2024-Summer-Guide

TEENWILDERNESS EXPLORERS: 6THTO 8THGRADE

Do you like the great outdoors? Would you like to spend your summer discovering amazing natural areas in the Chicago region, giving back to the environment, and building new skills? If so, then join our Teen Wilderness Explorers! A couple days a week, we’ll explore the wild areas around our base camp at Gilbert Park/Maple Grove Forest Preserve, then spend the rest of the week traveling to different natural areas around the region. One day of adventuring will be our highlighted field trip (details below) and will include a special featured skill or activity for that field trip. Drop off and pick up will be at Gilbert Park each day. Participants may be transported to and from Gilbert Park to other natural areas (including Lyman Woods) for special activities and learning opportunities by Lyman Woods staff. Participants are responsible for bringing their own lunch and two mid-camp snacks. Weekly fees vary depending on field trip and field trip activities. Camp fee includes camp T-shirt for the first week attended and other tie-dye items for additional weeks. No camp on June 19, July 4 and July 5. When enrolling in Teen Wilderness Explorers, you will automatically be placed on a payment plan. When enrolling, you will be charged an initial $20 payment for each session. You will then be required to provide a credit card for the automatic process that will take place to process the remainder of the camp fees. The remainder of the fees will be billed according to the session dates and the schedule listed below. Automatic payment processes will take place May 15 for camp weeks 1 to 4, June 17 for camp weeks 5 to 8, and July 15 for camp weeks 9 to 11. Installment billing is no longer available for Weeks 1-6. If registering after June 11, you will be required to pay in full for those weeks. Waitlists will not be available for traditional full-day camps. If you do not get a spot in your preferred camp, please check online regularly to see if a spot has opened.

Grade: Entering 6th - 8th Min/Max: 4/10 Location: Gilbert Park Week Class # Date Day Time

Fee Field Trip & Activity

1

3240P03-00

6/3 - 6/7

M-F

9:00am-4:00pm $295 Sawgawau Canyon (Geocaching & Scavenger Hunts)

2

3240P03-01

6/10 - 6/14 M-F

9:00am-4:00pm $295 Allison Woods (Geocaching & Scavenger Hunts)

3

3240P03-02

6/17 - 6/21

M/TU/TH/F 9:00am-4:00pm $242 Waterfall Glen (Fishing)

4

3240P03-03

6/24 - 6/28 M-F

9:00am-4:00pm $325 Bemis Woods (High Ropes Course)

5

3240P03-04

7/1 - 7/3

M-W

9:00am-4:00pm $195 Blackwell Forest Preserve (Kayaking)

6

3240P03-05

7/8 - 7/12

M-F

9:00am-4:00pm $295 Midewin Prairie (Bison Viewing & Geocaching)

7

3240P03-06

7/15 - 7/19 M-F

9:00am-4:00pm $295 Mathiessen State Park (Geocaching & Scavenger Hunts)

8

3240P03-07

7/22 - 7/26 M-F

9:00am-4:00pm $300 Paw Paw Woods (Fishing & Scavenger Hunts)

9

3240P03-08

7/29 - 8/2 M-F

9:00am-4:00pm $295 Volo Bog (Geocaching & Scavenger Hunts)

10 3240P03-09

8/5 - 8/9

M-F

9:00am-4:00pm $300 Busse Woods (Fishing)

11

3240P03-10

8/12 - 8/16 M-F

9:00am-4:00pm $305 Indiana Dunes (Fishing)

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