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Details: Expand your science knowledge, learn about plants and animals, hike 2-5 miles daily, play games, and experience natural areas around our region. Campers will spend four days at the Tualatin Hills Nature Park, with field trips on Wednesdays. Bring lunch, a full-sized water bottle, two snacks, and a backpack daily. Field trips are subject to change. Dig into the science of geology and learn how rocks and minerals shape and build our world. Learn how geologists identify real-life rocks such as cobblestone, obsidian, andesite, and get into creative game mode as we engineer our own world through rocks and blocks. Field Trip: Rice Rock Museum and Vernonia Lake

Notes: Campers need to bring lunch, water bottle, two snacks and a backpack daily. Field Trip: Rice Rock Museum and Vernonia Lake Camp handbook can be found at http://www.thprd.org/activities/nature/nature-camps. A $30 deposit option is available for this camp. See the Camp Deposits and Balances at thprd.org for details. Cancellations made at least 14 days before the start date will be refunded (minus deposit.) All camp balances are due 14 days before the start of each camp by 5 pm. An individual’s space in camp will be forfeited automatically if the balance is not paid by the two-week prior deadline. Emergency Contact and Medical Information must be completed before attending this program. Please update each year.

Details: Expand your science knowledge, learn about plants and animals, hike 2-5 miles daily, play games, and experience natural areas around our region. Campers will spend four days at the Tualatin Hills Nature Park, with field trips on Wednesdays. Bring lunch, a full-sized water bottle, two snacks, and a backpack daily. Field trips are subject to change. Oregon is brimming with Olympians big and small: from high-leaping frogs to camouflaged moths hiding in plain sight. Learn about the stickiest, the fastest, and the toughest of the natural world. Use your knowledge to develop and test your own gold medal skills! Field Trip: Oregon Zoo (note: taking public transportation)

Notes: Campers need to bring lunch, water bottle, two snacks and a backpack daily. Field Trip: Oregon Zoo (note: taking public transportation) Camp handbook can be found at http://www.thprd.org/activities/nature/nature-camps. A $30 deposit option is available for this camp. See the Camp Deposits and Balances at thprd.org for details. Cancellations made at least 14 days before the start date will be refunded (minus deposit.) All camp balances are due 14 days before the start of each camp by 5 pm. An individual’s space in camp will be forfeited automatically if the balance is not paid by the two-week prior deadline. Emergency Contact and Medical Information must be completed before attending this program. Please update each year.

Details: Expand your science knowledge, learn about plants and animals, hike 2-5 miles daily, play games, and experience natural areas around our region. Campers will spend four days at the Tualatin Hills Nature Park, with field trips on Wednesdays. Bring lunch, a full-sized water bottle, two snacks, and a backpack daily. Field trips are subject to change. How are dinosaurs related to birds? How do birds outsmart other animals and humans? Let’s search the Nature Park to find out hoo-hoo lives here, conduct scientific bird counts and owl pellet dissections, and find out which bird behaviors and parts are the same as their dinosaur relatives. Field Trip: Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge

Notes: Campers need to bring lunch, water bottle, two snacks and a backpack daily. Field Trip: Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge Camp handbook can be found at http://www.thprd.org/activities/nature/nature-camps. A $30 deposit option is available for this camp. See the Camp Deposits and Balances at thprd.org for details. Cancellations made at least 14 days before the start date will be refunded (minus deposit.) All camp balances are due 14 days before the start of each camp by 5 pm. An individual’s space in camp will be forfeited automatically if the balance is not paid by the two-week prior deadline. Emergency Contact and Medical Information must be completed before attending this program. Please update each year.

Details: Expand your science knowledge, learn about plants and animals, hike 2-5 miles daily, play games, and experience natural areas around our region. Campers will spend four days at the Tualatin Hills Nature Park, with field trips on Wednesdays. Bring lunch, a full-sized water bottle, two snacks, and a backpack daily. Field trips are subject to change. Arrrre ye ready for adventure? Come and learn all the mapping and orienteering skills needed to be a true nature pirate as we search for local hidden treasures and tell tales of Oregon's own swashbucklin' natural history. Field Trip: Oswald State Beach

Notes: Campers need to bring lunch, water bottle, two snacks and a backpack daily. Field Trip: Oswald State Beach Camp handbook can be found at http://www.thprd.org/activities/nature/nature-camps. A $30 deposit option is available for this camp. See the Camp Deposits and Balances at thprd.org for details. Cancellations made at least 14 days before the start date will be refunded (minus deposit.) All camp balances are due 14 days before the start of each camp by 5 pm. An individual’s space in camp will be forfeited automatically if the balance is not paid by the two-week prior deadline. Emergency Contact and Medical Information must be completed before attending this program. Please update each year.

Details: Expand your science knowledge, learn about plants and animals, hike 2-5 miles daily, play games, and experience natural areas around our region. Campers will spend four days at the Tualatin Hills Nature Park, with field trips on Wednesdays. Bring lunch, a full-sized water bottle, two snacks, and a backpack daily. Field trips are subject to change. Become a backyard biologist by going on bug safaris, exploring the life of local pollinators, insects, and other small creatures that have adapted to living in our Beaverton neighborhoods. Field Trip: Multiple locations in Beaverton (may be public transport or bus)

Notes: Campers need to bring lunch, water bottle, two snacks and a backpack daily. Field Trip: Multiple locations in Beaverton (may be public transport or bus) Camp handbook can be found at http://www.thprd.org/activities/nature/nature-camps. A $30 deposit option is available for this camp. See the Camp Deposits and Balances at thprd.org for details. Cancellations made at least 14 days before the start date will be refunded (minus deposit.) All camp balances are due 14 days before the start of each camp by 5 pm. An individual’s space in camp will be forfeited automatically if the balance is not paid by the two-week prior deadline. Emergency Contact and Medical Information must be completed before attending this program. Please update each year.

Details: Expand your science knowledge, learn about plants and animals, hike 2-5 miles daily, play games, and experience natural areas around our region. Campers will spend four days at the Tualatin Hills Nature Park, with field trips on Wednesdays. Bring lunch, a full-sized water bottle, two snacks, and a backpack daily. Field trips are subject to change. Join us for a week of S.T.E.A.M. in nature! Use your imagination to create nature science experiments, use technology to conduct animal counts, build animal homes like an engineer, examine nature through the eyes of an artist, and track mathematic sequences in plants and animals. Field Trip: Chehalem Ridge Nature Park

Notes: Campers need to bring lunch, water bottle, two snacks and a backpack daily. Field Trip: Chehalem Ridge Nature Park Camp handbook can be found at http://www.thprd.org/activities/nature/nature-camps. A $30 deposit option is available for this camp. See the Camp Deposits and Balances at thprd.org for details. Cancellations made at least 14 days before the start date will be refunded (minus deposit.) All camp balances are due 14 days before the start of each camp by 5 pm. An individual’s space in camp will be forfeited automatically if the balance is not paid by the two-week prior deadline. Emergency Contact and Medical Information must be completed before attending this program. Please update each year.

Details: Expand your science knowledge, learn about plants and animals, hike 2-5 miles daily, play games, and experience natural areas around our region. Campers will spend four days at the Tualatin Hills Nature Park, with field trips on Wednesdays. Bring lunch, a full-sized water bottle, two snacks, and a backpack daily. Field trips are subject to change. Join us for the last week of summer as we celebrate the best that Nature Camp has to offer! We will explore our favorite spots in the nature park and bring back some of the highlights of camps this summer and from years past. Only the best will do! Field Trip: Bonneville Dam and Fish Hatchery

Notes: Campers need to bring lunch, water bottle, two snacks and a backpack daily. Field Trip: Bonneville Dam and Fish Hatchery Camp handbook can be found at http://www.thprd.org/activities/nature/nature-camps. A $30 deposit option is available for this camp. See the Camp Deposits and Balances at thprd.org for details. Cancellations made at least 14 days before the start date will be refunded (minus deposit.) All camp balances are due 14 days before the start of each camp by 5 pm. An individual’s space in camp will be forfeited automatically if the balance is not paid by the two-week prior deadline. Emergency Contact and Medical Information must be completed before attending this program. Please update each year.

Details: Nature Day-off camps are a great way to make new friends and have fun while discovering nature. Expand your knowledge of science, learn about plants and animals, and hike two to five miles daily. Bring a lunch, drinking water, two snacks, and a backpack daily. Dress for the weather. Camps are held at the Tualatin Hills Nature Center. Step into the world of reptiles to discover which kinds of snakes and reptiles we have living in the nature park, how they survive, and go hiking in the park to look for snakes and their habitat. If the weather is hot enough and we’re lucky in our searching, we might get to safely touch a garter snake!

Notes: Cancellations made at least 14 days before the start date will be refunded. Within 14 days, refunds are available only in extraordinary circumstances with approval from the center supervisor. Camp handbook can be found at thprd.org Emergency Contact and Medical Information must be completed before attending this program. Please update each year. Campers need to dress for the weather and bring a snack, a water bottle and a small backpack each day. Camp meets at the Tualatin Hills Nature Center, 15655 SW Millikan Way, Beaverton.

Details: Nature Day-off camps are a great way to make new friends and have fun while discovering nature. Expand your knowledge of science, learn about plants and animals, and hike two to five miles daily. Bring a lunch, drinking water, two snacks, and a backpack daily. Dress for the weather. Camps are held at the Tualatin Hills Nature Center. Red, orange, and yellow leaves are ablaze this time of year and we're going out into the park to practice our nature photography skills. We'll make a frame for each camper's best picture of the day!

Notes: Cancellations made at least 14 days before the start date will be refunded. Within 14 days, refunds are available only in extraordinary circumstances with approval from the center supervisor. Camp handbook can be found at thprd.org Emergency Contact and Medical Information must be completed before attending this program. Please update each year. Campers need to dress for the weather and bring a snack, a water bottle and a small backpack each day. Camp meets at the Tualatin Hills Nature Center, 15655 SW Millikan Way, Beaverton.

Details: Nature Day-off camps are a great way to make new friends and have fun while discovering nature. Expand your knowledge of science, learn about plants and animals, and hike two to five miles daily. Bring a lunch, drinking water, two snacks, and a backpack daily. Dress for the weather. Camps are held at the Tualatin Hills Nature Center. Follow the tracks of local wildlife to discover their secrets and signs. Traverse the park and pick up clues to solve the mystery of tracks left in the wild.

Notes: Cancellations made at least 14 days before the start date will be refunded. Within 14 days, refunds are available only in extraordinary circumstances with approval from the center supervisor. Camp handbook can be found at thprd.org Emergency Contact and Medical Information must be completed before attending this program. Please update each year. Campers need to dress for the weather and bring a snack, a water bottle and a small backpack each day. Camp meets at the Tualatin Hills Nature Center, 15655 SW Millikan Way, Beaverton.