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A good West Coast option, Kennolyn is situated on 300 acres of privately owned redwood forest in the Santa Cruz Mountains, which is really convenient for Bay Area families. They take campers entering first through ninth grades, with a leadership training program for those entering tenth. Kennolyn has shorter camp sessions (one or two weeks), and they also get that going to camp for the first time can be intimidating, so they offer a three-day intro camp for their youngest campers (first to fourth grade). For locals, Kennolyn also takes kids for days only.