Located minutes from downtown Knoxville on 315+ acres of beautiful woodlands with nature trails, winding creeks, mysterious forests, colorful meadows and numerous interesting ponds, Ijams Nature Center offers a unique setting for day camps for a variety of ages throughout the year. Our camps seek to reconnect children with nature and history through a variety of exceptional activities and amazing staff members who love to teach and recreate outdoors. It is our goal to grow individual confidence, group cooperation, outdoor skills and environmental responsibility in all of our campers.

Ijams Nature Adventure Camp serves children ages 6-12 and is a fun and exciting blend of outdoor recreation and nature exploration. During each session, campers encounter and learn more about the natural world through canoeing, pond and creek exploration, rock scrambling, insect collection, bird watching, hiking, dip netting, team building, fishing, wilderness survival and outdoor skills, arts and crafts, camp games, skits, songs, and more! Specific activities for each session vary according weekly themes.

Ijams Preschool Summer Camp serves children ages 3-5 and emphasizes child-led, age-appropriate, and experiential learning. Most of the day is spent outdoors, exploring nature and making a strong connection with the environment. Children learn through play, discovery, and inquiry. Not only do children develop a solid foundation for lifelong learning, but they also cultivate a love of nature that is the basis for a conservation ethic later in life.

For all of Ijams’ camps, we offer an Early Bird Discount, a Member Discount, and a Multi-Child Discount.