Wilderness Challenge Camp
June 23-27, 2025 and June 30-July 4, 2025
Join us for a thrilling week of camp focused on outdoor survival and adventure for the middle school child currently in grades 6-8.
Activities
Some of the activities to be included in this year’s Wilderness Challenge Camp:
- Whitewater rafting on Tennessee’s Ocoee River
- All the high ropes activities Wahsega has to offer:Â Zip line, flying squirrel and climbing wall
- Classes at Wahsega especially developed for Wilderness Challenge Camp such as fire building, campfire cooking, hike to an amazing waterfall and swim, shelters and knots, land navigation, wilderness first aid and more..
- Night recreation with dancing and outdoor sports with the 4-H counselors
- Fun times hanging out with new friends at Wahsega
- Great food in the Wahsega dining hall
- and much more
- Wilderness Challenge Camp Video
- Wahsega wilderness challenge camp flyer_2025
- Wilderness Challenge Camp Information for Parent and youth
- Wahsega Rafting Waiver Form June 26 2025
- Wahsega Rafting Waiver Form July 3 2025
Who should participate?
Campers must have a positive attitude and must be ready to participate and jump in with both feet.  Wilderness Challenge Camp is open to 4-H’ers in 6th, 7th and 8th grade (must be 12 years old by the Thursday of camp) . If you know someone interested in attending Wilderness Challenge Camp, please share this opportunity.
All participants, adults and campers, must complete the waiver form for rafting. Children MUST BE 12 YEARS OLD on the Thursday of camp to go rafting
Reservations
For reservations, call your county’s Cooperative Extension office and ask for the person responsible for 4-H camp. You can find contact information for each county online at:Â http://extension.uga.edu/about/county/index.cfm
Drop Off and Pick Up Times
Transportation is provided by your county 4-H office, but parents can also drop off or pick up campers at these times if you prefer:
Drop off campers at Wahsega 4-H Center between 1:00P-2:30pm on Monday
Pick up campers at Wahsega 4-H Center between 10:00-10:30am on Friday
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The University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (working cooperatively with Fort Valley State University, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the counties of Georgia) offers its educational programs, assistance, and materials to all people without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation or protected veteran status and is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action organization.