Flat Rock Fox Camp:
entering first or second grades - 6, 7, and 8 year old campers
July 1 to July 5, 2024
Monday- Friday 8:30 am to 3:00 pm
Come explore the fabulous forest at Flat Rock Brook. Search for creatures living in the trees while you hike the forest paths. Learn why our urban forest is so unique and important while taking daily hikes, making crafts, playing games, and of course - taking a canoe trip around the Quarry Pond!
July 8 to July 12
Monday to Friday 8:30 am to 3:00 pm
Flat Rock Brook has so many Amazing Habitats to explore. Come with us on a daily hike through forests, wetlands, streams, and meadows on our 150-acre urban forest preserve. Campers will hike trails, have fun with crafts, plays games, make new friends, and have a canoe ride during this exciting week.
July 15 to July 19, 2024
Monday through Friday 8:30 am to 3:00 pm
Explore the wonderful world of Flat Rock Brook’s forest and wild places. Search for wildlife along the trails and visit with our native animal ambassadors. Campers will enjoy hikes, crafts, animals, and of course a canoe ride!
July 22 to July 26, 2024
Monday through Friday 8:30 am to 3:00 pm
Nature is the perfect place to be for STEAM projects. This Hands-on week will ignite your imagination with hands-on activities such as building a better boat, launching rockets, making a solar oven to make s’mores, experiment with water - and of course, take a canoe trip around Quarry Pond!
July 29 to August 2, 2024
Monday through Friday 8:30 am to 3:00 pm
Explore the world - literally! This camp group will learn what makes the third rock from the sun so AMAZING! Campers will hike, craft, and learn about rocks, geology, the rock cycle, and how water effects it all! Then we will take the canoe out on the water for a short trip around quarry pond.
August 5 to August 9, 2024
Monday through Friday 8:30 am to 3:00 pm
Sunny days and clear nights, a classic summer camp experience! Gaze into the sky as we search for clouds, flying creatures, and signs of a summer storm. then blast off into space to make your own constellation, rockets, and paint your own nebula as we have fun exploring the summer sky.
August 12 to August 16, 2024
Monday through Friday 8:30 am to 3:00 pm
Step back into time as you hike our trails during Cretaceous Camp week. Creep along rocks that were on earth during the great age of the dinosaurs as we use our imaginations to discover the Cretaceous world of the dinosaur! We will delve into the many pre-historic creatures that roamed NJ millions of years ago.
August 19 to August 23
Monday through Friday 8:30 am to 3:00 pm
Flat Rock Nature trails are full of reptiles and amphibians, see how many you can find as we travel through the forest and wetlands in search of Flat Rock Reptiles. See the pond turtles up close on a canoe trip around Quarry Pond.
August 26 to August 30, 2024
Monday Through Friday 8:30 am to 3:00 pm
Spend the end of our summer camp experience with us in the great outdoors as we explore all things nature. Hike the trail to our beautiful stream and paint a watercolor picture inspired by the scene. Look for deer, fox, turkey, and all the amazing birds and animals that call Flat Rock Brook Nature Preserve their home. And we can’t miss the last opportunity for the acclaimed “canoe trip around Quarry Pond!”