Join Cochran Mill Nature Center for a fun-filled week at Junior Naturalist Camp! Designed for children entering 2nd through 5th grades, campers will experience a combination of environmental education and outdoor recreation, while exploring topics and activities related to nature and the outdoors. Themes and activities differ each week so campers enrolled in multiple sessions will have new and exciting experiences for a summer of fun!

Weekly themes for 2012 - Wet, Wonderful Water; What's in the Woods?; Monkeying Around, Nocturnal Animals, Fossils & Rocks; Can You See Me Now?; Totally Terrific Turtles; Animal Olympians. Campers also experience programs focused on Birds of Prey, Bats and Reptiles, hiking, canoeing and fishing.

Cochran Mill Nature Center also offers Camp Cricket for children entering kindergarten and first grade this fall. Campers will learn about reptiles, birds, insects, native wildlife of Georgia, gardening, and more! We’ll hike, fish, canoe and have loads of fun!

Campers who have completed 5th through 8th grade and have outgrown our Junior Naturalist Day Camp can participate in an exciting Adventure Camp program. Each day campers will leave Cochran Mill Nature Center for wilderness outings including hiking, orienteering, canoeing, and wildlife studies. On Thursday night, there will be a camp-out in the nature center field, including a campfire, cookout, and night hike!

Cochran Mill Nature Center is located just 20 minutes south of Atlanta in Palmetto, Georgia. The center's log structure is located by a pond on fifty privately-owned, heavily-wooded acres. Whether hiking, participating in an environmental education program or dropping by for a relaxing hike or day by the pond, Cochran Mill Nature Center has something for you. Visit us today!