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Best Summer Camps in Westchester County, NY

Badger Day Camp is one of Westchester’s premier summer day camps for kids ages 3-15 Photo courtesy of the camp.
Badger Day Camp is one of Westchester’s premier summer day camps for kids ages 3-15 Photo courtesy of the camp.
3/5/23 - By Katherine Dhurandhar

Westchester summer camps offer fun and enriching activities for kids of all ages, from exploring the outdoors to learning new skills. Whether you’re looking for sports summer camps for your preschoolers, STEM day camps for your kids, travel or adventure camps for your teens, or a traditional multi-activity camp experience, we’ve found the best day camps throughout Westchester County. 

For more summer camps in Westchester, including affordable summer camps, dance summer camps, and sports camps in Westchester and the Hudson Valley, be sure to bookmark our Westchester Summer Camp Guide and our Camp Directory, where you can search for summer camps by type, age, and town. 

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The Tim Morehouse Fencing Club summer camps are great for children because they offer a unique and exciting way to learn the sport of fencing. Photo courtesy of the club
The Tim Morehouse Fencing Club summer camps are great for children because they offer a unique and exciting way to learn the sport of fencing. Photo courtesy of the club

Best Summer Day Camps in Westchester

Oasis Day Camp - Westchester

Dobbs Ferry
Ages 3-15
Oasis Summer Camps offers three different programs: a traditional summer day camp program for children in grades K-6, a teen travel program that visits regional attractions, and its Early Start Imagination Camp for preschoolers. Little ones enjoy a dedicated space and smaller equipment, plus flexible scheduling options. Lunch and transportation are offered. READ MORE

Tim Morehouse Fencing Club - Westchester

Port Chester
Ages 7-12
Olympic fencer and coach Tim Morehouse and his team of coaches offer a summer camp that provides top-notch fencing instruction, focusing on safety and respect for others while teaching foil, epee, and saber, as well as footwork drills, strategy, etiquette, and mental training. Parents can be sure that their children are in good hands at Tim Morehouse Fencing Club camps.  READ MORE

The Rock Club

New Rochelle
Ages 5-16
The Rock Club offers weekly indoor and outdoor rock-climbing camps and classes, promoting strength, balance, flexibility, and focus. Camps and classes include all climbing equipment, team-building elements, ground games, and fun for kids ages 5 to 16, with no experience necessary. Kids get to climb like crazy, learn to belay one another, do ninja warrior obstacles, boulder, and table climb—but The Rock Club's programs teach more than just climbing skills; they promote self-esteem through real accomplishment, focus, and general fitness. READ MORE

The New Rochelle Racquet Club

New Rochelle
Ages 3-18
The New Rochelle Racquet Club provides kids with a fun and engaging environment where they can excel at tennis, whether they have been playing for many years or are new to the game. Camps are offered for ages 4 and older, and kids are carefully grouped according to age and skill level. Junior Program classes start as young as age 3 and support tennis development for a lifetime, with lessons at the Club continuing through adult. READ MORE

Camp Pinebrook

New Rochelle
Ages 3-12
Welcome to Camp Pinebrook, an intimate community in which children make new friends, develop life skills, and have fun in a nurturing environment infused with Jewish values for campers ages 3 years old through 6th grade. The camp is situated on 15 wooded acres centrally located in lower Westchester County. Facilities are state-of-the-art and include two heated pools, athletic fields, a gymnasium, an amphitheater, large indoor facilities, activity spaces, and 15 acres to explore.     READ MORE

Young Judaea Sprout Westchester Day Camp

Croton-on-Hudson
Ages 4-13
Young Judaea Sprout Westchester Day Camp, located in Croton-On-Hudson, is a Jewish camp for campers entering pre-K through 6th grade. Sprout Westchester, a Young Judaea day camp, is a place where children and staff work together to create a diverse, joyful, and safe community based on fun, Jewish values, friendship, and personal growth. Campers participate in daily instructional and free swim, arts, sports, cooking, adventure courses, drama, archery, STEM, and music. Transportation is included in tuition. READ MORE

Badger Day Camp

Larchmont
Ages 3-12
Badger is a classic,all-around summer day camp centered around an Olympic-size swimming pool with activities such as baseball, basketball, soccer, crafts, music, dance, drama, nature, chess club, gymnastics, tennis, martial arts, and yoga. Family owned and operated since 1945, the camp includes hot lunch, door-to-door transportation, towel and laundry service, and a 5-1 counselor-to-camper ratio.  READ MORE

Challenge Camp

New Rochelle
Ages 4-15
Challenge Camp offers over 100 courses ranging from 3-D printing, architecture, chess, coding, cooking, Lego, littleBits, magic, Minecraft, model rocketry, robotics, theater, video production, and more. The Afternoon Challenge includes enrichment and sports options. READ MORE

Beth El Day Camp

New Rochelle
Ages 2-8
Beth El Day Camp is a nurturing and loving environment where young children feel free to explore their world and be adventurous in a safe setting. The summer days at Beth El Day Camp are spent learning to swim, singing songs, creating art, investigating STEM, playing tennis and other sports, discovering nature, and sometimes sitting on the grass eating popsicles with friends and counselors. A delicious lunch is served daily, and towel service is included. READ MORE

Breezemont Day Camp

Armonk
Ages 3-13
Kids can tick all the traditional summer camp boxes at this Armonk camp, which is situated on 18 acres and features swimming, sports, arts and crafts, and a lake for canoeing—plus a whole lot more, from an “aerial playground” (think ropes courses) to an archery range. Lunch is made on-site every day, and kids can attend anywhere from four to all eight weeks.  READ MORE

Camp Hillard

Scarsdale
Ages 3-13
Since starting Camp Hillard in 1929, Westchester's first day camp, the Libman family has been providing children with active, safe, and memorable summers at their beautiful 20-acre camp in Scarsdale. Over the years Camp Hillard has developed a program that is carefully scheduled so that campers have the full benefit of outstanding swimming and sports, balanced with high-quality creative and performing arts, specialty activities, as well as exciting special events. READ MORE

Elmwood Day Camp

White Plains
Ages 3-12
Elmwood boasts three heated pools, basketball courts, sports fields, multiple playgrounds, and facilities where kids can do art, drama, and more. Along with traditional camp activities, kids from kindergarten and up can take various electives ranging from photography to cooking.   READ MORE

A-Game Sports - Little Learners Preschool Academy

New Rochelle
Ages 3-5
The Little Learners Preschool Academy, a full-time preschool in a NYS-licensed classroom at the A-Game Sports facility, offers a Preschool Academic Sports Camp for children ages 3 through 5 weekly in the summer and during most school holiday breaks. The program is located in a brand-new preschool classroom and is staffed with experienced, loving teachers. READ MORE

JCC of Mid-Westchester

Scarsdale
Ages 2-10
Both year-round classes and summer camp are offered at this multifaceted facility. Both include high-caliber offerings in swim instruction, gymnastics, and dance, among other things. Swim classes range from introductory lessons to competitive performance. Camp caters to ages 3 and up with swimming, sports, arts and crafts, music, nature exploration, special theme days, and more.  READ MORE

The Shames JCC on the Hudson - Summer Camp

Tarrytown
Ages 2-16
Adventure awaits! The Shames JCC summer camps transform summers into experiences of a lifetime. Children and teens ages 2-16 have various choices to keep them busy all summer long. The younger set, ages 2-6, can participate in the wonderful onsite River Friends Day Camp, while children in grades K-10 travel only eleven minutes to the expansive Henry Kaufman campgrounds set in the woods and nature.  READ MORE

Camp Mohawk

White Plains
Ages 3-15
Mohawk Day Camp is committed to enriching children’s lives through friendship. The camps are divided by age group, with campers ages 3 to 4 in a dedicated area with a shallow swimming pool, smaller-scale sports facilities, and age-specific activity centers. Older kids are offered electives, excursions, special events like an evening campfire, and even the option for a weeklong sleepaway camp. Transportation is available. READ MORE

Camp Mount Tom

New Rochelle
Ages 3-15
Traditional camp activities await campers ages 3 to 15, including daily swim instruction, sports, cultural and performing arts, STEM, nature, outdoor adventure, and special events. The preschool section is led by early childhood educators and offers flexible scheduling options for the length of the camp day. Transportation is available. READ MORE

Purchase Day Camp

Purchase
Ages 3-15
While kids in grades K-10 get their own set of fun, those ages 3 to 4 have a dedicated building wing, outdoor courtyard, and tented pavilion for sports, crafts, science, games, cooking, music, and assorted other fun. A heated umbrella pool is dedicated to Jr. Camp use. Stay until lunchtime, mid-afternoon, or late afternoon. A June mini-camp is also offered to the preschool set. READ MORE

Westchester Summer Day

Mamaroneck
Ages 2-13
Located on the beautiful 26-acre Westchester Day School campus on the Long Island Sound, WSD offers the best in outdoor and indoor (air-conditioned for rainy day play) facilities, including: well-equipped sports fields, tennis courts, three in-ground heated pools, a full-size gym, art rooms, computer and science labs, new climbing wall, zip-line, balance beam, and trapeze. Children look forward to returning year after year, as they grow from toddler to teen, renewing old friendships and beginning new ones at Westchester Summer Day. READ MORE

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