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Youth camps in Michigan
839 youth camps in 257 Michigan cities and towns, from the Michigan Statewide Search for Children Camps (active camps) (Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential (MiLEAP), Camp Licensing), updated November 12, 2026. That includes 478 day camps and 356 resident (overnight) camps and 4 travel camps and 1 youth camps.
This is the state's list, not our picks. We haven't reviewed these camps. Camps that don't need a state camp license, and camps still waiting for approval, aren't on it, so there may be more camps near you.
Check any camp's license on the official Michigan statewide search for children's camps.
Cities with the most camps
All cities and towns A–Z
- Ada 2
- Alger 2
- Allegan 2
- Allendale 5
- Allenton 2
- Almont 2
- Alto 2
- Ann Arbor 25
- Arcadia 1
- Attica 3
- Auburn Hills 2
- Augusta 2
- Baldwin 1
- Bancroft 1
- Battle Creek 5
- Bay City 4
- Belmont 2
- Benton Harbor 2
- Benzonia 1
- Berkley 4
- Berrien Center 1
- Big Bay 2
- Birmingham 3
- Bloomfield Hills 10
- Bloomingdale 3
- Boyne City 1
- Boyne Falls 5
- Brighton 7
- Brooklyn 1
- Brown City 2
- Brownstown 1
- Burt Lake 1
- Burtchville 1
- Burton 1
- Byron Center 1
- Cadillac 2
- Caledonia 2
- Canton 7
- Carsonville 2
- Cassopolis 4
- Cedar Springs 1
- Central Lake 3
- Champion 1
- Charlevoix 1
- Cheboygan 1
- Chelsea 2
- Chesterfield 2
- Clare 2
- Clarkston 8
- Columbiaville 2
- Columbus 1
- Commerce 2
- Commerce Twp 1
- Comstock Park 1
- Croswell 1
- Crystal Falls 6
- Custer 3
- Davison 2
- Dearborn Heights 2
- Decatur 3
- Deckerville 3
- Delton 1
- Detroit 54
- Dowagiac 1
- Dowling 6
- E. Lansing 1
- Eagle River 1
- East Jordan 1
- East Lansing 4
- Eaton Rapids 1
- Eckerman 2
- Elkton 2
- Escanaba 1
- Evart 5
- Fairview 1
- Famington Hills 1
- Farmington Hills 8
- Fennville 4
- Fenton 8
- Ferndale 5
- Ferndalle 1
- Flint 1
- Flushing 1
- Ford River 2
- Fowlerville 1
- Frankfort 2
- Frankfurt 2
- Fremont 2
- Gaylord 4
- Georgetown Twp 3
- Georgetwon Twp 1
- Gladwin 1
- Gowen 5
- Grand Haven 5
- Grand Junction 1
- Grand Ledge 2
- Grand Rapids 18
- Grass Lake 4
- Grayling 1
- Greenville 6
- Grosse Ile 2
- Grosse Ile Township 2
- Grosse Pointe 1
- Grosse Pointe Farms 2
- Grosse Pointe Shores 1
- Grosse Pointe Woods 3
- Harbor Springs 2
- Hastings 4
- Hersey 10
- Highland City 1
- Highland Park 1
- Hillsdale 4
- Holland 18
- Holly 7
- Holton 2
- Howard City 1
- Howell 11
- Hudsonville 2
- Imlay City 2
- Interlochen 4
- Iron River 1
- Jackson 8
- Jerome 1
- Johannesburg 1
- Jones 3
- Kalamazoo 16
- Kalkaska 3
- Kenton 2
- Kentwood 2
- Lake 4
- Lake Ann 3
- Lake City 1
- Lake Orion 3
- Lansing 17
- Lapeer 7
- Lawrence 1
- Lawton 2
- Leonard 2
- Lexington 7
- Linden 2
- Little Lake 3
- Livonia 2
- Lupton 1
- Luther 1
- Madison Heights 6
- Mancelona 1
- Manchester 5
- Mancolona 1
- Manistique 6
- Maple City 1
- Marquette 3
- Mattawan 2
- Mayville 3
- Mears 2
- Menominee 2
- Metamora 1
- Michigamme 2
- Middleville 3
- Midland 11
- Milford 2
- Monroe 1
- Montague 3
- Morley 1
- Mount Clemens 2
- Munising 1
- Muskegon 3
- New Baltimore 6
- New Era 2
- Newaygo 6
- Niles 1
- Northport 2
- Northville 4
- Novi 5
- Oak Park 1
- Okemos 2
- Onekama 3
- Onsted 1
- Orchard Lake 4
- Ortonville 3
- Oscoda 4
- Otisvile 1
- Otisville 3
- Oxford 3
- Petoskey 3
- Pigeon 2
- Pinckney 4
- Pinconning 1
- Plainwell 2
- Plymouth 3
- Pontiac 1
- Port Huron 5
- Presque Isle 3
- Prudenville 1
- Reading 6
- Reed City 2
- Richmond 1
- Rives Junction 1
- Rochester 5
- Rochester Hills 1
- Rockford 2
- Rodney 3
- Romeo 3
- Roscommon 2
- Rose City 3
- Roseville 2
- Royal Oak 5
- Saginaw 1
- Saline 5
- Sandusky 1
- Sanford 3
- Sault Sainte Marie 2
- Sawyer 3
- Schoolcraft 1
- Sebewaing 2
- Shelby 4
- Shelby Twp 2
- Shingleton 1
- Somerset Center 2
- Sommerset Center 1
- South Haven 1
- South Lyon 5
- Southfield 6
- Southgate 4
- Spring Lake 2
- St Charles 1
- St Clair Shores 2
- St. Clair 2
- Sturgis 3
- Thompsonville 1
- Three Oaks 1
- Three Rivers 6
- Traverse City 17
- Trenton 2
- Troy 1
- Tustin 4
- Twin Lake 5
- Union 1
- Van Buren Township 2
- Vandalia 2
- Vassar 3
- Vestaburg 1
- Vicksburg 2
- Village of Clarkston 2
- Walkerville 2
- Waterford 5
- Wayland 2
- Wayne 2
- Webberville 1
- West Bloomfield 8
- West Branch 3
- West Olive 1
- White Lake 1
- Whitmore Lake 3
- Williamston 1
- Wyoming 1
- Ypsilanti 8
- Zeeland 5
Michigan camp rules
Day and overnight camps need a camp license or permit. Children's camps (day, residential, troop and travel camps) need a state license under 1973 PA 116 when they serve more than 4 children apart from their parents for 5 or more days in a 14-day period in a natural environment; a day camp runs more than 4 but less than 24 hours a day. Michigan treats 'natural environment' as at least 51 percent of activities outdoors; a program that calls itself a day camp but does not meet the definition may need a child care center license instead.
Agency: Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential (MiLEAP), camp licensing
Official sources: MiLEAP: Start a licensed camp (camp types and when a license is needed) · MiLEAP: A Parent's Guide to Child Care Licensing (day camp definition) · Children's and adult foster care camp rules, R 400.11101 et seq. (LII mirror)
All Michigan rules for child care and camps · Camp license rules in every state · Checked October 2026. General information, not legal advice.
More for Michigan families
- Child care and after-school programs in Michigan
- Free summer meals for kids in Michigan: USDA meal sites. These are not camps.
- Youth, sports and camp nonprofits in Michigan, from IRS data. Being listed there doesn't mean a camp is licensed.
Camp not listed?
If you run a camp in Michigan that isn't here, send us its details. It's free. A person at BackPR reviews every submission before anything is published, and not every camp gets listed.
Sources
- Michigan Statewide Search for Children Camps (active camps), Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential (MiLEAP), Camp Licensing. Updated November 12, 2026. Michigan state government public records; no license stated. Source page · File.
Michigan publishes no downloadable file, so we copy the active camps from the state's camp search, which the state says it updates daily. A camp can appear more than once, because the state also lists each site where a camp is licensed to run.