Camp Westwind is a nonprofit overnight and day camp on 529 acres at the mouth of the Salmon River on the central Oregon Coast, within the Cascade Head Biosphere Reserve. Operating since 1936, it offers traditional youth overnight camps (ages 7-17), teen leadership programs, and family camps (ages 3 and up) with kayaking, archery, a challenge course, and hiking.
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 Camp Westwind directly before you register or pay. Last checked August 2026.
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★★★★★JI went to camp Westwind when I was a teenager and it was the best experience I’ve ever had. I’m 33 years old and I still think about the memorable times that I had at that camp. My name was sunshine there. It was fantastic. The staff are laid back, supportive sweet people
★★★★★Ernesto Martínez MoralesAMAZING. Lovely memories from a one month workshop, years ago with Joanna Macy. Magical place. 🥰
★★★★★Astrid ScholzHave been coming here since before my daughter was born. First for corporate retreats, then for mother-child camp, then to live vicariously when she started going to overnight camp by herself, and now to drop her off when she joined the junior staff. It’s an old timey summer camp with contemporary sensibilities in a drop dead gorgeous setting on the coast.
★★★★★Tamara SmithDefinitely go. Its location is perfect. Quiet and beautiful. It's run well and very clean with great food. It's a wonderful place to bond with your family.
★★★★★Min Min Dippoldthis is my second home. i’ve been going to camp westwind since i was three-years-old i’m turning 14 in september. i’ve always had so much fun even if i’m doing more or less the same activity’s. the staff are amazing and so fun to be around, and the baby sitters as well. the cabins are rustic, with no insulation, but i’ve never been cold. the food you’d expect to be not very good but the foods actually amazing i’m my opinion. the beach, estuary, and forest are beautiful. on the beach you can go tide pooling, play elimination, or just chill out in the sand. i’m the estuary you can stand up paddle board, swim, kayak, clam(you don’t eat or hurt them just for fun), mud muck, canoe, or chill on these weird plastic water float things i don’t know how to spell them. anyway i love camp westwind with all my heart and we’re all so sad that covid mad it not possible to have camp. can’t wait the still be there though!