Camp Dixie is a traditional summer camp for boys and girls located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Northeast Georgia.

The camp has a rich history and limited enrollment are what sets us apart from other camps. Limiting our enrollment to around 70 campers, ages 6 to 15, allows us to emphasize the “family” atmosphere that we feel is so important. While providing a safe and supportive environment, Camp Dixie creates a unique setting where campers can make new friends and learn new skills, while learning more about themselves.

It offers a complete range of traditional camp activities, including swimming, diving, canoeing, individual and team sports, crafts, dramatics, camp newspaper, backpacking, nature, outdoor living skills, and leadership programs.

Special events and weekend programs include a variety of social and team building activities — camp favorites are Counselor Hunt, Capture the Camp Flat, and Dinner Theater.

Camp TALON (Teen Adventures Learning Ornithology & Nature)

Camp TALON is a one-of-a kind camp for teens with a strong interest in the outdoors, birding and ecology. Each day the adventure begins as we travel by charter bus to barrier islands, state parks, wildlife management areas and refuges along Georgia’s coast.

Evening classes challenge our campers with presentations and quizzes about bird identification, songs, behavior, flight, migration and other “birdy” topics.

The field trips and classes are led by biologists, ornithologists and environmental educators, each with 20-plus years of experience.

At camp’s end we come home with new and improved birding skills, a better understanding of coastal ecology, and great memories!

• Length of each camp: 6 days, 5 nights.
• Availability: Space for 16 campers at each session.
• Serious students: For beginning to experienced birders who don’t mind long, hot, sometimes “buggy” days on beaches and marshes.
• Ages: Boys and girls ages 14–19. Older birders who have attended before may be eligible for internships.
• 3:1 student/teacher ratio. Trips, classes led by biologists, ornithologists and environmental educators, each with 20+ years of experience.
• Sponsors: Georgia Department of Natural Resources, TERN, Georgia Ornithological Society, and Atlanta Audubon Society.

Contacts

For more information on Camp TALON, or a printable flyer, contact:

• Julie Duncan: [email protected], 770-313-5762
• Bob Sargent: [email protected], 404-291-8124