YMCA Camp Ravencliff

★★★★★Super Girl

This camp now in it's centennial year of operation is an overnighter week long YMCA camp in the redwoods that offers the experience of a lifetime for children and teens. There is a program for leadership training as teens take on cabin counselor roles. The spirit of community, music, self reflection, and nature immersion provide personal growth and values that help create caring and well rounded little citizens of your kids!! Sending your children and teens to Camp Ravencliff is the best decision you may make as a parent. Food is great. Camp staff highly professional and good people.

★★★★★Holly Alexis

Basing this review on the memories made as a grade school camper on annual camping trip from Eureka. Fourth grade was a trip to San Francisco, which was supremely cool, but fifth grade trip to Ravencliff was much more down to earth and healthy. Thanks for hosting us year after year! From your 40-something nature lover.

★★★★★Dennis Ragsdale

Great memories! I was a camper in '64, a Jr. Leader in '66 and a Leader in '69. Red Ragger! In July '69 we all gathered in the Lodge to watch the moon landing. It was the only T. V. anyone watched for the whole 2 weeks. I'm 71 now & often think fondly of this place.

★★★★★Lonnie Willhoite

This is the place where I discovered my love of nature, my first independence from home, camaraderie with others. We had great camp counselors who made every day fun and educational. I can still smell the morning air and the wonder of a sixth grader with a lifetime ahead. Never have forgotten the impact of Ravens wood.:)

★★★★★Steve Macdonald

I went to Ravencliff in 1975,1976,1977,1978. I had a very good time there. I would ask my mom to book me 2 weeks each summer. Made a lot of friends. I loved swimming in the south fork river. We used to jump off the cliff on the other side of the river. We use to jump from the highest part of the cliff to show off to the girls, it was 25 feet high. I bet they wouldn’t allow it today. They had a speaker horn on the main building and would blast rock music and fun music like monster mash music while swimming. When done swimming you would go to the water Fountain and drink the ice cold fresh spring water from the well. The food back then was good coming out of the old kitchen, especially breakfast every morning, all you can eat with hot chocolate, milk or kool-Aid. After dinner you would clean up for the night and after we would all go to the camp fire pit and sing. There was always someone playing guitar. The counselors would tell spooky stories and by then it was dark. Great times! Friends and I went up two times to help build new cabins and maintenance for YMCA in the spring 1979-1980 before camp open. Those cabins are probably still there.