🏕️ Learn Why Families Love Camp Barney Medintz

Camp builds character, skills, and confidence

Imagine a summer where your child grows more confident, independent, and connected — to themselves, their friends, and their identity. At Camp Barney Medintz, every experience is designed to build the strengths and values that help kids thrive — at camp and beyond.

Why Families Choose Camp Barney Medintz

✔ More than 60 years of experience providing transformative summers.
✔ Expert Staff & Counselors – Caring, trained professionals ensure a safe, healthy, and welcoming environment.
✔ Top-Notch Facilities – Camp Barney Medintz spans 500 acres with the Blue Ridge Mountains as a stunning backdrop. The camp features two lakes, two pools, and five waterslides, horseback riding center, ropes courses and zip lines, sports fields, creative arts studios, and specialized facilities for cooking, photography, and media.
✔ Friendships that last a lifetime.
✔ We’re a Top-Ranked Camp – Camp Barney Medintz was selected by Newsweek as one of America’s Best Summer Camps.

About Camp Barney Medintz

Nestled in the North Georgia mountains on more than 500 acres with two lakes, Camp Barney Medintz offers a meaningful and transformative overnight camping experience for boys and girls in rising 1st – 11th grades. During one-week, two-week, and four-week sessions, campers build lifelong friendships, gain independence, challenge themselves, and strengthen their identities, all while having the best summer!