These camps were voted the Best Overnight Camps in the Bay Area in Bay Area Parent’s 2024 Best of the Best reader poll. Read the full list of winners here.
East Bay
Gold: Cazadero Performing Arts Family Camp. Offers an immersive, multi-generational experience in the visual and performing arts where families can forge bonds and create lasting memories. Cazadero. cazfamilycamp.org.
Silver: Young Actors Theatre Camp. Santa Cruz Mountains. campyatc.com.
Bronze: Mountain Camp. Ice House Lake in El Dorado National Forest. mountaincamp.com.
Peninsula
Gold: Camp Keff – Peninsula Jewish Community Center. This camp is dedicated to making sure each child has fun, feels included, is respected for who they are and is encouraged to express their unique self. Foster City. campkeff.org.
Silver: Young Actors’ Theatre Camp. Santa Cruz Mountains. campyact.com.
Bronze: Feelosopher’s Path. San Mateo. feelosopherspath.org.
San Francisco/Marin
Gold: Camp Tawonga. This Jewish camp offers programs for all ages. Located outside of Yosemite and in the San Francisco Bay Area. Office in San Francisco. tawonga.org.
Silver: Camp Winnarainbow. Laytonville. campwinnarainbow.org.
Bronze: Young Actors’ Theatre Camp. Santa Cruz mountains. campyatc.com.
Silicon Valley
Gold: Walden West. Summer fun awaits children of all ages. Activities include archery, swimming, arts and crafts, and a climbing wall and challenge course. Saratoga. waldenwest.org.
Silver: YMCA. Multiple locations. Overnight Camps | YMCA Silicon Valley
Bronze: Young Actors’ Theatre Camp. Santa Cruz Mountains. campyatc.com.