Join us in exploring our beautiful 149-acre preserve through hands-on activities that bring your child closer to our local wildlife. Some weeks even have a Friday night campout option for campers and their parents to set up tents, roast some marshmallows, and enjoy all the wonders a star-filled Woodcock night has to offer!  We even prepare you breakfast the next morning! Campouts are cancelled if there is a strong threat of rain.

Junior Naturalists

For our Pre-K to 2nd grade campers, we offer our wildly popular traditional day camp, where each day promises a different nature theme.  From Ssslithering Snakes to Digging for Dinosaurs to Native American Games, each day is filled with live animals, arts and crafts, hikes, games, and other age specific activities focusing on the theme of the day. Pre-K and Kindergarten students have the choice of AM or PM camps, while first and second graders will come to Woodcock for a full day.

Adventure Camp

New since 2006 for our 2nd to 6th grade campers!  Geared to our older campers, they’ll enjoy a full day of canoeing, tracking, shelter building, animal handling, geocaching, hiking, games, and more! Look for the canoe in the schedule.

Our camp is staffed by professional naturalists and college students. The ratio of staff to campers is 5 to 1 or better, and the maximum number of campers per group is 16.

 Overnight Camp-Outs

We offer an optional Overnight Camp-Out on Friday after most weeks of camp.  Campers who were with us that week may attend with an adult to take a night-hike, raft on our pond, enjoy s’mores over a campfire, and have a real camping experience when they sleep-over in tents out on our property.  Join us the next morning for Steve’s Bagels and breakfast. 

 To Register for Summer Camp:

1. Determine your child’s current grade.  (Grades correspond to the current year [2007-2008] school grades). For example, students in Pre-K in the spring, must sign up for the Pre-K camp.

2. Review Camp Policies

3. Review Summer Camp Schedule and select camp program

4. Complete Summer Camp Registration Form

5. Renew WNC Membership (if not currently member)

6. Mail / Deliver forms and check to Woodcock Nature Center, 56 Deer Run Rd, Wilton, CT 06897. No faxes accepted. No credit card payment as of yet!