Camp Ewalu offers environmental education experiences that teach a greater awareness and appreciation of the natural world and each other. The Ewalu staff is available to teach environmental classes, facilitate groups on the ropes course, and take care of your group’s every need.
Challenge your students with nature hikes, archery, hands-on learning, cross-country skiing, team-building challenge courses, and a high ropes course.
Experience nature with active lessons like animal tracking, canoeing, geocaching, owl-calling, and astronomy.
Learn firsthand with stream studies, orienteering, nature hikes, and tree identification.
Relate to your students in personal ways, through night hikes, campfires, cookouts, outdoor games, and more!
Accommodations
Enjoy over 550 acres of forests and prairies, miles of beautiful hiking trails, streams and rivers, rock outcroppings, and the woodlands of the upper Maquoketa River valley. Ewalu’s lodges and cabins can sleep 200+ people for your school’s visit. Food service staff serve delicious home-style meals. Camp highlights include outdoor recreation areas, a volleyball court, archery range, canoes, high and low ropes courses, cross-country skis, snowshoes, hiking, and much more.
Outdoor education programs are customized for you by professional retreat directors. Ewalu programs match your school’s specific needs. Available for day-trips, overnight stays, and week-long programs, Camp Ewalu hosts thousands of students every year! Our Environmental Education Director is also available to come to your school for a presentation. Call us at 563-933-4700 for open dates, and schedule your best-ever field trip. Your students will grow in their passion for learning in ways that only happen in a setting like Ewalu – and they love it!
Questions? Email Maury Landt at outdoor.ed@ewalu.org or call 563-933-4700.
