Upcoming Events

A family friendly day of outdoor activities at Bethel Horizons. This is the perfect event to get outside and explore all 548 acres Bethel Horizons has to offer. Are you interested in attending a week of camp this summer but not quite sure?  Bring friends and family and check out all the spaces and adventures your child will experience during camp.

Activities will include:

• Hiking on Bethel Horizons numerous trails
• High Ropes Challenge Course
• Live animals at the Nature Center
• Story book ...

Italian Food Tour: This class explores the variety of foods from this beautiful country. We will create foods that are typically not part of the Americanized version of Italian food. The menu includes Insalata di Arance e Finocchi, Tortini di Polenta e Funghi, Cappellacci di Zucca con Sugo di Burrde Salvia, Panna Cotta for dessert. The English translation is Orange and Fennel Salad, Polenta and Mushroom Antipasti, Squashed Stuffed Ravioli with a Sage Butter Sauce and panna cotta (directly tra...

Grades: 4th - 6th (represents grade completed)

Explore the watery world of nature by wading in knee deep. Visit a waterfall, ride the Kickapoo river on an inner tube, canoe an area lake, or splash around in Question Mark Pond and get up close and personal with fish, frogs, crawdads, giant water bugs, and clams. This camp provides kids the chance to learn about the Hydrologic cycle, help set up an Aquarium in the Nature Center, seine for monsters of the deep, or try on some swimming goggles a...

Grades: 7th - 9th (represents grade completed)

For those campers ready to rough it and explore the outdoors.  Campers will engage in different outdoor adventures including learning the basics of camping, hiking, canoeing and even trail riding.  Base camp will be the Tent & Trailer Campground.

Camp Discounts: Sibling - Friend - Multi Week - Scholarship

Grades 2nd & 3rd (represents grade completed)

Experience the natural splendor of all Bethel Horizons has to offer. Each group of 10 other campers and two Horizons counselors will learn about living and working together in community. During this week of outdoor activities, campers will have the opportunity to cook over a campfire, sleep under the stars, create something with the artist, explore the outdoors with the naturalist, experiment with playing a guitar, visit our Greenhouse, swim ...

Grades: 4th - 6th (represents grade completed)

Learn about earth's prehistoric life during this week of fossil exploration. Visit the Cave of the Mounds museum in Blue Mounds, search for fossils at a quarry, sift through anthills for tiny bones and teeth. Go on a rock climb to learn about the area's unique geology and the Driftless region of Wisconsin. Explore a local cave in search of fossils. Visit the site where a mastodon was dug up. Start your own fossil collection, and even search for ...

Grades 2nd & 3rd (represents grade completed)

Experience the natural splendor of all Bethel Horizons has to offer. Each group of 10 other campers and two Horizons counselors will learn about living and working together in community. During this week of outdoor activities, campers will have the opportunity to cook over a campfire, sleep under the stars, create something with the artist, explore the outdoors with the naturalist, experiment with playing a guitar, visit our Greenhouse, swim ...

Grades: 7th - 9th (represents grade completed)

Back by popular demand, this camp is a good fit for campers ready to get down and dirty. A perfect blend between education and adventure, each day is spent exploring different underground experiences, which will include visiting the lead mining & Rollo Jamison Museum in Platteville, the Cave of the Mounds Museum in Blue Mounds, and even exploring a wild cave! Swimming, hiking, canoeing, team building and the high ropes challenge course will ...

Grades: 6th - 9th (represents grade completed)

This week is for the campers ready to test their skills at mountain biking on our beginner single track trails. Campers will connect to nature in a fun and exciting way that they can enjoy for a lifetime.  This camp is for those looking to develop and learn new skills.  Bethel Horizons, thanks to a generous set of grants will have Trek Mountain bikes and safety equipment for each camper this summer.  Base camp is the Tent & Trailer campgroun...

Grades 2nd & 3rd (represents grade completed)

Experience the natural splendor of all Bethel Horizons has to offer. Each group of 10 other campers and two Horizons counselors will learn about living and working together in community. During this week of outdoor activities, campers will have the opportunity to cook over a campfire, sleep under the stars, create something with the artist, explore the outdoors with the naturalist, experiment with playing a guitar, visit our Greenhouse, swim ...