2026 Central PA’s Summer Camp Guide
Curated summer opportunities for kids across Central Pennsylvania
Summer moves quickly for families. One moment, school is ending, and the next you’re trying to figure out how to fill long summer days with experiences that will help your children grow, explore, and make lasting memories.
Central Pennsylvania is filled with incredible summer camps—places where kids learn new skills, build friendships, discover confidence, and spend meaningful time outdoors. But finding them all can be surprisingly difficult. Camps are scattered across dozens of websites, social pages, and local announcements.
So we decided to make it easier.
We compiled a list of camps we know, trust, and feel good recommending to families. Our goal is simple—to save parents time while helping kids discover experiences that build confidence, friendships, skills, and faith.
Arrows Christian Academy curates this Central PA Summer Camp Guide to help parents quickly discover the opportunities available across our region. Whether your child loves sports, outdoor adventure, art, academics, or faith-based experiences, this guide gathers many of the camps serving our communities in one place.
Our hope is simple: that this guide helps your family find the kind of summer experience that shapes memories, builds character, and sparks new interests for your child.
If this resource saves you time or helps you discover a camp your child loves, then it has done exactly what we hoped it would do.
You can search summer camps by category, grade levels, and organizations.
Categories:
Day Camps | Overnight Camps | Faith-based Camps | Academic Camps | Sports Camps | Outdoor Adventure Camps
Grade Levels:
K | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th
Summer Camp Organizations:
Joshua House’s Endless Adventure Summer Camp
Joshua House’s Endless Adventure Summer Camp offers 11 weeks of adventure, learning, friendships and faith. The camp is a day-camp for students entering Kindergarten through 5th grade.
Penn State Altoona Summer Camps
Make This Your Summer to Build, Create, Explore, and Discover.
Welcome to Penn State Altoona Summer Academies 2026—where curiosity turns into creativity and big ideas come to life.
This summer, students in grades 3–12 can:
Design, build, and race pinewood derby cars in Junior Engineering
Step into the role of a NASA engineer in Senior Engineering — rebuilding and racing a SMARS modular rover across a simulated Martian landscape
Learn to launch their own podcast in the Youth Audio Lab
All programs take place on our welcoming Penn State Altoona campus, where students experience real college labs, studios, and classrooms — guided by passionate instructors who love what they teach.
Summer 2026 is waiting. Let’s build something amazing together.
More academies will be announced in the coming weeks. For more information, call 814-949-5160 or email mdb186@psu.edu.
Penn State Altoona offers both academic summer camps and sports camps (below)
Summer Academies
Make This Your Summer to Build, Create, Explore, and Discover.
Penn State Altoona Summer Academies 2026—where curiosity turns into creativity and big ideas come to life.
This summer, students in grades 3–12 can:
Design, build, and race pinewood derby cars in Junior Engineering
Step into the role of a NASA engineer in Senior Engineering — rebuilding and racing a SMARS modular rover across a simulated Martian landscape
Learn to launch their own podcast in the Youth Audio Lab
All programs take place on Penn State Altoona’s campus, where students experience real college labs, studios, and classrooms — guided by passionate instructors who love what they teach.
Summer Academies 2026
Podcasting (ages 12-17) June 9-10, 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Junior Engineers (for grades 3-5) June 8-12, 9:00 a.m.-noon
Senior Engineers (for grades 6-8) July 20-24, 9:00 a.m.-noon
This summer’s flyer:
Penn State Altoona Sports Camps
Men's Basketball Little Lions Co-ed Basketball Camp (Coed)
Camp Dates: Monday, June 8 – Thursday, June 11, 2026
Men's Basketball Lions Youth Co-ed Basketball Camp (Coed)
Camp Dates: Monday, June 8 – Thursday, June 11, 2026
Women's Basketball Lady Lions Youth Basketball Camp (Girls)
Camp Dates: Tuesday, July 7 – Thursday July 9, 2026
Women's Volleyball Lions Junior High Volleyball Camp (Girls)
Camp Dates: Tuesday, July 28 – Thursday, July 30, 2026
Women's Volleyball Lions Elementary Volleyball Camp (Girls)
Camp Dates: Tuesday, July 28 – Thursday, July 30, 2026
Women's Volleyball Lions High School Volleyball Camp (Girls)
Camp Dates: Tuesday, August 4 – Thursday, August 6, 2026
Women's Volleyball Lions Junior Varsity High School Volleyball Camp (Girls)
Camp Dates: Tuesday, August 4 – Thursday, August 6, 2026
Men’s & Women’s Cross Country Lions Junior High and High School Camp
Camp Dates: Monday, August 3 – Wednesday, August 5, 2026
Saint Francis University Summer Camps
Kids’ College STEAM Summer Camps at Saint Francis University in Pennsylvania is a summer program designed for school children entering grades 1 through 9. These two-to-five-day camps introduce children to various STEAM topics, such as astronomy, biology, chemistry, engineering, computer science, medicine, physics, language, history, art and more. In each camp, children learn about the amazing world around them through hands-on lessons and activities. Each camp includes daily play time and outside activities (weather permitting), such as short hikes, games, and physical exercises.
STEAM Camps and Sports Camps (below)
Kids' College Summer STEAM Camps
Kids’ College STEAM Summer Camps at Saint Francis University in Pennsylvania is a summer program designed for school children entering grades 1 through 9. These two-to-five-day camps introduce children to various STEAM topics, such as astronomy, biology, chemistry, engineering, computer science, medicine, physics, language, history, art and more. In each camp, children learn about the amazing world around them through hands-on lessons and activities. Each camp includes daily play time and outside activities (weather permitting), such as short hikes, games, and physical exercises.
The 2026 STEAM Camps are not listed yet, but you can read about last year’s camps (list below) by clicking the ‘LEARN MORE’ button below.
2025 Camps
Campers Entering Grades 1-3
Aquatic and Land Animals (2-Day Camp)
Hands-On Nature (3-Day Camp)
Fun Chemistry (2-Day Camp)
Bio-Explorer Camp (2-Day Camp)
Science and Engineering for Kids: Level I (3-Day Camp)
Campers Entering Grades 4-6
Chemistry is Everywhere (2-Day Camp)
Fly and Glide (3-Day Camp)
Skeleton Explorers Camp (3-Day Camp)
Muscle Power Camp (2-Day Camp)
Art through the STEAM Lens (2-Day Camp)
Science and Engineering for Kids: Level II (3-Day Camp)
Campers Entering Grades 7-9
STEM Art: The Wonderful World of Wool (2-Day Camp)
CubeSat Explorers: Mission to Space! (3-Day Camp)
Students Entering Grades 10-12
SFU Summer Pre-College Academies SFU Summer Pre-College Academies are three-day, residential, immersive programs designed to empower students with the tools and resources needed to excel in college while exploring future career pathways.