About HVC
Hidden Valley Camp is a co-ed sleepaway youth summer camp for children ages 7 to 15 providing a rustic camp experience in a marvelous natural setting. Founded in 1947 and owned and operated by the McKinlay family since 1973, HVC is accredited by the American Camping Association. At Hidden Valley, campers live in small groups of 7 with their counselors. Each camper helps to plan and participates in a wide variety of activities including hiking, horseback riding, swimming, sailing an canoeing, sports and arts and crafts. Our Camper Leader program for teens finished with 10th and 11th grades allows older campers greater freedom and the opportunity to help out in their favorite program areas. Camp accommodates 117 campers and 10 Camper Leaders each session. Hidden Valley campers come from the greater Seattle and Puget Sound area, as well as from Oregon, California, Alaska, other states, British Columbia. We also host many international campers each summer.

With a small group emphasis, HVC provides a unique and supportive environment making it easy for each camper to feel comfortable, make friends and become an integral part of the camp community. At Hidden Valley, campers expand their physical and social skills, self-esteem, independence, ability to live in a group, ability to work and play cooperatively with others, responsibility and relationship building. At HVC, campers bond with their peers and spend time with our staff of positive young role-models. Adventurousness, creativity, confidence, respect for nature, new interests, inquisitiveness, willingness to participate in activities, friendliness, and leadership are all natural outcomes in the friendly surroundings of Hidden Valley Camp.

Location
Hidden Valley Camp is located near Granite Falls, Washington, 45 miles northeast of Seattle, nestled in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains.

Facilities
Program facilities include a heated swimming pool, a large corral with covered stalls for the 20 saddle horses, a sports field, a pond, water trails on Purdy Creek for waterfront activities such as kayaking, canoeing, boating, fishing and beach play. We have an archery range, tennis court, volleyball and badminton areas. Camp also has an outdoor theater, council ring and a natural outdoor amphitheater for campfires and other special events. Sailing and canoeing are done from camp property on nearby Lake Roesiger. The old logging roads surrounding camp provide miles of trails used for hiking and trail rides on horseback.

Buildings at HVC include a spacious open air dining hall with a modern kitchen, girls' and boys' washhouses with hot showers and flush toilets, lodges and shelters for indoor activities, craft barn with theater in upstairs loft, health house, office, canteen and workshop. Campers live in large comfortable tents on wooden platforms. Tents are equipped with steel cots, mattresses with covers, and areas for personal belongings and clothing. A college age counselor lives with each group.