Orange County Locations
Explore our incredible Orange County summer camp locations, offering a wide range of activities designed to keep campers excited and engaged all summer long. We are currently accepting registrations at our four Orange County locations. We also offer camp locations across the Bay Area and Southern California.
A Day at Camp Galileo
Camp Galileo’s acclaimed curriculum combines STEAM exploration and outdoor fun for kids in grades K–10.
Kinder - 1st
Our Nebula Campers work on 1-2 day, age-appropriate projects individually and in small groups to challenge their thinking and test their perseverance.
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Optional AM Care
Families that need an early start can drop campers off for convenient pre-camp care from 8 am to 9 am.
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Opening Ceremony
Each day kicks off with an all-camp energizing opening ceremony full of songs, skits, and cheers.
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Innovator's Studio
Campers build creative confidence by turning their ideas into individual, polished STEAM projects to take home every week.
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Snack Break
Campers take a nut-free snack break to refuel their brains and bodies.
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Idea Lab
Campers collaborate in small groups on daily design challenges, experiment with wild ideas and discover that sending their creations crashing down is all part of the fun—and learning!
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Lunch/Free Play
All-camp lunch and break. Campers eat lunch and play outside with friends.
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Outdoor Adventure
Campers play exciting outdoor games, take on team-building challenges with an innovative twist and engage in traditional camp fun.
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Closing Ceremony
We end the day together with a special all-camp gathering.
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Optional PM Care
Extended Care campers head to our exciting, inviting post-camp destination to keep the fun rolling from 3 pm–6 pm. Activities include outdoor time, lanyards and crafts.
2nd - 3rd
Our Star Campers work on 1-2 day, age-appropriate projects individually and in small groups to challenge their thinking and test their perseverance.
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Optional AM Care
Families that need an early start can drop campers off for convenient pre-camp care from 8 am to 9 am.
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Opening Ceremony
Each day kicks off with an all-camp energizing opening ceremony full of songs, skits, and cheers.
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Innovator's Studio
Campers build creative confidence by turning their ideas into individual, polished STEAM projects to take home every week.
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Snack Break
Campers take a nut-free snack break to refuel their brains and bodies.
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Idea Lab
Campers collaborate in small groups on daily design challenges, experiment with wild ideas and discover that sending their creations crashing down is all part of the fun—and learning!
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Lunch/Free Play
All-camp lunch and break. Campers eat lunch and play outside with friends.
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Outdoor Adventure
Campers play exciting outdoor games, take on team-building challenges with an innovative twist and engage in traditional camp fun.
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Closing Ceremony
We end the day together with a special all-camp gathering.
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Optional PM Care
Extended Care campers head to our exciting, inviting post-camp destination to keep the fun rolling from 3 pm–6 pm. Activities include outdoor time, lanyards and crafts.
4th - 5th
Supernova campers work to complete small group challenges and work on longer, individual projects that test their determination.
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Optional AM Care
Families that need an early start can drop campers off for convenient pre-camp care from 8 am to 9 am.
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Opening Ceremony
Each day kicks off with an all-camp energizing opening ceremony full of songs, skits, and cheers.
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Innovator's Studio
Campers build creative confidence by turning their ideas into individual, polished STEAM projects to take home every week.
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Snack Break
Campers take a nut-free snack break to refuel their brains and bodies.
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Idea Lab
Campers collaborate in small groups on daily design challenges, experiment with wild ideas and discover that sending their creations crashing down is all part of the fun—and learning!
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Lunch/Free Play
All-camp lunch and break. Campers eat lunch and play outside with friends.
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Outdoor Adventure
Campers play exciting outdoor games, take on team-building challenges with an innovative twist and engage in traditional camp fun.
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Closing Ceremony
We end the day together with a special all-camp gathering.
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Optional PM Care
Extended Care campers head to our exciting, inviting post-camp destination to keep the fun rolling from 3 pm–6 pm. Activities include outdoor time, lanyards and crafts.
6th - 8th
Our Middle schoolers campers, Meteors, work on one epic individual project throughout the week. They collaborate with others to provide feedback and a helping hand.
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Optional AM Care
Families that need an early start can drop campers off for convenient pre-camp care from 8 am to 9 am.
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Opening Ceremony
Each day kicks off with an all-camp energizing opening ceremony full of songs, skits, and cheers.
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Individual Project Work
Campers focus on one amazing week-long project, building incredible new skills as they transform their grand vision into reality.
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Lunch/Free Play
Campers take a nut-free snack break to refuel their brains and bodies.
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More Project Time
Campers get back to work on their epic projects with help from inspiring instructors, sophisticated tools and like-minded peers.
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Closing Ceremony
We end the day together with a special all-camp gathering.
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Optional PM Care
Extended Care campers head to our exciting, inviting post-camp destination to keep the fun rolling from 3 pm–6 pm. Activities include outdoor time, lanyards and crafts.
Counselor in Training
CITs are leaders at camp. They engage in leadership development activities and own projects within a camp aspect of their choosing.
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Optional AM Care
Families that need an early start can drop campers off for convenient pre-camp care from 8 am to 9 am.
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Opening Ceremony
Each day kicks off with an all-camp energizing opening ceremony full of songs, skits, and cheers.
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Leadership Development / Team Building
Counselors in training shadow K–5th-grade campers, observe and support Galileo staffers in action, mentor younger kids and get personalized coaching from experienced instructors.
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Camp Mentorship
Counselors in training shadow K–5th-grade campers, observe and support Galileo staffers in action, mentor younger kids and get personalized coaching from experienced instructors.
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Lunch
CITs eat lunch together and spend time with friends.
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Camp Magic
CITs help make camp magic by devising Water Day stations, leading skits, planning flash mobs, crafting flair and more. They also tackle hands-on design challenges from engineering launchers and golf-courses, to putting on mini Olympics.
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Closing Ceremony
We end the day together with a special all-camp ceremony.
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Optional PM Care
Extended Care campers head to our exciting, inviting post-camp destination to keep the fun rolling from 3 pm–6 pm. Activities include outdoor time, lanyards and crafts.
Orange County Summer Camps
If you’re looking for one of the best summer camps Orange County has to offer, you can be sure Galileo is the right choice! With multiple locations across Orange County, our camps offer a vibrant mix of activities and mind-bending STEAM projects that every child will love. Our acclaimed summer program combines creativity, STEAM exploration, collaboration, and play to inspire kids to make the world a better place by becoming innovators who can work through challenges.
We cultivate kids’ confidence, resilience, and ability to think outside the box and roll it into a traditional summer camp that’s unforgettably fun. Whether your child enjoys tinkering, design, or outdoor fun and sports, our camps offer a little bit of everything to create an unforgettable summer experience.
Our Orange County summer camps, located in Irvine, Newport Beach, and Laguna Niguel, strive to help kids build long-lasting friendships and collaboration skills through engaging team-building activities. At every Galileo Orange County summer camp, campers have the opportunity to hone their innovation and perseverance through outdoor adventure, hands-on engineering, art, and design projects such as creating catapults, carnival games, arcade games, go-karts and more while collaborating with other campers and making new friends.
Camp Galileo’s Orange County summer camps give children the time and space to play and grow while blending fun with valuable learning experiences. Through our diverse set of STEAM projects and team building challenges, campers can discover new passions while honing essential life skills like perseverance and learning from their mistakes in a supportive and engaging environment.
Summer Day Camp: Designed for All
Whether your camper is a fan of art and engineering projects or enjoys doing outdoor activities in the sunshine, our Orange County locations have it all, ensuring a memorable summer day camp experience. If your child loves a good challenge, they can test their new skills with a variety of summer programs and team-building tasks such as running a relay race or working in a group to design a cardboard city.
Campers love Galileo because it sparks their imaginations with a broad range of age-appropriate projects like building a rocking chair, learning about pneumatics to make a robot that moves its head and developing the steering mechanism to build a go-kart. Regardless of your child’s interests, there’s a Galileo STEAM project that they’ll love to build!
Dive into Fun with Camp Galileo in Orange County
Orange County summers are guaranteed to be a blast for your camper! Give your kids the opportunity to take full advantage of the beautiful weather while making new friends, working independently and in groups to accomplish challenges, and having fun with all of our silly day camp traditions. (Did you know our mascot is a rubber chicken?). Enroll your campers in one of our four Orange County camps and let them experience the summer of a lifetime.
At Camp Galileo, we’re dedicated to developing innovators who envision and create a better world. Empower your child’s future—join the Camp Galileo family today!
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