New Jersey 4-H Camp

Standard Camp Rates
Sessions 1-4 - $825
BIG Session - $2900
Little BIG Session - $1300

Polar Bear Rates (11/13 - 12/31)
Sessions 1-4 - $775
BIG Session - $2700
Little BIG Session - $1200

4-H/Rutgers Discount
Sessions 1-4 - $25 off
BIG Session - $75 off
Little BIG Session - $75 off

We believe every child should have the chance to go to sleepaway camp. If your family is facing financial hardship or difficulties, please call the Camp Office at 973-948-3550 to discuss the details of applying for an L.G. Cook 4-H Camp Campership or click here to go to our Campership application.

Sunday, July 5th

We kick-off the summer season with our Lantern BBQ for families who have referred brand-new campers to 4-H Camp.

More information about the Lantern Family program can be found here

Themes are like the spice of a Summer Camp week, a way for us to “switch it up a bit” for each session of the season. 95% of every Camp week features the same great classic Camp schedule and activities, but each theme brings its own unique twist. Every Wednesday night we’ll have a theme activity, and the theme will always dictate Friday afternoon’s culminating all-camp game. The theme will also influence our campfires, talent shows, and what crazy costumes our counselors might be donning that week. We always recommend parents pick the session that fits their schedule best, but if a specific theme suits your camper, that just might be the best week for them to come to Camp!

July 6th - 11th

Area '51
Robot Takeover!

Summer 2026 starts with a sci-fi spectacular! We’ll need to open our division of interstellar hijinks investigation, Area ‘51 (cause Camp was founded in 1951, of course) because it seems like some Space Robots are scheduled to make first contact here in early July. Surely, hijinks will occur, and adventures will be had as we introduce this band of futuristic star-traveling robots to our rustic tech-free camp.

For Session #1, we are offering an optional early Sunday Drop-Off for just $75 per camper. Session #1 can start their week an evening early by arriving Sunday evening.

July 13th - 18th

Spy Week

A session full of exciting intrigue, code words, hidden plans, and surprising twists and turns! Classified information is up for grabs and counselor double agents will need to be discovered, all while there will be mysteries to be solved and top-secret missions to be both foiled and accomplished. In the action movie that is summer camp, each and every one of our campers turns out to be the hero.

July 20th - 25th

CHAOS!

CHAOS (our session full of pranks) returns to 4-H Camp! As much as we’ll try to keep things calm and orderly with our Wednesday Night “PrankBusters” activity, chances are that nothing can seem to curtail the unpredictable zaniness. No one can ever tell exactly what Chaos Week will bring...but it’s a safe bet that some of the counselors will end up covered in ice cream.

July 27th - August 1st

Epic Tales of Mythic Legends
Mount Olympus

We love storytelling here at 4-H Camp, and for Summer ’26 some classic Greek myths will form the foundation of Epic Tales of Mythic Legends week! Knowing the excitement this theme usually entails, the addition of some Gods and Goddesses bringing with them an assortment of quests and challenges will only serve to make it more legendary. And epic. And mythic. You get the idea.

August 5th - 22nd

THE BIG SESSION

This August, we are offering our 6th annual BIG SESSION. Designed for returning campers who have already loved their time at 4-H Camp in the past (or new campers who are confident that 4-H Camp is the place for them to spend most of a month), simply put, it’s a lot MORE CAMP. If the one-week sessions are a go-go-go “event”, then the Big Session is all about the “camp lifestyle” where campers get the opportunity to just enjoy residing at 4-H Camp for an extended period of time. Featuring all the themes from earlier in the summer, our BIG classes, and a ton of activities exclusive to our Big Session, we build a special kind of community that can only be accomplished in 18 straight days at 4-H Camp.

Click here for more details on the Big Session.

August 5th - 13th

THE LITTLE BIG SESSION

Three nights longer than a classic one-week session, but half the time of our BIG Sesh, The Little BIG Session is an option for families who want a bit more time at 4-H Camp but still allow for flexibility in their August schedule.

Campers enrolled in Little BIG will participate in all aspects of the first half of the BIG Session, fully completing their Period One and Two classes and four meetings of their chosen BIG Classes. They will get the opportunity for their own Closing Ceremonies and farewells before they depart the morning of Halfway Day of the BIG Session.

Bunks for the Little BIG Session are extremely limited per age group – we recommend signing up early if this option best fits your camper.