Education and Learning Summer Camps in North Alabama

Kidcam Camps

Price(s): $200/week; $180/week for siblings
Dates: May 26 – July 24 | 9:00 am -3:00 pm (before and after care available)
Ages: K -13 years old
Contact: 877-4KIDCAM (454-3226)
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Kidcam Camps has been a trusted name in day camp programs for over 50 years. We partner with premier facilities across the Southeast to create exciting and safe summer experiences. At Kidcam Huntsville, campers will enjoy:

· Diverse activities: Weekly themes bring sports, creative arts, STEM projects, team-building games, life skills, indoor swimming, and talent shows to life.

· Outdoor fun: Secure green spaces for sports, challenges, group games, free play, and water activities.

· Indoor fun: Spacious basketball courts, indoor rooms for group activities, and an indoor swimming pool where we will swim multiple times each week.

KLA Schools Summer Camp

Dates: Session 1: June 2-26 Session 2: June 29-July 31
Ages: infants to age 5
Contact: 256-979-0482
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On the Go: A Journey Through Movement
KLA Schools invites children from infancy to age 5 to experience On the Go: A Journey Through Movement, our dynamic summer camp designed to inspire active exploration and hands-on discovery. Each session encourages campers to move through music, dance, and sports while building, exploring, and creating. Children will express their creativity through art and design and discover the wonders of nature and animals from land, sea, and sky. It’s a summer filled with movement, imagination, and meaningful learning. Learn more and register today.

Nor Ala Day Camp

Price(s): $312/week
Dates: June-July 2026
Ages: completed pre-K-8th
Contact: 938-244-2790
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Nor Ala provides campers with opportunities to explore nature, build lasting friendships, and develop independence through outdoor experiences. The camp’s purpose is to create a safe, fun, and engaging environment where children can grow, learn, and thrive while enjoying the beauty of the natural world.

Space Camp

Price(s): $1,799-1,999
Dates: May-August 2026
Ages: 9-17
Contact: 256-837-3400
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Space Camp has been helping inspire the next generation of explorers for more than 42 years. This internationally known program with more than one million alumni is based on NASA astronaut training and focuses on teamwork and leadership skills. Launched in 1982, Space Camp has inspired and motivated young people from around the country, and later the world, with attendees from all 50 states, U.S. territories, and 150 foreign countries. There are three levels of Space Camp: Space Camp, Space Academy, and Advanced Space Academy.

Aviation Challenge

Price(s): $1,799-1,999
Dates: May-August 2026
Ages: 9-18
Contact: 256-837-3400
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Students learn basic principles of aviation and put their knowledge to the test in a variety of flight simulators. Taking the role of fighter pilots, students run control systems and scenario-based missions and learn basic water- and land-survival skills. They also learn about civilian and military careers in aviation. There are three levels of Aviation Challenge: Space Camp, Space Academy, and Advanced Space Academy.

Space Camp Robotics

Price(s): $1,799
Dates: May-August 2026
Ages: 9-11
Contact: 256-837-3400
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Space Camp® Robotics trainees learn their ideas can become a reality as they use robotic technologies to create engineering solutions for real-world problems. Trainees work as a team to build and test their own designs in air, land and sea challenges. The week culminates with spirited contests as trainees test the robots they spent the week building, programming and testing.

U.S. Cyber Academy

Price(s): $1,899-1,999
Dates: May-August 2026
Ages: 12-18
Contact: 256-837-3400
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In U.S. Cyber Academy, middle school-aged trainees learn the ethics and responsibilities of personal data security for safeguarding professional networks and the challenge of an expanding internet of things. U.S. Cyber Academy is the U.S. Space & Rocket Center’s newest STEM program and allows trainees to delve into the world of cyber technologies through blended hands-on experiences and challenges developed in cooperation with the FBI. This program balances individual instruction with team building.

Nature Rangers Camp at Burritt

Price(s): $195-$245 (discount for members)
Dates: June-July 2026 | 9 AM-2 PM (before and after care available)
Ages: Rising 1-5th grades
Contact: 256-536-2882
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Burritt Camps provide your child with a summer full of exploration and excitement! Each of the seven weeks of camp revolves around a different theme and are led by Burritt’s CPR-certified staff.  Our teacher-to-camper ratio of 1:12 ensures that your child receives individualized attention during these fun-filled days of crafts, games, hiking, nature exploration, and more.

Huntsville Botanical Garden

Price(s): $190-$400 (discount for members)
Dates: May 26-July 31, 2026
Ages: 4-12
Contact: 256-830-4447 ext. 270
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Our camp programs are immersive experiences designed to foster your child’s connection to the natural world. Through hands-on, engaging STEM activities, our certified instructors guide campers through natural exploration and the role we all play in our environment. Campers participate in a variety of outdoor projects and play activities that inspire curiosity, creativity, and exploration.

Randolph Summer Camps

Price(s): $400-$500
Dates: May 26-July 24, 2026
Ages: pre-K-7th grade
Phone: 256-799-6100
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The Randolph Summer Program is open to any student interested in academic enrichment, extraordinary opportunities, and just plain fun! Classes are taught by Randolph faculty, staff, and coaches. All camps are open to the general public. You do not need to be a Randolph student to attend. We offer courses that will not only strengthen academic acumen, but inspire creativity and innovation. Our program will expose children to challenging academic, arts and athletic programs in ways that excite the imagination.

Our multi-level, multi-dimensional approach is designed to reach each age group at varying levels of skill. We know that the children who attend will have different gifts and different ways of expressing themselves. This diversity of talents will be accommodated so that each child can enjoy their summer experience. Your child will participate in an interactive environment that challenges them to apply their learning to an activity that involves critical thinking, problem-solving, and creativity.

Camp Maranatha

Price(s): $355-655/week
Dates: June-July 2026
Ages: K-12th
Phone: 256-574-4539
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Outdoor adventures & life-changing retreats for 4 generations of North Alabama campers! For over 60 years, Maranatha has served North Alabama and beyond as a safe gathering place for retreats, summer camps, and group events. It has been, and will continue to be, a place where differences are set aside and our humanity, spirituality, and commonality are re-ignited.  Nestled on the banks of the Tennessee River on beautiful Lake Guntersville, the beauty of creation provides our campers a unique chance to unplug and experience Maranatha… and find what it means to them.

Camp Maranatha offers both day camp and overnight camp options.