Deer Run Camps & Retreats
- Thompsons Station, TN
- Camp Type: Overnight, Day, Family
- Age of Campers: 5 - 16
- Gender of Campers: Coed
- Year Established: 1998
- Accreditations: 1
Day and Overnight.
Deeper Faith. Stronger Relationships. Greater Adventures.
Voted #1 by parents! Deer Run has premier Day and Overnight on 150 beautiful, private wooded acres of Tennessee rolling hills where campers and families discover strengths, complete challenges, and create life-long memories while having fun, being adventurous, unplugging, and connecting with each other.
Deer Run makes it a priority for camp staff to actively engage each camper and create a fun and safe environment. Counselors and staff are the heart of Deer Run and a large part of what makes your child's experience so amazing. They genuinely love spending time with campers. They listen with understanding and get to know each camper, encourage them, and provide them with positive role models. In fact, many campers are greeted by name year after year by returning counselors.
Campers want to come back again and again because of the community they experience at Deer Run.
Traditional camp. Christian nondenominational.
DAY CAMP
age 5 to completed grade 6
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Recreation and activities include lake time (swimming, water slide, aqua park, boats, canoes, zip line, fishing), pedal kart races, recreational games, archery and BBs range, crafts, climbing tower, obstacle course, human foosball, creek wading, gaga ball, carpetball, fun songs, and more.
Older campers, grades 5-6, also participate in ax throwing, giant swing, and canopy zip lines.
Bus transportation available from 9 locations: Brentwood/South Nashville, Franklin/Spring Hill, and Murfreesboro.
OVERNIGHT CAMP
1-week camps for completed grades 3-10
2-week camps for completed grades 6-10
Sunday 4 p.m. to Friday 5 p.m
Each activity throughout the week provides unique opportunities to encourage campers to become confident and remain grounded and strong when life's challenges arise. Each day is filled with fun, laughter, encouragement, friendship, connecting with each other, and learning more about God's truths.
Individual cabin groups stay together for lake activities (see above), climbing tower, lazer tag, zip line adventures, archery range, archery tag, disc golf, rec games, giant swing, ax throwing, and more. Two-week camps include an off-site adventure excursion.
Additional benefits for Overnight Campers include:
acclimate to the camp experience
establish deeper relationships with their cabin group
spend more time with their staff leader (who invests additional time mentoring them)
participate in more outdoor recreation
have a longer period-of-time with less distraction from the outside world
have more time to learn about God's love and truths
All ages
Summer & Labor Day Weekend
Father-Son Adventure Weekend & Mother-Daughter Getaway Weekend are opportunities to be fully engaged with your kids in numerous recreational choices and a variety of relationship-strengthening activities. Get away from the busyness of your regular routine and spend focused time with each other to create long-lasting memories, share adventures, explore nature, and become powerfully united. These life-changing getaways are most popular for parents with children ages 5-14.
Father-Son Adventure Weekend: August (23rd-25th)
Mother-Daughter Getaway Weekend: September (13th-15th).
For more information call (615) 794-2918, email [email protected] or visit DeerRun.camp.
Accreditations
- ACCT
Camp Focus
Winter and Spring Break Programs
All Activities
- Arts and Crafts
- Music
- General Sports
- Archery
- Basketball
- Fishing
- GaGa
- Swimming
- Volleyball
- Hiking
- Team Building
- Family Camp, Zip Line Adventures, Pedal Karts, Aqua Park, Waterslide, Climbing Tower, Giant Swing
FAMILY CAMP GETAWAY
June 9-14, 2024
June 30-July 3, 2024
August 30-September 2, 2024 (Labor Day Weekend)
DAY CAMP
Age 5 to completed grade 6
9 sessions Mon-Fri
May 27-May 31
June 3-7
June 10-14
June 17-21
June 24-28
July 1-3 (Shorter week due to Fourth of July holiday)
July 8-12
July 15-19
July 22-26
1-WEEK OVERNIGHT CAMP
Completed grades 3 to 10
9 sessions Sun-Fri
May 26-31
June 2-7
June 9-14
June 16-21
June 23-28
June 30-July 4* (Shorter week due to Fourth of July holiday, check-out at 10 a.m.)
July 7-12
July 14-19
July 21-26
2-WEEK OVERNIGHT CAMP
Completed grades 6 to 10
2 sessions
June 16-28
July 14-26
Day Camps
9 Sessions, Mon-Fri (excluding the week of July 4th, which is Mon-Wed)
Overnight Camps
9 One-week sessions, Sun-Fri (excluding the week of July 4th, which is Sun-Thurs)
2 Two-week sessions, June 16th-28th & July 14th-26th