Welcome to Clearwater

Find Your
Best Self

222 DAYS UNTIL FIRST SESSION

2025 Camper Application

Clearwater’s True North

OUR PHILOSOPHY

We are guided by our mission to foster confidence, courage, compassion, and community — four points on Clearwater’s compass — by providing a traditional sleep-away camp experience for girls.

OUR PHILOSOPHY

OUR LOCATION

Your Home Away from Home

Situated in Minocqua, Wisconsin on beautiful Tomahawk Lake with miles of forest pathways and a private island, Clearwater is an ideal setting for you to experience the freedom you have to be yourself.

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Once you've slept on an island, You'll never be quite the same

Campers learning how to sail, 1952

Campers sailing on Tomahawk Lake, 2017

GIVING BACK

Our Culture of Philanthropy

Our 501(c)3 nonprofit organization is dedicated to preserving our longstanding traditions, protecting the natural world around us, and establishing scholarships.

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As an alum camp continues to serve as a consistent source of love, strength, and no matter how far I am or how long it has been a place to call home. Sarah Decker Sexton, Camp Alum

At Clearwater, a girl discovers that she is capable of so much more than she ever dreamed possible. She learns to try, to persevere, to stretch herself beyond the limits she once knew. Emily M., Former Camper

Thank you, Clearwater, for continuing to invest in our daughters and for teaching them to become strong and independent young women! Anne H., Former Camper and Current Parent

When I think of Clearwater. I think of my second home. There’s nothing better than coming back from a whole year missing Clearwater, and picking up right where you just left off. Carolyn F., Former Camper

Clearwater Camp is a place of life-changing moments and beautiful people, and I can’t think of a two-month period in my life that has given me more life-changing moments than this one. Sally G., Former Camper & Leadership