4-H Camp Owahta
Private
4-H Camp Owahta is a Cornell Cooperative Extension camp in McGraw, NY (near Cortland), offering six week-long resident (overnight) sessions plus a day-camp option for boys and girls ages 8–16. Activities include swimming in a pond, archery, ceramics, a low-elements challenge/ropes course, outdoor living skills, and multi-day canoeing, biking, and backpacking trips from lean-to outpost sites.
The practical details
We list only what the camp itself publishes, and programs change — dates, prices, ages and availability can all move after we check. Confirm the details on the camp’s own website and contact 4-H Camp Owahta directly before you register or pay. Last checked August 2026.
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Powered by GoogleAttended overnight camp for 4 weeks across 2 different summers. Some of the counselors definitely should not have been working with children because of the lack of patience they had. I understand the difficulties of working with children, especially younger ones, but it honestly ruined the whole experience of camp when you would hear a counselor yelling at a kid every other minute for something unserious that didn't require that kind of reaction at all. Sometimes it was chill though, and those times were nice.
Repeat camper. The staff is engaging, helpful, bonded, and well trained. Kiddo loves going and will continue in years to come. Thank you Camp Owhata.
Talk about a wonderful location to have you children be in an atmosphere away from all of the distractions of media. Filled with great values and good old fashion fun. Games, Archery, Swimming and camp memories to last a lifetime!
Counselors are terrible! They make up lies about electric eels in the swimming pond and scare all the children. Camp director agrees with lying so staff doesn't have to watch children as they swim and the electric eels will keep them from going under the dock. Worst of all they guilt a 11 year old for being scared of going in the pond. I will never send my child here again!
Great camp. Resident camp during the summer, many fun traditions. Cabins, long house, tent camping, arts and crafts, hiking, mess hall, archery range, nurse station,nature lodge,swimming, waterfront, canoeing and plenty more fun!!


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