Summer Camps for ages 8–9 in Asheville.
17 camps in Asheville accept ages 8–9. Median week: $300; range $200–$1,200.
8–9 is the sweet spot for Asheville summer camps — kids can do a real specialty week (one-sport intensive, theater production, full-day STEM build), they can handle a longer drop-off, and most are ready for an overnight if you go that route. Catalog depth peaks here too: nearly every camp in town accepts this band.
Top 17 camps
- Camp Hollymont for Girls · Georgia · Ages 6–10 · $1200/week
- Camp Hollymont for Girls · Georgia · Ages 6–16 · $1200/week
- Camp Hollymont for Girls · Georgia · Ages 6–16 · $2990/week
- Camp Hollymont for Girls · Georgia · Ages 6–16 · $1200/week
- Camp Hollymont for Girls · Georgia · Ages 6–16 · $1200/week
- Camp Hollymont for Girls · Georgia · Ages 6–16 · $1200/week
- Camp Hollymont for Girls · Georgia · Ages 6–16 · $1200/week
- Traditional Day Camp · Various Community Centers · Ages 6–15 · $80/week
- Youth Day Camp · Tempie Avery Montford, Linwood Crump Shiloh, Wesley Grant Southside, and Stephens-Lee community centers · Ages 6–11 · $80/week
- Outdoor Camps · Oakley · Ages 6–15 · $220/week
- Nature Nuts · Oakley · Ages 6–8 · $200/week
- Venture Bound · Oakley · Ages 8–12 · $220/week
- Therapeutic Recreation (TR) Camp · Oakley · Ages 6–18 · $80/week
- LEAF Global Arts Camps - African Drumming, Dance & Culture · LEAF Community Arts · Ages 8–14
- Local Cloth Farm to Fabric Summer Camp · Local Cloth · Ages 8–13 · $300/week
- Biltmore Modern Glass Art Camp · BMM Glass · Ages 8–16 · $350/week
- Asheville Community Yoga Summer Camp · Asheville Community Yoga, Asheville, NC · Ages 6–12 · $250/week
↘ What to look for
Push past the marketing copy on what the camp actually does. A one-week "robotics camp" might mean kids assemble pre-cut kits, OR it might mean they design from scratch using parts from a real makerspace — those are different products at the same price point. Ask for the daily schedule, sample project photos, and whether the instructors are practitioners or college kids.