Camp Otterbein

Camp Otterbein reaches across 450 acres in the beautiful Hocking Hills in southeast Ohio. Its vast natural setting invites campers to explore and enjoy God's wilderness together and discover God's close presence in their lives.

Brand new for 2012 at Camp Otterbein is our Wilderness Adventures Camp! This is like nothing you have ever attended before! We will spend the week at the newly improved Meadow site in platform tents. We will cook our own meals, learn basic wilderness skills and incredible new outdoor games. This event takes place in a smaller, more intimate setting with a much more laid-back schedule.

Twice during the week there will be off-site adventures. High school campers will go Kayaking and Rappelling/Rock Climbing. Middle School campers will go Kayaking and Mountain Biking in the Hocking Hills State Park. Elementary campers will go to Old Man's Cave and canoeing at Lake Logan.

Wilderness Adventures will swim in the lake but will not join the other event participants for meals in the dining hall. Most of the week the Wilderness Adventure campers will be doing their own unique activities apart from main camp. They will participate in Friday's closing services where everyone at camp comes together to celebrate in large group worship. 

Please note: These campers will be staying in platform tents and living in the wilderness without power or running water. Some call it roughing it but we call it an exciting Wilderness Adventure!

Camp Otterbein also offers traditional residential camp where campers will sleep in air-conditioned cabins. 

Upon arrival, campers are welcomed by their counselors into their “Living Group” – typically 12 campers and 2 counselors who plan and experience their week together. This small group camp experience supports Camp Otterbein’s goal of creating Christian community for our campers. 

The week begins on Sunday and ends on Friday. Though planned activities vary between living groups, there are common parts of camp that all campers experience. Each morning and evening, campers come together in the chapel for worship and a message from a Pastor. Once a week, campers experience an overnight camp-out which includes a campfire, dinner, and s’mores! Evenings will also include small and large group games or events. The week concludes with an all-camp Communion service followed by a closing celebration, to which family and friends are invited.

Activities Campers want to do

Each week the counselors will plan special activities for the morning and afternoon so that each week creates a unique experience. Campers will choose their own activity every afternoon and evenings will hold a large group or all-camp activity.

Some of the activities that living groups will choose from may include: