4-H offers many fun overnight camping opportunities for youth who have completed 4th – 12th grades in the summer. 4-H strives to provide youth with a positive camping experience and to teach youth valuable life skills while they are away from home at camp. Camps vary in length, focus, location, and fees. Please read below for information about the different camps. 2024 Camp information will be updated as details are available.
If you have any questions, please reach out to us via email (kboughto@utk.edu, dberny@utk.edu) or give us a call at 615-790-5721.
Coming Soon for 2025
This classic outdoor adventure camp is waiting for your student this summer! From swimming, shooting sports, creek stomping, nature hikes, woodworking, music and more, this awesome camp is the perfect way to spend part of their summer.
WHO CAN ATTEND: Any 4-H members in 4th – 6th grades
WHEN: June 2 – June 6, 2025
WHERE: W.P. Ridley 4-H Center, Columbia, TN
COST: Will be announced soon!
TRANSPORTATION: A bus will be provided for transportation to Junior Camp. More details coming soon!
REGISTRATION: Camp registration will open soon!
LEADERS: One adult is required for each 16 campers. If your parent would like to attend camp for free as a volunteer leader, please call the 4-H office ASAP for more information. If we are short on leaders, some 4-H members may be disappointed that they cannot attend camp.
Get ready for an epic adventure at the Jr High Adventure Camp! Students can enjoy active and engaging programming, focusing on individual development and group dynamics through special interest groups and team events.
WHO CAN ATTEND: Any 4-H members in 6th – 8th grades
WHEN: May 26 – 30, 2025
WHERE: Clyde York 4-H Center, Crossville, TN
COST: To Be Announced!
TRANSPORTATION: Transportation to and from Clyde York 4-H Center is not provided. Please coordinate transportation for your camper. Campers should arrive Monday at 10:00AM and be picked up on Friday at 10:00AM.
REGISTRATION: Coming soon!
LEARN MORE: https://clydeyork4hcenter.tennessee.edu/camps/junior-high-4-h-camp/
Learn from shooting sports experts at this exciting camp focused on firearms safety, responsibility, life skills and fostering a love for the outdoors. Students will learn how to safely handle and shoot rifles, bows, shotguns, and muzzleloaders, as well as exploring other hunting and outdoor skills.
WHO CAN ATTEND: 4-H members in 5th – 9th grades
WHEN: TBA
WHERE: Clyde York 4-H Center, Crossville, TN
COST: TBD
TRANSPORTATION: Transportation is not provided to this camp. Please coordinate your student’s transportation on your own.
REGISTRATION: TBD
The ultimate Junior High experience – Academic Conference is more than a camp. Students receive extensive, hands-on training in project areas under the supervision of university scientists and specialists. This conference provides a variety of rewarding and fun-filled experiences in the classroom laboratory, and outdoors. Learn more about Academic Conference.
WHO CAN ATTEND: Students in 6th – 8th grades must send an application to be selected for Academic Conference. A student can only attend Academic Conference in a particular Project Area once.
WHEN: June 10 – 13, 2025
WHERE: UT Campus, Knoxville, TN
COST: $100, which includes lodging, meals, transportation, and activities. Students will also need to carry money for two fast food meals to and from Knoxville, snacks, and optional activities.
TRANSPORTATION: A bus will be provided for this camp. Campers will need to meet the bus in a central location (typically in Franklin, Nashville, or Murfreesboro).
REGISTRATION: Campers must apply and be selected to attend this prestigious conference. Please submit an application and section A form for each project the student is applying by March 7, 2025 to Doug Berny at dberny@utk.edu. Please note that this date differs from the date on the promo material – this is so we can provide advice to make your application stronger if needed.
If your student is applying for Citizenship, a Section C form should be submitted instead of Section A. Applicants will be notified in early/mid-May whether they’ve been selected to attend.
APPLICATION: Academic Conference Application
SECTION A/C FORMS: Section A Form | Section C Form
PROJECT AREAS:
- Beef
- Citizenship
- Communications/Public Speaking
- Companion Animal
- Computers & Technology
- Consumer Education
- Creative Arts & Design
- Dairy Cattle
- Entrepreneurship
- Food Science/Dairy Foods
- Forestry/Wildlife/Fisheries
- Goat
- Horse
- Horticulture/Gardening
- Nutrition/Health/Fitness
- Outdoor Recreation/Shooting Sports
- Poultry
- Sheep
- Swine
- Veterinary Science
More information to come on this year’s awesome FCS: Behind the Scenes camp!
WHO CAN ATTEND: 9th – 12th Grade
WHEN: June 23 – 27, 2025
WHERE: TBD
COST: $TBD
TRANSPORTATION: Information to come.
REGISTRATION: This camp will fill up quickly! Only 20 students from the entire region can attend and its first come, first serve. If you know your student wants to attend this camp, email Doug Berny (dberny@utk.edu) or Kaitlyn Boughton (kboughto@utk.edu).
Explore all things energy, electricity, energy conservation, safety, and more in our hands-on Electric Camp! Electrical specialists from across the state come together to provide in-depth education from electric vehicles, to robotics, to electrical wiring, to wind energy and more.
WHO CAN ATTEND: Any 4-H member in 6th – 8th grades
WHEN: June 24 – 27, 2025
WHERE: UT Campus in Knoxville, TN
COST:TBD
TRANSPORTATION: A bus is provided from the Middle TN area to Knoxville. Campers will need to meet the bus (usually in Franklin, Murfreesboro, or Nashville).
REGISTRATION: Coming soon!
LEARN MORE: https://4h.tennessee.edu/electric-camp/
Get back to nature with this primitive camping experience, where students will learn wilderness skills like shelter building, campfire cooking, axe throwing, creek stomping, fishing and more! This experience is much more rustic than other 4-H camps – cabins are basic wooden shelters with no a/c with a separate bathhouse.
WHO CAN ATTEND: Any 4-H member in 7th – 9th grades
WHEN: July 1 – 4, 2025
WHERE: Camp Woodlee, McMinnville, TN 37110
COST: TBD
TRANSPORTATION: Transportation is not provided to this camp. Please coordinate your student’s transportation on your own.
REGISTRATION: TBA
Calling all aspiring chefs! Get ready to spice up your summer with 4-H Culinary Camp, where you’ll master cooking basics and simmer in the thrill of a cooking challenge that’ll have your taste buds dancing.
WHO CAN ATTEND: Two 4-H members in 6th – 8th grades
WHEN: TBA
WHERE: Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN
COST: TBA
TRANSPORTATION: Transportation is not provided for this camp. Please coordinate your camper’s transportation on your own.
REGISTRATION: TBA
NOTE: This camp is limited to two students per county, so first come, first serve.
Closed for 2025
These camps have already filled up for the year. Sometimes, students drop out or more spots are released to us. If that is the case, we will review our interest lists and move students up on a first come, first serve basis. If your student is interested in one of these camps, we HIGHLY recommend they sign up for the interest list!
Contact Us
Doug Berny
4-H Youth Development Agent