At overnight camp, you might paddle across a lake, sail a boat, hike a trail, discover nature, and swim with friends when you’re not creating an artistic masterpiece or swinging among the trees in our challenge courses. Special meals together and classic camp songs (beside a fire you helped build) will fill your perfect evenings before cozy, comfortable nights spent in the great outdoors.
Overnight Camp registration is open! The last day to register is Friday, May 15, 2026. Registrations are processed on a first-come, first-served basis.
Overnight Camp Sessions
Great adventures await at Camp Pennyroyal and Bear Creek Aquatic Camp this summer!
Brownie Opportunities (Rising 2nd and 3rd graders)
Pennyroyal Adventure (Session 1)
Rising 2nd-4th
June 8–12 | 4 nights | $380 + KY sales tax
Experience all camp has to offer with the new friends you make at Camp Pennyroyal! Your adventure will include a chance to try archery, cooking over a fire, swimming, and paddling your own kayak. You will also explore your creative side while completing arts and crafts projects and playing games.
Pennyroyal Adventure (Session 2)
Rising 2nd-4th
June 14–19 | 5 nights | $475 + KY sales tax
Experience all camp has to offer with the new friends you make at Camp Pennyroyal! Your adventure will include a chance to try archery, cooking over a fire, swimming, and paddling your own kayak. You will also explore your creative side while completing arts and crafts projects and playing games.
Pennyroyal Adventure (Session 3)
Rising 2nd-4th
June 21–26 | 5 nights | $475 + KY sales tax
Experience all camp has to offer with the new friends you make at Camp Pennyroyal! Your adventure will include a chance to try archery, cooking over a fire, swimming, and paddling your own kayak. You will also explore your creative side while completing arts and crafts projects and playing games.
Pennyroyal Adventure (Session 4)
Rising 2nd-4th
June 28–July 3 | 5 nights | $475 + KY sales tax
Experience all camp has to offer with the new friends you make at Camp Pennyroyal! Your adventure will include a chance to try archery, cooking over a fire, swimming, and paddling your own kayak. You will also explore your creative side while completing arts and crafts projects and playing games.
Pennyroyal Adventure (Session 5)
Rising 2nd-4th
July 5–10 | 5 nights | $475 + KY sales tax
Experience all camp has to offer with the new friends you make at Camp Pennyroyal! Your adventure will include a chance to try archery, cooking over a fire, swimming, and paddling your own kayak. You will also explore your creative side while completing arts and crafts projects and playing games.
Junior Opportunities (Rising 4th and 5th graders)
Pennyroyal Adventure (Session 1)
Rising 2nd-4th
June 8–12 | 4 nights | $380 + KY sales tax
Experience all camp has to offer with the new friends you make at Camp Pennyroyal! Your adventure will include a chance to try archery, cooking over a fire, swimming, and paddling your own kayak. You will also explore your creative side while completing arts and crafts projects and playing games.
Camp Chefs (Session 1)
Rising 4th-6th
June 8–12 | 4 nights | $380 + KY sales tax
Calling all camp cooks! Learn to cook over a campfire and create different dishes for your group to enjoy. Work with your counselors to sample flavors from around the world. You’ll also enjoy other camp activities like swimming and paddling.
Pennyroyal Adventure (Session 2)
Rising 2nd-4th
June 14–19 | 5 nights | $475 + KY sales tax
Experience all camp has to offer with the new friends you make at Camp Pennyroyal! Your adventure will include a chance to try archery, cooking over a fire, swimming, and paddling your own kayak. You will also explore your creative side while completing arts and crafts projects and playing games.
Camp Creatures (Session 2)
Rising 4th-6th
June 14–19 | 5 nights | $475 + KY sales tax
Find out how to care for different pets and learn about the creatures who share our camp with you! You’ll get to meet some Girl Scout Pets. Maybe you’ll be surprised to discover the “purrfect” pet for you that you’ve never even considered.
Camp Chefs (Session 2)
Rising 4th-6th
June 14–19 | 5 nights | $475 + KY sales tax
Calling all camp cooks! Learn to cook over a campfire and create different dishes for your group to enjoy. Work with your counselors to sample flavors from around the world. You’ll also enjoy other camp activities like swimming and paddling.
Pennyroyal Adventure (Session 3)
Rising 2nd-4th
June 21–26 | 5 nights | $475 + KY sales tax
Experience all camp has to offer with the new friends you make at Camp Pennyroyal! Your adventure will include a chance to try archery, cooking over a fire, swimming, and paddling your own kayak. You will also explore your creative side while completing arts and crafts projects and playing games.
Mermaids (Session 3)
Rising 4th-6th
June 21–26 | 5 nights | $475 + KY sales tax
Splash the week away in this water extravaganza! Get some extra time at the waterfront. Go on a floating lunch, perfect your cannonballs by challenging your new friends to a contest. Explore Wishing Star Lake on funyaks and enjoy a water carnival. When not at the waterfront, play water games and have a chance to explore other camp activities like arts and crafts.
Create It, Make It, Take It (Session 3)
Rising 4th-6th
June 21–26 | 5 nights | $475 + KY sales tax
Do you like to make things? Come to camp and spend a good part of your day getting to use your creativity. Tie-dye using natural dyes, make your own paper, weave a basket, or work with clay - the possibilities are endless! Spend the majority of your day doing arts and crafts while still enjoying other camp activities like cooking out and boating.
Pennyroyal Adventure (Session 4)
Rising 2nd-4th
June 28–July 3 | 5 nights | $475 + KY sales tax
Experience all camp has to offer with the new friends you make at Camp Pennyroyal! Your adventure will include a chance to try archery, cooking over a fire, swimming, and paddling your own kayak. You will also explore your creative side while completing arts and crafts projects and playing games.
On the Case (Session 4)
Rising 4th-6th
June 28–July 3 | 5 nights | $475 + KY sales tax
Are you a natural-born problem solver? Become a Pennyroyal secret agent! Spend the week solving a camp-wide mystery. You will collect clues, conduct interviews, and maybe even go on a stakeout.
Splash Masters (Session 4)
Rising 4th-6th
June 28–July 3 | 5 nights | $475 + KY sales tax
Do you love water and crafts? Come to camp and spend your time exploring the lake by paddleboard, canoe, and funyak. Have a beach party and build sandcastles. Spend the rest of your time at camp exploring your creative side.
Pennyroyal Adventure (Session 5)
Rising 2nd-4th
July 5–10 | 5 nights | $475 + KY sales tax
Experience all camp has to offer with the new friends you make at Camp Pennyroyal! Your adventure will include a chance to try archery, cooking over a fire, swimming, and paddling your own kayak. You will also explore your creative side while completing arts and crafts projects and playing games.
Bubbling Scientist (Session 5)
Rising 4th-6th
July 5–10 | 5 nights | $475 + KY sales tax
What a mess! Get your hands dirty with exciting experiments using slime, silly putty, and bubbling solution. With your friends, make an active volcano, launch a rocket, and so much more.
In’SPA’ration (Session 5)
Rising 4th-6th
July 5–10 | 5 nights | $475 + KY sales tax
Unwind and relax. Try yoga, have lunch at the beach, create natural beauty products, and even host a spa night for another unit. You will also participate in other camp activities such as swimming and archery.
Reach for the Stars (Session 5)
Rising 4th-6th
July 5–10 | 5 nights | $475 + KY sales tax
Look to the sky and see the stars like never before. Learn about the constellations and reach for the stars with rockets you build. Enjoy a night hike under the stars. Watch out for aliens who would want to join you on Earth for camp fun like swimming and campfires.
Water Skippers (Session 1)
Rising 4th-6th
June 7–13 | 6 nights | $570 + KY sales tax
In this session, you’ll learn the basics of paddling, with a focus on stand-up paddleboarding! Through games, fun challenges, and short paddles inside Girl Scout Bay, you’ll practice balance, strokes, and steering your paddleboard. Each day you’ll grow stronger and more confident, and by the end of the week, you’ll be ready for a special paddleboarding adventure with your group.
Jibe Ho (Session 2)
Rising 4th-6th
June 16–22 | 6 nights | $570 + KY sales tax
Start learning to sail! Master basic water safety skills, learning vocabulary for hull and sail parts, rigging a sailboat with counselor assistance, launching a sailboat with counselor assistance, and demonstrating basic nautical knots. In shore school, you’ll learn a little about identifying wind strength and direction. You’ll get daily practice entering a sailboat, adjusting the sail, and demonstrating safe tacking and jibing with commands.
Jibe Ho (Session 3)
Rising 4th-6th
June 26–July 2 | 6 nights | $570 + KY sales tax
Start learning to sail! Master basic water safety skills, learning vocabulary for hull and sail parts, rigging a sailboat with counselor assistance, launching a sailboat with counselor assistance, and demonstrating basic nautical knots. In shore school, you’ll learn a little about identifying wind strength and direction. You’ll get daily practice entering a sailboat, adjusting the sail, and demonstrating safe tacking and jibing with commands.
Dolphins (Session 4)
Rising 4th-6th
July 5–July 11 | 6 nights | $570 + KY sales tax
Catch a summer vibe and try a bit of all that Bear Creek has to offer! You can swim, paddle, and sail in beautiful Kentucky Lake, plan an overnight campout adventure, and cook a meal outdoors! Make new friends as you play games, sing camp songs, tour Kentucky Lake by pontoon boat, and create memories for life.
Cadette Opportunities (Rising 6th, 7th and 8th graders)
Camp Chefs (Session 1)
Rising 4th-6th
June 8–12 | 4 nights | $380 + KY sales tax
Calling all camp cooks! Learn to cook over a campfire and create different dishes for your group to enjoy. Work with your counselors to sample flavors from around the world. You’ll also enjoy other camp activities like swimming and paddling.
Choose Your Own Adventure (Session 1)
Rising 6th-8th
June 8–12 | 4 nights | $380 + KY sales tax
Design your own camp adventure, choosing from a menu of fun activities! Do you want to focus on archery or spend more time on your outdoor skills? Maybe you’ll decide to sleep under the stars in the camp hammocks. Campers will work together to plan a week full of fun.
Camp Creatures (Session 2)
Rising 4th-6th
June 14–19 | 5 nights | $475 + KY sales tax
Find out how to care for different pets and learn about the creatures who share our camp with you! You’ll get to meet some Girl Scout Pets. Maybe you’ll be surprised to discover the “purrfect” pet for you that you’ve never even considered.
Camp Chefs (Session 2)
Rising 4th-6th
June 14–19 | 5 nights | $475 + KY sales tax
Calling all camp cooks! Learn to cook over a campfire and create different dishes for your group to enjoy. Work with your counselors to sample flavors from around the world. You’ll also enjoy other camp activities like swimming and paddling.
High Adventure (Session 2)
Campers must be 11 years old on the first day of camp.
June 14–19 | 5 nights | $475 + KY sales tax
Reach for the sky and zip through the trees on the high ropes course. When you’re not enjoying the bird’s eye view of camp, learn survival skills and hit the water. You’re enjoying swimming at Wishing Star Lake. Campers must be 11 years old on the first day of camp.
Mermaids (Session 3)
Rising 4th-6th
June 21–26 | 5 nights | $475 + KY sales tax
Splash the week away in this water extravaganza! Get some extra time at the waterfront. Go on a floating lunch, perfect your cannonballs by challenging your new friends to a contest. Explore Wishing Star Lake on funyaks and enjoy a water carnival. When not at the waterfront, play water games and have a chance to explore other camp activities like arts and crafts.
Create It, Make It, Take It (Session 3)
Rising 4th-6th
June 21–26 | 5 nights | $475 + KY sales tax
Do you like to make things? Come to camp and spend a good part of your day getting to use your creativity. Tie-dye using natural dyes, make your own paper, weave a basket, or work with clay - the possibilities are endless! Spend the majority of your day doing arts and crafts while still enjoying other camp activities like cooking out and boating.
Whisk Away (Session 3)
Rising 6th-8th
June 21–26 | 5 nights | $475 + KY sales tax
Calling all aspiring chefs! Do you like to cook out over a campfire? If you have a passion for food and a flair for creativity, this magical program is just for you. Imagine a week filled with enchanting culinary adventures, where you’ll whip up delicious outdoor meals that delight your taste buds.
On the Case (Session 4)
Rising 4th-6th
June 28–July 3 | 5 nights | $475 + KY sales tax
Are you a natural-born problem solver? Become a Pennyroyal secret agent! Spend the week solving a camp-wide mystery. You will collect clues, conduct interviews, and maybe even go on a stakeout.
Splash Masters (Session 4)
Rising 4th-6th
June 28–July 3 | 5 nights | $475 + KY sales tax
Do you love water and crafts? Come to camp and spend your time exploring the lake by paddleboard, canoe, and funyak. Have a beach party and build sandcastles. Spend the rest of your time at camp exploring your creative side.
High Adventure (Session 4)
Campers must be 11 years old on the first day of camp.
June 28–July 3 | 5 nights | $475 + KY sales tax
Reach for the sky and zip through the trees on the high ropes course. When you’re not enjoying the bird’s eye view of camp, learn survival skills and hit the water. You’re enjoying swimming at Wishing Star Lake. Campers must be 11 years old on the first day of camp.
Bubbling Scientist (Session 5)
Rising 4th-6th
July 5–10 | 5 nights | $475 + KY sales tax
What a mess! Get your hands dirty with exciting experiments using slime, silly putty, and bubbling solution. With your friends, make an active volcano, launch a rocket, and so much more.
In’SPA’ration (Session 5)
Rising 4th-6th
July 5–10 | 5 nights | $475 + KY sales tax
Unwind and relax. Try yoga, have lunch at the beach, create natural beauty products, and even host a spa night for another unit. You will also participate in other camp activities such as swimming and archery.
Reach for the Stars (Session 5)
Rising 4th-6th
July 5–10 | 5 nights | $475 + KY sales tax
Look to the sky and see the stars like never before. Learn about the constellations and reach for the stars with rockets you build. Enjoy a night hike under the stars. Watch out for aliens who would want to join you on Earth for camp fun like swimming and campfires.
Water Skippers (Session 1)
Rising 4th-6th
June 7–13 | 6 nights | $570 + KY sales tax
In this session, you’ll learn the basics of paddling, with a focus on stand-up paddleboarding! Through games, fun challenges, and short paddles inside Girl Scout Bay, you’ll practice balance, strokes, and steering your paddleboard. Each day you’ll grow stronger and more confident, and by the end of the week, you’ll be ready for a special paddleboarding adventure with your group.
River Otters (Session 1)
Rising 7th-9th
June 7–13 | 6 nights | $570 + KY sales tax
Bear Creek offers a huge variety of water sports – come sample them all! We have sit-on-top and sit-inside kayaks, traditional canoes, and stand-up paddleboards. You'll learn paddling skills to explore the entire shoreline of our beautiful bay. Begin learning how to harness the wind on fair-weather days to sail a windsurfer or sailboat. You’ll also get to tour Kentucky Lake by pontoon boat, plan an overnight adventure at Land Between the Lakes, cook out a meal or two, play all-camp games, and bond with your camp besties.
Smooth Sailing Mariners (Session 1b)
Rising 8th-12th
June 7–22 | 15 nights | $1425 + KY sales tax
This is the capstone program for sailors at Bear Creek Aquatic Camp and gives you extended time at camp! You'll refine your skills and advance your knowledge of rigging, knots, water safety, and boat rescues. You’ll take day trips around the lake to develop teamwork with your crew, then study the weather and navigation charts of Kentucky Lake to plan for an overnight sailing trip to LBL over the break between sessions 1 and 2 (June 14 –15), weather permitting.
Jibe Ho (Session 2)
Rising 4th-6th
June 16–22 | 6 nights | $570 + KY sales tax
Start learning to sail! Master basic water safety skills, learning vocabulary for hull and sail parts, rigging a sailboat with counselor assistance, launching a sailboat with counselor assistance, and demonstrating basic nautical knots. In shore school, you’ll learn a little about identifying wind strength and direction. You’ll get daily practice entering a sailboat, adjusting the sail, and demonstrating safe tacking and jibing with commands.
Paddlers (Session 2)
Rising 7th-9th
June 16–22 | 6 nights | $570 + KY sales tax
Want to take your paddling skills to the next level? In this session, you’ll build confidence and strength through paddling games, challenge courses, and longer outings on the water. We’ll focus on refining strokes, improving balance and control, and working together as a team. Build endurance the satisfaction of mastering new skills—all while making great memories with friends who love paddling as much as you do!
Mariner Adventurers (Session 2)
Rising 8th-12th
June 16–22 | 6 nights | $570 + KY sales tax
Ready to unplug, relax, and recharge your spirit? Get off the grid and enjoy lake life with friends! Sample all the water sports Bear Creek offers. Collaborate with other campers to plan a sleep-out camping adventure. (Do you want to sleep in a tent, hammock, or under the stars, cowgirl-style? Will you travel by kayaks, pontoon, or canoes?) Come sample the best of Bear Creek and make forever-friends!
Jibe Ho (Session 3)
Rising 4th-6th
June 26–July 2 | 6 nights | $570 + KY sales tax
Start learning to sail! Master basic water safety skills, learning vocabulary for hull and sail parts, rigging a sailboat with counselor assistance, launching a sailboat with counselor assistance, and demonstrating basic nautical knots. In shore school, you’ll learn a little about identifying wind strength and direction. You’ll get daily practice entering a sailboat, adjusting the sail, and demonstrating safe tacking and jibing with commands.
River Otters (Session 3)
Rising 7th-9th
June 26–July 2 | 6 nights | $570 + KY sales tax
Bear Creek offers a huge variety of water sports – come sample them all! We have sit-on-top and sit-inside kayaks, traditional canoes, and stand-up paddleboards. You'll learn paddling skills to explore the entire shoreline of our beautiful bay. Begin learning how to harness the wind on fair-weather days to sail a windsurfer or sailboat. You’ll also get to tour Kentucky Lake by pontoon boat, plan an overnight adventure at Land Between the Lakes, cook out a meal or two, play all-camp games, and bond with your camp besties.
Mariner Sailors (Session 3)
Rising 8th-12th
June 26–July 2 | 6 nights | $570 + KY sales tax
Mariner Sailors are intermediate-level sailors. Master basic water safety skills, practice different kinds of rescues, and learn how to prevent heat and cold-related illnesses. Expand your vocabulary for hull and sail parts. Learn how to rig a sailboat, stow a line, use several nautical knots, and adjust the shape of your sail. In shore school, learn several ways to identify wind strength and direction. You’ll get daily practice tacking and moving in and out of irons until your crew can successfully sail a figure 8 and a buoy course. Learn about map reading and trip planning and take a day trip on Kentucky Lake!
Voyagers (Session 3)
Rising 8th-12th
June 26–July 2 | 6 nights | $570 + KY sales tax
Do you have the paddling bug? In this advanced paddling program, you’ll practice paddling games and challenge courses around Girl Scout Bay to refine your strokes and teamwork skills. When you’ve built strength and stamina, your group will paddle across Kentucky Lake for an overnight camping trip at Land Between the Lakes (weather permitting). Leave this session with serious paddling skills, primitive camping skills, deep friendships, and lasting memories!
Dolphins (Session 4)
Rising 4th-6th
July 5–July 11 | 6 nights | $570 + KY sales tax
Catch a summer vibe and try a bit of all that Bear Creek has to offer! You can swim, paddle, and sail in beautiful Kentucky Lake, plan an overnight campout adventure, and cook a meal outdoors! Make new friends as you play games, sing camp songs, tour Kentucky Lake by pontoon boat, and create memories for life.
Jibe Ho (Session 4)
Rising 7th-9th
July 5–July 11 | 6 nights | $570 + KY sales tax
Come learn to sail in this program for beginners. Master basic water safety skills, learning vocabulary for hull and sail parts, rigging a sailboat with counselor assistance, launching a sailboat with counselor assistance, and demonstrating basic nautical knots. In shore school, you’ll learn a little about identifying wind strength and direction. You’ll get daily practice entering a sailboat, adjusting the sail, and demonstrating safe tacking and jibing with commands.
Mariner Sailors (Session 4)
Rising 8th-12th
July 5–July 11 | 6 nights | $570 + KY sales tax
This program focuses on intermediate sailing skills. Master basic water safety skills, practice different kinds of rescues, and learn how to prevent heat and cold-related illnesses. Expand your vocabulary for hull and sail parts. Learn how to rig a sailboat, stow a line, use several nautical knots, and adjust the shape of your sail. In shore school, learn several ways to identify wind strength and direction. You’ll get daily practice tacking and moving in and out of irons until your crew can successfully sail a figure 8 and a buoy course. Learn about map reading and trip planning and take a day trip on Kentucky Lake!
Mariner Adventurers (Session 4)
Rising 8th-12th
July 5–July 11 | 6 nights | $570 + KY sales tax
Ready to unplug, relax, and recharge your spirit? Get off the grid and enjoy lake life with friends! Sample all the water sports Bear Creek offers. Collaborate with other campers to plan a sleep-out camping adventure. (Do you want to sleep in a tent, hammock, or under the stars, cowgirl-style? Will you travel by kayaks, pontoon, or canoes?) Come sample the best of Bear Creek and make forever-friends!
Senior & Ambassador Opportunities (Rising 9th-12th graders)
River Otters (Session 1)
Rising 7th-9th
June 7–13 | 6 nights | $570 + KY sales tax
Bear Creek offers a huge variety of water sports – come sample them all! We have sit-on-top and sit-inside kayaks, traditional canoes, and stand-up paddleboards. You'll learn paddling skills to explore the entire shoreline of our beautiful bay. Begin learning how to harness the wind on fair-weather days to sail a windsurfer or sailboat. You’ll also get to tour Kentucky Lake by pontoon boat, plan an overnight adventure at Land Between the Lakes, cook out a meal or two, play all-camp games, and bond with your camp besties.
Smooth Sailing Mariners (Session 1b)
Rising 8th-12th
June 7–22 | 15 nights | $1425 + KY sales tax
This is the capstone program for sailors at Bear Creek Aquatic Camp and gives you extended time at camp! You'll refine your skills and advance your knowledge of rigging, knots, water safety, and boat rescues. You’ll take day trips around the lake to develop teamwork with your crew, then study the weather and navigation charts of Kentucky Lake to plan for an overnight sailing trip to LBL over the break between sessions 1 and 2 (June 14 –15), weather permitting.
Paddlers (Session 2)
Rising 7th-9th
June 16–22 | 6 nights | $570 + KY sales tax
Want to take your paddling skills to the next level? In this session, you’ll build confidence and strength through paddling games, challenge courses, and longer outings on the water. We’ll focus on refining strokes, improving balance and control, and working together as a team. Build endurance the satisfaction of mastering new skills—all while making great memories with friends who love paddling as much as you do!
Mariner Adventurers (Session 2)
Rising 8th-12th
June 16–22 | 6 nights | $570 + KY sales tax
Ready to unplug, relax, and recharge your spirit? Get off the grid and enjoy lake life with friends! Sample all the water sports Bear Creek offers. Collaborate with other campers to plan a sleep-out camping adventure. (Do you want to sleep in a tent, hammock, or under the stars, cowgirl-style? Will you travel by kayaks, pontoon, or canoes?) Come sample the best of Bear Creek and make forever-friends!
River Otters (Session 3)
Rising 7th-9th
June 26–July 2 | 6 nights | $570 + KY sales tax
Bear Creek offers a huge variety of water sports – come sample them all! We have sit-on-top and sit-inside kayaks, traditional canoes, and stand-up paddleboards. You'll learn paddling skills to explore the entire shoreline of our beautiful bay. Begin learning how to harness the wind on fair-weather days to sail a windsurfer or sailboat. You’ll also get to tour Kentucky Lake by pontoon boat, plan an overnight adventure at Land Between the Lakes, cook out a meal or two, play all-camp games, and bond with your camp besties.
Mariner Sailors (Session 3)
Rising 8th-12th
June 26–July 2 | 6 nights | $570 + KY sales tax
Mariner Sailors are intermediate-level sailors. Master basic water safety skills, practice different kinds of rescues, and learn how to prevent heat and cold-related illnesses. Expand your vocabulary for hull and sail parts. Learn how to rig a sailboat, stow a line, use several nautical knots, and adjust the shape of your sail. In shore school, learn several ways to identify wind strength and direction. You’ll get daily practice tacking and moving in and out of irons until your crew can successfully sail a figure 8 and a buoy course. Learn about map reading and trip planning and take a day trip on Kentucky Lake!
Voyagers (Session 3)
Rising 8th-12th
June 26–July 2 | 6 nights | $570 + KY sales tax
Do you have the paddling bug? In this advanced paddling program, you’ll practice paddling games and challenge courses around Girl Scout Bay to refine your strokes and teamwork skills. When you’ve built strength and stamina, your group will paddle across Kentucky Lake for an overnight camping trip at Land Between the Lakes (weather permitting). Leave this session with serious paddling skills, primitive camping skills, deep friendships, and lasting memories!
Jibe Ho (Session 4)
Rising 7th-9th
July 5–July 11 | 6 nights | $570 + KY sales tax
Come learn to sail in this program for beginners. Master basic water safety skills, learning vocabulary for hull and sail parts, rigging a sailboat with counselor assistance, launching a sailboat with counselor assistance, and demonstrating basic nautical knots. In shore school, you’ll learn a little about identifying wind strength and direction. You’ll get daily practice entering a sailboat, adjusting the sail, and demonstrating safe tacking and jibing with commands.
Mariner Sailors (Session 4)
Rising 8th-12th
July 5–July 11 | 6 nights | $570 + KY sales tax
This program focuses on intermediate sailing skills. Master basic water safety skills, practice different kinds of rescues, and learn how to prevent heat and cold-related illnesses. Expand your vocabulary for hull and sail parts. Learn how to rig a sailboat, stow a line, use several nautical knots, and adjust the shape of your sail. In shore school, learn several ways to identify wind strength and direction. You’ll get daily practice tacking and moving in and out of irons until your crew can successfully sail a figure 8 and a buoy course. Learn about map reading and trip planning and take a day trip on Kentucky Lake!
Mariner Adventurers (Session 4)
Rising 8th-12th
July 5–July 11 | 6 nights | $570 + KY sales tax
Ready to unplug, relax, and recharge your spirit? Get off the grid and enjoy lake life with friends! Sample all the water sports Bear Creek offers. Collaborate with other campers to plan a sleep-out camping adventure. (Do you want to sleep in a tent, hammock, or under the stars, cowgirl-style? Will you travel by kayaks, pontoon, or canoes?) Come sample the best of Bear Creek and make forever-friends!
Leadership Camp Opportunities
Older Girl Scouts can get involved in leadership, problem-solving, and learning experiences at our overnight camps. Learn more and find all the opportunities here.
Registration Information
Registration opens on Cyber Monday, December 1, 2025 at 8 am Eastern.
Overnight Camp registration is now open! The last day to register is Friday, May 15, 2026. Registrations are processed on a first-come, first-served basis.
Please note that the 10% Cyber Monday savings do not apply to transportation or Group Camping.
Click here to access CampDoc, our registration hub for all camper documents. Follow the prompts on CampDoc to complete registration.
New to Girl Scouts? Annual membership will be added during the check-out process to any camper needing a Girl Scout membership or to renew their membership.
Are you a member of another Girl Scout council? A $100 upcharge fee will be applied to your registration.
After you register, you will soon receive a confirmation email directly from CampDoc, our camp registration platform. This email will contain important information to guide you through the next steps of completing your health profile and payments. If this email is not received within 24 hours, check your junk/spam folder, then please contact Customer Care at 888-771-5170. Our Customer Care team can also help you with any registration issues or questions.
A non-refundable deposit of 10% per session is due when you register. All remaining balances must be paid by Friday, May 15, 2026. Registrants with unpaid balances after that day will be removed from the session roster, and their deposit will be forfeited.
Payments toward camp can be made in full at any time prior to May 15 or can be paid in installments.
The last day to register is Friday, May 15, 2026. This deadline applies to Overnight Camp registration & transportation, as well as Group Camping.
A camp protection plan is offered by CampDoc through Travel Insured. This protection is not provided by or administered by Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana. For questions regarding benefits and claims, participants must visit www.travelinsured.com/docnetwork.
Sessions fill very quickly. When sessions reach capacity, campers can join the waitlist. If additional capacity becomes available, new openings are offered via email on a first-come, first-served basis from our waitlist. Five business days are provided to respond to the email notice and to pay the non-refundable 10% deposit securing your camper’s spot. All balances must be paid in full but Friday, May 15, 2026.
Every Girl Scout should be able to make lasting memories at summer camp! Financial assistance is available to provide everyone with access to the same outdoor opportunities. In every instance the amount requested should reflect the true need of the family. Providing leadership opportunities through camp experiences is made possible by the Joyce Seymour Leadership Fund.
To help support the camp community and ensure the sustainability of this program, all families, including those receiving financial assistance, are asked to contribute a minimum of 10% of the total experience cost. The 10% contribution towards the experience can be a combination of Kentuckiana Credits and family contributions.
The 10% overnight camp deposit is not eligible for refund.
Please Note: Applications will be accepted November 17, 2025 through November 25, 2025 at 5 pm EST for approval prior to Cyber Monday deals.
To apply, click here.
Campers can use previously earned Kentuckiana Credits to pay towards camp costs. Kentuckiana Credits may be used to pay a portion or the entirety of camp costs, but plan ahead: 2024–2025 Kentuckiana Credits expire on December 12, 2025. To apply Kentuckiana Credits to camp, use the form at bit.ly/gskkc.
Looking ahead, the Girl Scout Cookie Program is a great way for campers to earn a cost-free summer adventure. When a Girl Scout sells 2,400+ boxes, they earn up to a 6-night session at Overnight Camp. (The cost of a 6-night session can be applied to longer camp sessions. The value of a 6-night session is $570 + KY sales tax.)
New This Year: Girl Scouts will earn 20 Kentuckiana Credits for every 100 packages of cookies sold during the initial/pre-order phase of the 2026 Girl Scout Cookie Program. These can also be used for camp balances once they are awarded in late April/early May after the close of the 2026 Cookie Program.
If you have big cookie goals, reserve your camp spot early beginning December 1 using the code COOKIE26 to waive the 10% deposit. If you don't quite make it to your goal, you can still use another form of payment to pay your full tuition. All payments will be due Friday, May 15, 2026.
No refunds will be given after Friday, May 15, 2026.
We know things happen and plans can change, so families are able to cancel a reserved session for a refund (minus the 10% deposit) before Friday, May 15, 2026. In case of camp cancellations by GSK, all payments will be refunded.
Group Camping registrations may be canceled up to 14 days from the event start date for a full refund by emailing your cancellation request to CustomerCare@gskentuckiana.org.
Transportation is available for Bear Creek Aquatic Camp from Louisville and Beaver Dam. Campers travel in comfort on air-conditioned motor coach buses. Round-trip cost is $150 and one-way is $100. Bus spots are subject to space availability.
Bus transportation may be canceled by GSK if the required minimum number of riders is not reached. The deadline to register for bus transportation is Friday, May 15, 2026. Transportation cannot be added after this deadline. Cyber Monday discount does not apply to transportation.
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Bear Creek Aquatic Camp and Camp Pennyroyal are accredited by the America Camp Association (ACA) indicating safe, high-quality programs that meet industry and government standards.
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