In January 2020, ECS PCO volunteers compiled a list of summer camps in the Pittsburgh area. It has been updated to reflect cancellations and modifications that have been made as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Note: Summer camps may change their plans without notice. Please do not rely on this list. Contact the organization directly for their updated policy.
If you know of other camps or summer opportunities that are happening in the Pittsburgh area or if you have any updates to these listings, please send a note to camps@ecspco.org so we can update this page.
KEY:
Cancelled
Modified or Virtual
Open
GENERAL AND MULTI-PROGRAM
Boy Scouts/Laurel Highlands Chapter – Camp Guyasuta
Camp Deer Creek
Carnegie Mellon Summer Classes for Kids
Chatham University Summer Camps
The Ellis School Summer Camps
Girl Scouts of Western PA (camp at home)
Heinz History Center
Laurel Highlands Summer Camps (each camp listed may have different policies)
The Irma Freeman Center for Imagination
JCC (Jewish Community Center) Camps (TBD)
J & R Day Camp (through JCC) (no busing this year)
PGH Summer Camps (Cool Springs, North Park and Oxford)
Pittsburgh Citiparks CitiCamps
Pittsburgh Public Schools Summer Learning Programs
Sarah Heinz House Summer Programs
Shady Side Academy Summer Programs
Winchester Thurston School Summer Camps
YMCA Camps (TBD)
SPECIAL NEEDS
ARYSE – Pittsburgh Refugee Youth Summer Enrichment Academy *For immigrant and refugee youth – Middle and High School age only* (TBD)
Camp Frog *for kids with epilepsy*
Quest Therapeutic Camps *for kids with mild to moderate socio-emotional difficulties*
The Woodlands *specialty camps for kids with disability or chronic illness*
NATURE
Animal Friends Summer Camps (TBD)
Audubon Society of Western PA Summer Camps
Blue Ribbon Farms Little Farmer Day Camp
Hilltop Urban Farm (TBD)
Horses Unlimited Stables Pony Camp
National Aviary (virtual)
Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens
Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy
Pittsburgh Zoo Camps (TBD)
Tree Pittsburgh Summer Camps (TBD)
ACTIVE
14th Ward Baseball (TBD – may offer summer/fall baseball)
ASCEND Pittsburgh
Gymkhana
Iron City Circus Arts
Pitt Baseball Summer Youth Camp (TBD)
Pitt Swimming Camp (TBD)
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
Pittsburgh Citiparks Aquatic Programs & Pool info
Pittsburgh Citiparks Tennis Summer Camps (TBD)
Pittsburgh Fencers Club
Pittsburgh Penguins Summer Hockey Camps (TBD)
Pittsburgh Pirates Baseball Camps (TBD)
Robert Morris Island Sports Summer Camps (hockey) (TBD)
Steel City Rowing
Switch and Signal Skatepark (TBD)
Pittsburgh Ultimate (frisbee) Summer Day Camps (TBD)
The Wheel Mill Summer Bike Camps
Three Rivers Rowing Association
STEM
ALCOSAN Summer Science Camps (TBD)
Assemble (virtual)
Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History (TBD)
Carnegie Science Center (TBD)
Children’s Museum and Museum Lab
Citizen Science Lab
iD Tech Camps @ Carnegie Mellon University
MySTEM Academy
Snapology Summer Camps
ARTS
Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History
Hope Academy Summer Music Camps (TBD)
Cello Fury Rock Strings Camp
Children’s Museum and Museum Lab
Cut and Sew – Sewing and Design Camps
The Frick Pittsburgh Summer Camps (TBD)
Gemini Children’s Theater Summer Camp
Girls Rock Pittsburgh
The Mattress Factory
OMA Pittsburgh Art in the Garden
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
Pittsburgh CLO Summer Camps (TBD)
Pittsburgh Musical Theater
Pittsburgh Public Theater
Pittsburgh Youth Chorus
Pittsburgh Youth Philharmonic
Prime Stage Theatre (TBD)
Sunburst School of Music
The Union Project Art Camps (TBD)
OVERNIGHT/RESIDENTIAL
Falcon Camp
Mountain Stewards Summer Camp at Experience Learning (TBD)
Youth Chamber Connection @ Chautauqua Music Camps
MORE SUMMER FUN!
Three Rivers Arts Festival (starts online June 5)
Cinema In the Park – Drive In! (summer movies in the park are now drive-in)
Enjoy a PA State Park
Start birdwatching (Audobon Guide app link)
City tennis courts open (singles encouraged)
City skate parks open (observe social distancing)
Enjoy a socially distanced porch chat with neighbors
Phipps Conservatory (opening to visitors mid-June/timed tickets)
Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium (opening June 5/timed tickets)
The Show Must Go On(line) performances/local arts org. – City of Asylum/City Theatre/Kelly-Strayhorn, Attack Theatre, etc.
Pittsburgh Symphony online presentations
Take a city hike
Experience Pittsburgh daily scavenger hunt (this is a paid experience)
Carnegie Library (5 Carnegie Libraries will have curbside pickup in late June!)