Valley Mill is an ACA-accredited traditional day camp in Darnestown, Maryland, running since 1956 for children ages 4 to 14. Campers rotate through swimming, rock climbing, archery, gymnastics, kayaking and canoeing, arts and crafts, soccer, basketball, and nature exploration. It operates Monday through Friday, 9:00am to 4:00pm.
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★Jeffrey DamonteCarpool is a disorganized mess that backs up into the road. No pickup system, no letters or numbers assigned. Sometimes the kids aren’t at the pickup location on time. Sometimes they lose a kid and the entire car line sits for 15 minutes while they search the property. Only one counselor works the pickup line for some reason. Instead of apologizing for being late and losing kids the staff is rude, abusive, incompetent, and endangers the children.
★★★★★Delighted DayOn my children’s 2nd year, they both passed deep end test with the kindness of Lana; the life guard and Nathan; the group counselor who teach both of them from don’t know how to swim and only stay at 3 feet to be able to swim across the pool. Not only that, they’ve learned so much such as kayaking, archery, rifle, rock climbing, gym, basketball, soccer and American native crafts. The counselors even taught them manner and tidy. My children’ve grew so much responsible here.
★★★★★EJ BSend our kids here every year (for over six years now) for several weeks to the entire summer. They have a blast! We love that they get swim lessons and spend the whole day outside engaged in activities. They come home dirty and tired. The staff is always friendly and helpful. Highly recommend the camp!
★★★★★Peter KelymanIf you love nature, adventure, making new friends, learning new skill, building strength, confidence, and having fun, this camp is for you! Our children love it and we do to! Counselors were very well trained and certified, everything was organized. Our bus driver contacted us on time, communication with the camp was great! No complains! Our children go again!
★★★★★Karen Book RamboThis is an awesome camp. My 11 year old son LOVES it and gets so excited to go. The camp is all outdoors and kids learn so much by going there. Builds confidence and physical skills with all the different activities they do.