Mother-Daughter Events | Rocky River Ranch

MOTHER DAUGHTER RETREATS

These are special getaways for you and your camp-age daughter to spend time together, away from distractions, in the great outdoors. We’ve designed the retreats to include loads of fun activities, spend time together outdoors, and to give your daughter a taste of summer camp!

2025 Dates:
April 4-6 | April 11-13 | Sept 19-21 | Sept 26-28

TENTATIVE SAMPLE SCHEDULE (SUBJECT TO CHANGE)

FRIDAY
6pm – Check-in begins
7:15pm – Group activity begins

SATURDAY
8am – Breakfast
9am – 1st Class
10am – 2nd Class
11am – 3rd Class
12:30pm – Lunch
1:30pm – Free Time (Canteen Store shopping, games in The Forty Niner, projects in the Craft Room, kayaking in the river, swimming in the pool, practice for the Talent Show)
6 pm - Dinner in The Grubstake
6:45pm - Talent Show
8pm - S'mores and songs at River Campfire

SUNDAY
8am – Breakfast, pack up and goodbyes

LODGING
Rocky River Ranch is a rustic summer camp with dormitory-style bunkhouses with bunk beds. Cabins are heated and air-conditioned, with their own shower and toilet facilities. Plan to bring your own bedding (sheets, blankets and pillows), as well as your own toiletries and towels (for swimming/showers).

COST

$325 Mother-daughter pair (one adult, one child)
$100 Additional Attendee

$100 deposit due at registration and balance due one month prior to event.

All Mother-Daughter Events are designed for camp aged daughters in kinder-eighth grade. Your cost includes fun activities, bonding experiences with your daughter, yummy food, songs galore, time around a campfire and of course- SMORES!

Please choose and register for one weekend to attend in the calendar year. We will not allow the same family to attend multiple weekends in the same calendar year, as we want to accommodate as many families as we can.

Refund policy: cancellations made one month before event begins will receive refund of fees paid minus the $100 non-refundable deposit.

Enjoy quality time in the great outdoors!

**Online registration for Mother Daughter Weekends opens on November 1st at 9:00 am!

Summer Camp Programs

The perfect summer is waiting for your daughter aged 5 to 14 at Rocky River— filled to the brim with new friendships, challenging activities and, most importantly, lots of fun! Check out our day camp and resident camp options.

Weekend Programs

In the hot summer months, we’re an all-girls camp, but the rest of the year, we offer year ‘round fun at our Great Escapes for women and Mother-Daughter weekends!

Event Rentals

Rocky River Ranch is the perfect solution for your special event! We host family reunions, church retreats, teacher work days, company picnics, Girl Scout groups, and more with lodging for up to 135 guests.

I have said for years that RRR made me the person that I am today. Actually it wasn’t just RRR, but also the counselors that shaped my experiences and helped me be the best I could be. I learned to problem solve, lead others and to be a leader others wanted to follow. I learned to do my part and that I can do anything I decided to do. I learned to say 'I can' a lot more than 'I cannot.' I learned to co-exist with others which helps me to this day. As a young girl I learned what others around me now in their 30s still do not know. I learned to take care of and respect myself, respect others and the world around me.

‒ Hara Chasis Cootes Years at camp: 1978-1991

I’ve told my family that if I’m ever missing, can’t take the real world, think I need to drive away, they will find me at Rocky River Ranch. I’m now 41 years old, a mother of two and every time I turn down Flite Acres Road it is like going home and it makes me cry because I am so happy to be there. I had seven glorious summers at camp and I cherish every memory I carry with me.

‒ Jonica Crosby Cason Years at camp: 1977-1983

This was my very first camp I ever went to and let me tell you it was the best! I only wish I had found out about it earlier so I could have spent more than just one year there. Y'all are an amazing camp and I hope you keep running for another 50 years.

‒ Claire Tilton Years at camp: 2002

Another favorite camp memory that lives on is the camp songs. I have sung them to my kids when they were babies … and still sing to them to wake them up in the morning ("Good morning to You!"). Last summer my daughter went to camp for the first time (at age 6). She had a great time and is looking forward to going again this summer. She sings camp songs almost daily (I'm ready for her to learn a few new ones other than "Boom Boom, Ain't it Great to be Crazy?" and "I Wish I Were a Little Bar of Soap")!

‒ Patti Scott Gillman Years at camp: 1972-1985

I honestly believe that I wouldn't be the same person if not for my many years at Rocky River, and each year that passes makes me more aware of the grace I found here and the gift of the chance to become one of the few ... a Rocky River girl. To the land of the triple R, I pledge my heart to you!

‒ Alyson Stringer Steakley Years at camp: '82-'89, 1993

Rocky River was a HUGE part of my childhood and I cherish all of the wonderful memories I have. Sandy, Skeet, Jim, Rue, Arthur — y'all were the best extended family a kid could ever ask for. My favorite cabin, Bar K, holds fond memories as well. The stories I have would take days to repeat and the friendships I made were oh so REAL!

‒ Kathy Hotz Thompson Years at camp: 1975-1987

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