YMCA Camp Cheerio

Located high atop the Blue Ridge Mountains of northwest North Carolina, YMCA Camp Cheerio is the ideal place for persons of all ages to enjoy a camp experience. Cheerio offers many challenging programs, from summer resident camps and wilderness tripping camps, to senior adult camps, conferences and retreats, group adventures, outdoor education and our new Cheerio EXTREME, which is a combination of Traditional Camp and Cheerio Adventures. Founded in 1960 by the YMCA of High Point, N.C., Camp Cheerio seeks to provide campers with a sustained, creative, and educational experience in the out-of-doors. Through the use of natural surroundings, and under the Christian guidance of trained leadership, YMCA camping seeks to help campers achieve their fullest potential in terms of mental development, physical well-being, social growth, and spiritual awareness.

Cheerio Traditional Camp
Cheerio Traditional Camp is a summer resident camp offering boys and girls 7-15 the chance to participate in over 25 exciting camp activities!

Cheerio Adventure Camp
Cheerio Adventures offers adventure tripping camp programs for youth, teens, and youth groups. Adventures include rock climbing, whitewater kayaking, canoeing, rafting, backpacking, caving (spelunking), sailing, wind surfing, sea kayaking, and mountain biking. Single and multiple activity summer camp programs are available. Adventure locations include NC, VA, WV, and TN, varying in location from the mountains to the sea.

Outdoor Adventure Education
Custom programs for adult and/or youth groups such as YMCA's churches, schools, boy and girl scout groups of friends and family that want to incorporate wilderness/advernture activities into their existing programs or simply create a program to allow their participants to experience the outdoors.

Group Adventures
Group Adventures are custom designed adventure programs where groups choose the number of activities, type of activities and length of program. From this information Cheerio Adventures will design a program just for that group and provide guides to run each of the activities.

Group Rentals
Camp Cheerio is the ideal location for conducting your church retreat, school outing, or non-profit conference. We can provide comfortable lodging, well-balanced meals, and meeting facilities in a beautiful mountain top setting. Our knowledgeable staff can help develop a program to meet each group's needs and make your upcoming meeting or retreat a success.