Summer is Right Around the Corner!

Choose your adventures today! If you are having trouble finding an open camp, call our registrar for help.

We're now offering an extended day option!

What’s more fun than a day at camp? A day at camp with bonus fun in the afternoon!

Some Camps Still Have Openings!

Choose your adventures today! If you are having trouble finding an open camp, call our registrar

We're Offering Just ONE WEEK of Overnight Camp

Don’t miss out on our week of wild adventure at the Arnot Forest, register today!

Adult Programs are back!

Join us for a season or a single workshop…

Youth Programs

Ages 5-12

teen Programs

Ages 13-17

Latest News and Stories

Head over to our blog for stories from the forest, our latest news and periodic videos, and activities you can do at home.

Staff Spotlight: Sean Cornell

Staff Spotlight: Sean Cornell

Sean traces his love of the outdoors to a series of moments in his childhood starting with a day when he and his friends spotted a pair of hawks circling above a hill in the southern end of Syracuse.

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4-H Simple Interactions Project

4-H Simple Interactions Project

Doctors Charlie Izzo and Debbie Sellers, of the Bronfenbrenner Center on Translational Research, have been collaborating with Primitive Pursuits staff on an innovative field project since January 2016. Their project helps people examine the interaction, connection, and communication that occurs within mentoring or helping relationships.

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We were BLOWN away by the community and engagement our son felt this summer. He came home excited to share all the new things he had learned that day (from day 1!) – as well as show us his impressive collection of sticks, rocks, bows and arrows, cordage, etc. Primitive Pursuits has fostered such a love of outdoor learning and he loved seeing counselors through the weeks (especially Pickle!) who shared his excitement for being outside and exploring. We can’t wait to send him – and his younger sister – again next year, and we’ll be ready for the muddy clothes, collection of sticks, and stories of their adventures each afternoon. Thank you, Primitive Pursuits, for making this nervous mom feel great about dropping my kiddo off at camp each day!!”
S. W.

Parent