Camp Leelanau for Boys and Camp Kohahna for Girls offer comprehensive summer camping programs for young people enrolled in the Sunday Schools of Christian Science branch churches. Our programs are designed to cultivate individual character through participation in a wide variety of activities. Skill levels range from beginner to advanced.
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For 100 years, Camps Leelanau and Kohahna have been providing top notch camp programs that provide young Christian Scientists with an opportunity to learn about their true identity, shed limitations, and deepen their understanding of Christian Science.
The Camps continue to operate on the core principles established by founders Maude and Skipper Beals that include integrity, unselfishness, and a commitment to excellence as part of each camp experience.
The Camps continue to operate on the core principles established by founders Maude and Skipper Beals that include integrity, unselfishness, and a commitment to excellence as part of each camp experience.
Camps Leelanau & Kohahna is located in beautiful northern Michigan, just a four hour drive from Detroit and six hour drive from Chicago. Campers can either fly into Traverse City's Cherry Capital Airport or Grand Rapids' Gerald Ford Airport for pick up and return by camp staff. Contact our Office Manager with questions regarding travel including potential carpooling.
Camp Kohahna for Girls was founded in the early 20's by Maude Beals Turner, the sister of Leelanau founder, Skipper Beals. She was encouraged by her brother to come from Oregon to tutor the sisters of the boys at Camp Leelanau. The academics she and her brother had taught during the summer provided an inspiration for the founding of a year round academic program at The Leelanau School.
Camp Leelanau for Boys was founded in the early 1920s by William M. "Skipper" Beals and his wife, Cora Mautz Beals. Having spent several summers with a group of young men from Christian Science families from The Principia, they moved the group to Glen Arbor, Michigan, where they bought a unique piece of land at the mouth of the Crystal River.
Follow I-75 north to Grayling. Exit at Grayling and take M-72 west to Traverse City. Follow M-72 through Traverse City toward Empire. Follow M-72 west, almost to Empire where you will approach County Road 677 (just past Indigo Bluffs Campground). Turn right (north) on County Road 677 and continue on this road for 4-5 miles.
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Melissa Helmuth
Sep 25, 2021
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Dillon
Jan 27, 2021
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Lucus
Jan 06, 2020
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I loved camp. It was one of the best trips I’ve ever been on. The food is delicious, the activities where amazing (except for skiing, you should know me from Lakers, I had the broken arm from that.) I loved everything you put together. 5 stars and a lot of memories. Thank you all. -Luke (from lakers in January)
Henry B.
Oct 11, 2019
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Sara Tuohey
Aug 28, 2019
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Brian K. Jefferies
Jul 08, 2019
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I was a camper in the summer of 1992 and a CT in the summer of 1993. Loved being woken up by the cannon blast every morning and running down to the beach to take our dips in the cold lake. Saw the Northern Lights on our overnight for CTs on the beach. Both summers were amazing and I truly think any young boy or girl would love the experiences of Camp Leelanau and Kohahna. I truly miss the friendships I made there. also campfire Sundays, ultimate Frisbee, Clark and his beautiful golden retrievers, and just the many more experiences I got to experience at this camp.
Mark Haaseth
Jun 27, 2019
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Chirag B.
Aug 10, 2018
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Peyton Kuhn
Jun 26, 2016
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Joan Turner
May 23, 2016
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