Highly recommended! Love overlooking the sound. Beautiful views and the occasional orca or other outdoor life. Highly recommend the GeoGala! Friendly staff. read more

My kid enjoyed his time there. I think the "Freeman" cabins are newer. Food is super salty. Is there something more heart healthy? read more

Watch your belongings. The camp staff go through them while they have you doing activities away from your cabin.

Camp Colman is magic pure, plain, and simple. I LOVED this place when I came growing up. I attended multi-day overnight camps a few summers with the last year I attended being in 2001 (I was 8 years old). Leaving this camp after the last year was heartbreaking, I didn't want to leave and I didn't think I could survive without camp in my life. Luckily, my school had a sixth grade camp at YMCA Camp Orkila that I would attend in 2004. Arriving at Camp Colman the first year was an event in and of itself. The friend I was attending camp with and myself were avid swimmers and Camp Colman is located on a lagoon. The main entrance takes you along the edge of the lagoon. Our moms dropped us off and we were all excited just at seeing the lagoon and realizing that meant water activities!!! Getting out of the car we got sorted and ordered and were off to our cabins before long. The cabins were not too small, we actually had space for our belongings and to play around a little without feeling too confined. They were spread out in the trees across the camp. We were organized so that our primary camp counselor was the one who stayed in the cabin with us. Kind of viewed the counselors with awe, they were so much older than us at the time and had so much more life experience it was just fun to listen to them talk. The food was good, and I think aside from a cooking school I attended that was camp like in nature had the best food of any of the camps I have attended. We had to walk a little ways to get to the dining hall, which was nice after a full meal. The buildings and locations of the activities are spread out in the woods, so keep an eye for wildlife you might even spot some deer! Water activities did not disappoint! We were lucky to be swimmers and pass the swim test. If you passed the swim test you could do more water activities. If not, you were confined to a roped off area, so you could still go in the water you just had less space to explore and water activities you could participate in. There were other activities as well in a variety of themes and settings. One of the sessions that stood out in my mind was on Bubbles. We got to blow bubbles and learn a little about the science behind them and light. I was artistic as a child and my school had covered things like primary colors in art class where we had tests including making all of the colors on a color wheel palette example by mixing paints. At camp I learned that in other contexts the primary colors might be different. In pigments the primary colors are red, yellow, and blue. In bubbles it was red, green, and blue. Little differences, but still cool that different areas have different primary colors. The whole camp, except for the beach and the lagoon, is wooded which minimized outside interactions and made it feel very private even though there are residences around the outside of the camp. Camp fires were joyous occasions, we had camp songs that I remember to this day. They were all camp events where we got to bond as a whole, on an individual level, and as a cabin. Each year I attended there was that point during camp when I realized I would have to leave, and that was sad. About that time, if I hadn't already I would buy Camp Colman gear. Also, we could send and get mail so it was fun to write a postcard home. I recently (on the 18th of April) revisited just the main entrance of the camp and was amazed at how little had changed on the beach, lagoon, and waterfront. I highly recommend this camp if you or your child like or love the outdoors, water activities, being away from home overnight, and campfires. read more

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Never actually stayed at the camp , stopped by on our boat . The location deserves 5 stars . Check out the pics I snapped. First day out on the water and we see crabs, clams and a deer at camp Colman . Planning on coming back and actually staying at the camp. read more

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I read the bad review with dread while my son was at camp. Luckily he had a great time. He said the counselors were nice, the food was good, he was not too warm or cold, not too many bugs and overall had a great time. He had never been to a camp like that and did not know anyone that he went with. He'd go back for another week this year if he could and is already planning to go back next year. He hasn't stopped talking since he got home. Also it's a peanut free camp and the staff seemed to be very educated about food allergies. I'd highly recommend this camp. Great activities and value lessons. read more

Best time of your life!!! Don't listen to that bad comment, Camp is an amazingly fun time speaking from my own experience. I have been going to camp Colman for the past eight summers ever since I was a little kid. Camp is a place you get to be yourself with out anyone judging you. I look forward to camp every summer. I suggest you go alone because making new friends is one of the most special parts of camp and is something I was lucky enough to get to do every summer. Camp is well worth the money for the life long memories you will make!! read more

DON'T DO IT!! This was the worst camp we've ever signed our kid up for! We payed $729 for a week. We felt the location was beautiful and the activities would make for a wonderful experience for our child. This is the feedback I received after picking my child up. "We were not allowed to ride the Giant swing, do the archery, canoe, rock climb or paddle board. The counselors told us the swing was the safest activity at camp, but only the older children were allowed to ride it. We were given the option to choose a sport on one day and so we choose paddle boardingt. When we arrived to the paddle board location, there were groups of kids already lined up front to race to the boards. The first few kids to reach them were chosen to do the sport for that day. We never had another opportunity to choose another sport. I did get to swim a few minutes for the swim test and then only 1 day of swimming. The two counselors were at times unkind to us and consistently defining the rules." My child has attended the following camps over the last 4 years-Sambica, horseback riding, sailing, water sports,tennis, Camp Terry, basketball, golf, art and NEVER complained like this! She attended this camp with three friends, boys and girls and they all gave us the same break down. They are all well behaved and athletic children. My advice is- stick to your Girl/Boy Scouts and Youth Group Camps. The counselors overseeing the cabin were not well trained, nor should they have been working with the large number of children under their supervision. I am disappointed with the experience. The good comments about the camp were the following-"The Dork Dance Mixer was cool (we dressed up), the dip your legs in the water up to your knees to get hot cocoa, the girls in my cabin were so sweet and we got ice cream. I also liked one CIT counselor. She stopped by the day I was really homesick and she was really nice to me." From parent to parent- Are you kidding me? This camp is "that experience" you pray your children will never have. read more

My experience with Camp Colman spans years, as a camper, as a counselor, and now as an alumni member. To say this camp has changed my life is an understatement. As a young child, I can recall all the magic that Colman brought to my life. I made amazing friends, played wonderful games, sang silly songs, and learned so many important lessons that I have carried with me today. This had such a huge impact on my life, that when I was old enough to get a summer job, I became a counselor. I even remember deciding as a camper to one day become a counselor so I could be as cool as the counselors that I so fondly looked up to. The three summers that I spent as a Camp Colman Counselor were some of the best of my life. It has been 8 years since I first started as a staff member and I still use many of the tools in my professional career that I learned as a counselor. I look back at the amazing friendships I forged during my time at camp, most whom I am still in touch with, and I am thankful for the experience. However, what I am most thankful for is the impact the children had on me. There are a million different experiences that happen when living at camp, but the fondest memories are the times spent with the kids. They teach you so many important lessons without even realizing it. As someone the children look up to during their time at camp, you hope to provide them with comfort and life essentials, educate them to be good, support their creativity, believe in their ability to to step outside their comfort zone, and give them an all around great experience at camp. But without realizing it, the kids do the same for you. Some of these kids are only in your life for one week, but you will remember them for the rest of your life. Because of the impact Camp Colman had on me, I continue to serve the camp as an alumni member to ensure the kids today get the same experience I had as a child. Camp Colman as a whole is a magical place. The feeling you get while you are there is one you are unlikely to forget. You get away from the norm, free of technology and the worries of the world. You are provided with an environment where you are free to be yourself and express your pains and worries. Most importantly, you get to have fun! I highly recommend this camp to parents who want their kids to have a fun, exciting, impacting experience. Here are just a small list of the things that kids get to do at Camp Colman: - SING YOUR HEART OUT! - campfires - polar bear swim - giant swing - beach cookout - boating/canoeing - paddle boarding - any sport you can think of - all camp games, including: capture the flag, red raiders, pirates, and many many more - walter - cabin competitions - skits - archery - goats & gardening - teen leadership - dork dance - SAM - GOOP - Friendships - FUN FUN FUN FUN FUN!! read more