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  Maryland camps for kids focus on social and learning activities, and most of these camps operate during the summer. Camps are hosted by both private organizations and religious groups. Activities include games, sports, arts and crafts, leadership skills and survival skills. Camps can range in length from a single day to eight weeks. The age range for most camps is between 4 and 17.
  
  

Wabanna Camp and Conference Center

• The Wabanna Camp and Conference Center is open from mid-June through mid-August, and it hosts one-week camps for eight weeks during the summer. This Christian camp improves children's social skills through team-building activities. Activities include rock wall climbing, boating, sailing, canoeing, tubing and kayaking. Bible study sessions are conducted throughout the camp.
  
  The camps are broken down by age groups. The Residential Camp is open to children ages 7 to 15. The Day Camp is open to children ages 4 to 13, and parents must pick up their children at the end of each day. Leaders in Training is a weeklong program for children ages 15 to 17.
  
  Wabanna Camp and Conference Center
  101 Likes Road
  Edgewater, MD 21037
  410-798-0455
  campwabanna.org
  
  

Camp Pecometh

• At Camp Pecometh, programs are based on children's interests. Traditional Programs activities include canoeing, archery, music and games. Adventure Programs activities include outdoor survival skills, sports, challenge courses, team-building activities and environmental learning. Aquatics Programs activities include crabbing, kayaking, sailing, water skiing and tubing. Specialty Programs activities include Bible study, music lessons, horseback riding and girls-only and boys-only camps. The camp has two-night mini-camps and the regular camps, which run for six days. It is open to children from kindergarten through grade 10.
  
  Camp Pecometh
  136 Bookers Wharf Road
  Centreville, MD 21617
  410-556-6900
  pecometh.org
  
  

Echo Hill Camp

• Echo Hill Camp is open to children ages 7 to 16, and it can accommodate up to 145 children per session. Activities include sailing, kayaking, swimming, fishing, crabbing, windsurfing, tubing, archery, paintball, arts and crafts, music and drama. The camp also offers tutoring in writing, reading, math, study skills and exam preparation. Children can attend the entire camp, which lasts for eight weeks, or for a two-week session. An After Camp Program, from the end of August to the beginning of September, includes sailing, skiing, fishing and crabbing.
  
  Echo Hill Camp
  13655 Bloomingneck Road
  Worton, MD 21678
  410-348-5303
  echohillcamp.com