Northwest Camp 2024

Dates: July 21-28, 2024

Camp Magruder
17450 Old Pacific Highway
Rockaway Beach, OR  97136

Northwest Camp has been a staple in the United Youth Camps program since its inception. While it has been held in a variety of locations around the state of Oregon over those years, since 2010, we have been housed at Camp Magruder on the beautiful Oregon Coast. It's difficult to picture a more picturesque location for a summer camp than the northern portion of the scenic Oregon Coast. Campers will enjoy a spectacular, private, mile-long lake along the eastern border of the camp and over a half-mile of pristine Pacific Ocean beach to the west. The dorms and facilities are the best in the region, and the memories you make with your dorm mates will be ones you cherish forever.

Campers and staff enjoy a variety of activities offered, and due to our location, most revolve around the water. Beach activities, such as volleyball, speedaway, skimboarding and boogie-boarding are always popular. Campers also enjoy kayaking on Smith Lake and waterskiing at Lake Lytle. Not all our activities are in the water, we also have archery classes, softball, dance classes, arts and crafts and much, much more. The two dances during the week are always a highlight of the camp experience.

Christian living classes make up the core of each day's spiritual instruction. Each of the activities, lessons and the evening campfire story is designed to build off of these themes and help the campers understand the spiritual principles of the day's lesson and how to apply them when they return home. This year, the focus of the theme is to encourage our youth to "stand strong" in their faith and in their relationship with God in the face of a world that is contrary to the way of God.

Each year at Northwest Camp, campers build friendships that will last a lifetime. These friendships will become more and more important as the world becomes more and more challenging. Our goal in the UYC program, and fostered by the incredible staff at Northwest Camp is to establish and maintain a godly atmosphere in which campers can be enriched for a lifetime.

Transportation

Camp Magruder is located at Rockaway Beach, Oregon, about 2 hours drive time from Portland, Oregon.  Vans will transport campers from PDX Airport on Sunday.

Campers

Campers should plan arrive between 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 21st. Departure will be on Sunday, July 28th between 9:00- 10:00 a.m. If you fly to camp, we will provide transportation to and from the Portland airport (PDX) between the hours of 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM on Sunday, July 21st. Departure flights should be booked after 1:00 PM on July 28th. Please be sure and email the transportation form and confirm that it has been received if you plan to fly! If you have special travel needs please email the camp director.

Staff

The camp experience is made possible due to our dedicated volunteer staff. For those serving on staff, camp is a week of lots of hard work, not much sleep, and many rewarding memories as we are privileged to be a part of helping God's young people grow in His knowledge. Staff should plan to arrive at camp in time for Sabbath services at 2:00 p.m. on July 20th.