Manhattan Area Summer Camp Guide

It’s here! Check out the Manhattan Area Summer Camp Guide for parents looking for summer camps in the Manhattan and surrounding areas! This guide includes sports, STEM, art, outdoor adventure, and full-day camps.

Full Day Summer Camps

Boys & Girls Club Summer Camp

This full-day camp runs from June – early August for students in Kindergarten – 8^th grade. The location is based on which school you attend with 5 sites available. A typical week includes games, field trips, STEM, swimming, and crafts. Learn more.

Flint Hills Discovery Center Camps

For elementary – middle school students, this camp focuses on hands-on science featuring prairie ecology, engineering challenges, nature exploration and STEM. Weekly all day sessions are offered June – July with additional classes offered for younger children. Learn more.

Flint Hills Summer Fun Camp

Open to students entering Kindergarten through 12th grade, this camp is open to all students in the area, including children who do not attend USD 383. This all-day camp is located at Frank V. Bergman Elementary School and has sessions in both June and July. The focus of this camp does include a daily educational component with typical summer camp fun! Learn more.

Kindercare Champ Camp

Offering themed-based camps with science, sports, and creative play this all-day camp offers weekly sessions for younger children in preschool – elementary school. Learn more.

K-State Center for Child Development Summer Program

Located on the Kansas State University campus, this summer program is for children who have completed kindergarten – age 11 and focuses on learning and play. Learn more.

Little Apple Day Camp (Manhattan Parks & Recreation)

For children who have completed Kindergarten up to 6^th grade, this full-day camp is help at the City Park Pavilion. Little Apple Day Camp offers to sessions from late May – early July and July – early August. A typical week includes swimming, field trips. Learn more.

MHK Play Studio Camps

Built for elementary aged campers, MHK Play Studio Camps focus on students in K-5 with camp dates from the end of May – early August. Students focus on outdoor creative STEAM and sensory play camp with three weekly field trips for students. Learn more.

Wonder Workshop Camp

For students who have completed K – 5^th grades, campers can attend from the end of May – early August. Campers will focus on hands-on learning with art, science and creativity as they focus on science experiments, design projects and collaborative learning. Learn more.

Sports Camps

Evolution Martial Arts Summer Camp

Each week your child will have the opportunity to participate in an exciting variety of indoor sports, outdoor sports, educational lessons, arts and crafts, and much more! For children ages 6-12, your child will spend their time playing games and focusing on character development. Learn more.

Kansas State University Sports Camps

K-State offers camps and clinics year-round with a big focus in the summer. These camps are run by K-State coaches and athletes and are very popular with local families. Sports camps offered are football, basketball, soccer, baseball track & field and volleyball. This link will show you all of the sports camps and clinics offered. Learn more.

Manhattan Surf Soccer Camp

Looking for a soccer camp for your kids? Check out Surf Soccer Camp at Anneberg Park. With options for different ages and dates in June and July, you can find options to fit your summer schedule. Learn more.

Sporting Kaw Valley

Check out another great soccer camp for your kids! Sporting Kaw Valley offers specific types of soccer camps for your athlete! Learn more.

Arts, STEM & Creative Camps

Camp Invention

Located in Wamego, Camp Invention is for students in K – 6^th grade at the end of June where students participate in a National STEM camp program where kids invent, work on robotics, and build engineering projects. Learn more.

Camp MAC (Manhattan Arts Center)

If you are looking for a creative camp to including art, dance, theater, and music check out Camp MAC. For students in grades 3^rd and up, there is both a June and July session to fit your schedule! Learn more.

K-State Visual and Performing Arts Camps

From grades 5^th – 12^th, K-State offers several different camps focusing on music, band, choir, and symphony orchestra. Camps run in both June and July. Learn more.

MPRD Kids Summer Camps (Manhattan Parks & Recreation)

For students ages 6-17, these weeklong camps are offered all June and July to pick and choose the type of camp your camper might want to attend. Located at both Anthony Recreation Center and Eisenhower Rec Center the camps offer a variety of week-long, specialty camps designed to keep kids engaged, active, and exploring their interests all summer long. Each camp focuses on a specific theme, ranging from dance, STEM, sports, and arts & crafts to outdoor adventure and park explorer camps, giving participants the chance to learn new skills and try something new in a fun, supportive environment. Learn more.

The Columbian Theatre Summer Theatre Academy

The area’s much-anticipated favorite will return to The Columbian Theatre this June, Summer Theatre Academy (STA). Students who have finished grades 3-8 will perform in this program. This year there will be two options, a play and a musical. Learn more.

USD 383 STEM Camps

Located at the Manhattan High School, this STEM Camp for grades 4-8 in half days in June, Monday – Thursday. Campers will focus on engineering, coding, robotics, and STEM exploration. Learn more.

Animal & Nature Camps

High Horse Stables Summer Horse Camp

Looking for a summer of Horseback riding, grooming, and equestrian education? Check out High Horse Stables Summer Horse Camp for elementary – teens students. Learn more.

Hope Ranch Therapeutic Riding Center Summer Camp

Hope Ranch Summer Camp offers programs for elementary – middle school students with a focus on outdoor games, crafts, and faith-based activities. Learn more.

Sunset Zoo Safari Camps

Located right in the Sunset Zoo, Safari Camps are open for students in K – 6^th grade with weekly session dates from May – July. Students will experience an animal-focused camp exploring wildlife and conservation. Learn more.

Leadership & Specialty Camps

Camp GOTR (Girls on the Run)

For girls in grades 3^rd-5^th, Camp GOTR is a confidence-building program combining running and life skills. Multiples sessions are offered in June. Learn more.

Camp Kindergarten

Built for incoming Kindergarten students, Camp Kindergarten helps to prepare your student for the upcoming Kindergarten school year. Camp is in early June and last year was hosted at Lee Elementary School (location not announced yet). Hosted by Riley County Health Department and USD383 this program helps kids transition to kindergarten through play, literacy, and social skills. Learn more.

Flint Hills Foster Teen Camp

Designed specifically for Foster Teens in the Flint Hills area, camp sessions are offered in both June and July to build mentorship and connection for foster teens. Learn more.

K-State Academic Camps

For students in 7^th – 12^th grade, K-State offers several different camps focusing on farm, fashion, design and health among others! Camps run in June and July. Learn more.

Rock Springs Ranch 4-H Camp

Just outside of Junction City, Rock Springs Ranch 4-H Camp offers a traditional overnight camp where campers will experience canoeing, fishing, ropes courses, horseback riding, zip lines, archery, swimming, campfires, and outdoor leaderships opportunities. Sessions are open in June – July for ages 6 – 17 year old’s. Also check out their options for family overnight camping for a fun weekend get away! Learn more.

Tips for Parents

Registration for many camps is open now or opening soon and popular camps fill quickly!

Look at these bonus places worth checking out for summer activities:

• Find dance camps at some of the local studios. Find a list here.
• Check out the local libraries for summer programs and events including Manhattan Public Library, Junction City Public Library and Wamego Public Library.
• Looking for local summer sports leagues and camps? Check out our guide here.
• Check out the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art for creative arts programs.
• Find local VBS Camps at local churches, usually free.