Located near Traverse City, MI, the 262-acre camp with two lakefronts is a special place for campers and staff alike. The Timbers offers many of the program highlights that make traditional summer camp popular, such as campfires, arts and crafts, swimming and boating. However, The Timbers is far from a traditional summer camp experience. We offer progressive tripping programs in backpacking, sailing, canoeing, and cycling that take our campers and staff all over MI, WI, and MN. At The Timbers, our goal is to offer personal growth opportunities to our campers through outdoor adventure programming. We place high emphasis on offering group decision-making and leadership opportunities as well as exciting recreational programming. The Timbers? staff act as supportive guides as the campers plan their own program schedules. The property and facilities at The Timbers are geared toward outdoor programming. Campers and staff live in platform tents with wooden floors and canvas walls and roof. Surrounded by forests and fields, there are several buildings that are used for programs, as well as a group initiatives course, a 50-foot climbing tower, 35-foot high ropes course, two smallcraft areas and one waterfront swimming area. A summer at The Timbers provides staff with many of their own positive growth experiences. Staff come from around the U.S. as well as overseas.