YMCA Camp DayCroix

★★★★James Anderson

I'm honestly disappointed to read so many negative reviews about this place. It is one of the staples of my childhood and I had a blast here! I was looking through my old 6th grade yearbook and came across pictures of myself along with my class here. We were sent for a 2 day field trip and I realized that in about 3 weeks it will be 20 years since that happened! Time really flew by 😂 We did some coloring activity in the dark, played some crazy game of hide and seek, bonfires and the most memorable event- a massive black bear has made its way onto the campgrounds and we all had to rush inside the grand hall area where we ate and we could see him through the big windows. I guess a lot can change in 20 years for better or worse. For those wondering, it used to be a solid place to go camping and my rating is based on my personal experience from years ago.

★★Morgan Pink

My kids have been coming here on and off for a few years. While we have had some good experiences, including a recent Sailing Camp week for my teen which he LOVED, camp for my daughter this year was terrible. She was in an "art camp" though I only saw I art project come home all week. The first day she said they ONLY did a coloring sheet (she is going into 5th grade...coloring sheets...really?) The 1 and only day they were scheduled to go to the beach, they were told the water levels were too high and it got canceled, even though I know my son was on the water for sailing she said several other groups got to swim that day. She and her friends confirmed that one day, they laid on their towels with no planned activities for over 3 hours. They were told to nap. Another day their only option for a group activity was to play "drip drip drop" with their own water, which on a hot sunny day they needed for thirst. It was frankly absurd. I've emailed the camp Director this feedback and am interested to see why this week's experience was so bad.

★★★★★Karyn English

Camp St Croix just held the most amazing birthday party for a group of 7 year old boys. Shelter building, fire making, a climbing wall and plenty of space for them to run around. The counselors really knew how to get them engaged and keep them safe. I could not recommend it more for events.

★an na

As a mother that has been a child growing up doing camping as well as being a former camp counselor I know what is expected of the experience a child should go through. I had everything prepacked as to what my child needed. It was her first time being at an overnight camp. I had everything placed just right for her to experience a very nice week at their horse camp. My husband picked her up so I wasn’t sure what type of experience she had. However, when my husband got there, the staff told him to look at the bulletin board to see where she was located to pick her up. Therefore it had no map and the cabin was the farthest away from the lodge. My husband had to get one of the cleaners to tell him where to go because the staff wasn’t around. Once I got home from work to ask about her experience, I immediately saw disappointment on her face. She did the trail trotters as of a week ago. She said that they only assigned her one horse throughout the week. Additionally I had placed money in her canteen account to get snacks, she didn’t realize that was an option and no staff ever told her to take a look to see if she had money in the first place. So she was out of a snack daily and being able to fit in with her peers. Then she said they never had any camp fires and never had roasted marshmallows. Or even cooked over the camp fire. Was informed that she attended one bonfire. They never did anything with boating or swimming. They didn’t do any other activities as they said they would via the website. Additionally, they were to teach them more about horses. Well it was announced by the statement from the counselor that my daughter taught the counselors things. Which isn’t what I paid for. So for almost paying 1000.00 for everything that she needed to have, it wasn’t worth the money. They claim they hire experienced employees. Additionally the CEO had something as well about how the experience should be good. Though I can’t help but see anything positive about the experience my daughter had. When trying to do basic camping with her, which then would be having my husband and myself go, she doesn’t even want to think about it. Which now I believe my child is scarred for life.

★★Navina Harris

(MUST READ IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING COMING TO CAMP HERE!!!) For me, it is hard to classify my experience at this camp as good or bad. I attended the wranglers two week long overnight horse camp at Camp St. Croix, and my counselors were amazing and nice, as well as the majority of my cabin mates, but a few of the other campers in my group would be extremely mean and hurtful! They called us names that shouldn’t be repeated, and they sweared at us for absolutely no reason. Eventually, four of these girls got sent home for piercing their bellybuttons with a needle that was found in the tack room. Now don’t get me wrong, some of the highlights of my summer took place in those two weeks at horse camp, including eating delicious food, making amazing friends (both human and horse), riding, and finding my favorite place on earth (Pine Lake Pastures). Also, later that summer, my 10 year old younger brother attended biking camp at St. Croix, and he was placed in a group will 12-14 year old boys. These boys bullied and picked on him, and the counselor did absolutely nothing about it! He came home crying, and says that he will never go back. If you are considering going to this camp, you must understand that everyone who comes to this camp will have a different experience. You’re experience could either be the highlight of your summer, or the worst time of your life!