibility however, comes more freedom, spontaneity, and involvement in the program.

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Riverside

Riverside is a good opportunity for young people who have finished 8th and 9th grades to continue their Gwynn Valley experiences. The community living, physical challenges, responsibility, and peer interactions provided in Mountainside continue in development and are expanded upon in Riverside.

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Young Leaders

The Young Leaders Program is part of Gwynn Valley’s Older Program progression and is specifically designed for campers finishing 9th and 10th grades. This program focuses on leadership development and acts as a bridge between camper and staff roles at Gwynn Valley. Leadership skills developed in this program will serve campers in many aspects of young adulthood and beyond. These are the key components of the Young Leaders Program.

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