nature. community. fun.
Summer Camp
We understand how difficult navigating all of the summer camp choices can be. You want your child to grow, learn, and make real connections while being safe, accepted, and cared for.
We can help you give them the best week of their summer!
summer camp
Creating meaningful youth experiences for over 50 years.
Each summer at camp, we help foster a better understanding of God, self, others, and nature.
Our overnight camps run Sunday – Friday from mid-June to mid-August. Your child will experience a variety of outdoor adventures like hiking, mountain biking, climbing and swimming but most importantly making true meaningful connections.
getting started
3 Easy Steps to an Amazing Summer
Find a Summer Camp
Explore summer camp opportunities available across 8 weeks of the summer. Select camps by your camper’s age group and learn more.
Register
Use our easy online registration system as a new or returning family to get your camper registered for the camp of their choice.
Pack
That’s it! We’ll be in touch with more information as camp approaches. Save the date, start packing, and consider bringing a friend to camp with you!
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Summer Camp Opportunities
Register Today!
We are excitedly preparing for your camper’s arrival with nature-immersed experiences, well-trained staff, and safe, fun adventures.
Stories from
Happy Campers
Be open to new people and new experiences.
I’ve learned so much about others and myself, trying new things like climbing and mountain biking.
Cate
Camper
He had this sense of pride and independence when he came home!
Being at camp gave our son the opportunity to be completely unplugged and have all of these new adventures. When he got home he seemed so grown up and couldn’t wait to go back.
Krista
Camper Mom
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Costs, Discounts, & Camperships
The cost of Horizons week long experience is $575-$625 depending on progamming. This cost includes items such as staffing, activities, equipment use, meals, lodging and facilities. Bethel Horizons is blessed to have generous donors who make this price possible. Without these donations, a week of summer camp would actually cost $750.
All children at Horizons receive the same outstanding program, regardless of what you are able to pay for summer camp.
camp discounts
Bring a friend
$50 off for both of you
Bring a sibling
$125 off
Mulitple Week
$50 off each additional week
camperships
It is our mission that no camper be denied the experience of camp due to financial reasons.
Our “Campership” fund was established to help those families who need financial assistance. If you want to send your child to camp but are concerned about cost, please download the following form and upload it to our system as you complete registration.
Campership processing will begin on April 1st. If you applied for one, you will be contacted after that date.
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Summer Camp Stories
Space in the Universe
“I was a loud, weird, curly-haired girl who did not have many friends in my small town.” Cena shared about her 13-year-old self. “My mom was a cook at Bethel Horizons, and I was able to tag along with her to work. I loved hanging out at camp because I learned I...
Unique Bonds
Nico Garmendia had never been to a camp before. Born in Venezuela, Nico grew up in India and now attends art school in Vermont. “Camp isn’t a thing in India. I have many friends in Vermont who've talked about their experiences attending or working at camp in the...
Welcome and Safe
Lindsey Scheid recalls the difficult transition she experienced as a 7th grader when her family left their church in McFarland to join Bethel Lutheran Church in Madison. She was distraught with their decision as she enjoyed her friends and their time in her hometown...
Camp Life
Juliette LaMontagne is a middle schooler who has been coming to Horizons since she was in the 2nd grade. This year Juliette got to spend her first week in the new Horizons Camper Cabins. “I come here to have fun, meet new friends and have the camp experience,”...
Culture Shock
Alondra Quiñones recalls feeling “culture shock” when she first came to Horizons with her group from Puerto Rico at age 11. “Not culture shock in a bad way, but camp culture shock. We do a lot of things outdoors back home, but we had all of these new activities and...
Turning Point
Lincoln Scott is a very social kid who makes a lot of friends wherever he goes. That does not mean his mother was not apprehensive about sending him to his first week of overnight camp as a Horizons Explorer following his 2nd-grade year. “This was the first time he...
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Find Us
Main Office
312 Wisconsin Avenue
Madison, WI 53703
Horizons Camp
4651 County Road ZZ
Dodgeville, WI 53533