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U.S. Summer Camps Shift Indoors Amid Heat, Smoke, Floods

7/26/2026

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U.S. summer camps are moving indoors, cutting outdoor time, and evacuating sites as extreme heat, smoke, and floods disrupt July programs.
Henry DeHart, CEO of the American Camp Association, said camps face eight to ten days with a heat index above 105 °F, versus three to five days before.
Ellen Watkins, director of Miakonda Day Camp in Ohio, moved campers indoors, gave masks, and ran dry-land swim and archery during smoke.

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U.S. summer camps are moving indoors, cutting outdoor time, and evacuating sites as extreme heat, smoke, and floods disrupt July programs.
Henry DeHart, CEO of the American Camp Association, said camps face eight to ten days with a heat index above 105 °F, versus three to five days before.
Ellen Watkins, director of Miakonda Day Camp in Ohio, moved campers indoors, gave masks, and ran dry-land swim and archery during smoke.