Day Camp Packing List | Rocky River Ranch

DAY CAMP PACKING LIST & THEME DAYS

Please label all items brought to RRR

2026 Packing List

REQUIRED

Water bottle (with camper’s name)

Secure footwear (please send your daughter in shoes with a back)

River shoes (not flip flops or crocs) that stay securely on feet with a backstrap or backpanel, e.g. old athletic shoes, “water shoes” with backstrap, etc.

Sunscreen

Towel

Swimsuit

Packed lunch

Tote bag or backpack that your camper can easily carry

RECOMMENDED

Bug spray

Hair ties and hair brush

Extra change of clothes/underwear

Swim goggles and swim shirt

Hat/cap

Theme Day outfit!

WHAT NOT TO BRING

Cell phones

Electronic devices

Cash

Valuables

Clothes that cannot be stained/ ruined

Tobacco products, alcohol, weapons of any kind.

Cell phones are NOT ALLOWED.

If you have any questions regarding this policy, please contact the Day Camp Director prior to arrival or on check in day.

Theme Days for 2026

These are optional, fun dress up days the Wednesday of each session. We encourage everyone to be creative and silly with your outfits, but please don't feel the need to buy lots of items. Hopefully you already have some fun things around the house she can use. We want these days to be fun and not stressful!

Day Camp Sessions 1 & 2

Stars, Stripes and Dots OH MY!: Today we go ALL OUT with patterns! Polka dots, stripes, chevrons, plaid, or stars. Or maybe some of each!? Think patterns from head to toe and you can’t go wrong!

Day Camp Sessions 3 & 4

Wild Animal Wednesday: Dress up in the wildest animal you can imagine! Maybe a tiger, maybe a rhino? Maybe a monkey or even a zebra? From your hair to your toes, today you can be your own version of a wild animal!

Summer Camp Programs

The perfect summer is waiting for your daughter aged 5 to 14 at Rocky River— filled to the brim with new friendships, challenging activities and, most importantly, lots of fun! Check out our day camp and resident camp options.

Weekend Programs

In the hot summer months, we’re an all-girls camp, but the rest of the year, we offer year ‘round fun at our Great Escapes for women and Mother-Daughter weekends!

Event Rentals

Rocky River Ranch is the perfect solution for your special event! We host family reunions, church retreats, teacher work days, company picnics, Girl Scout groups, and more with lodging for up to 135 guests.

I will forever remember Rocky River Ranch as the greatest place on earth! To this day I still remember the nine summers that I spent at Rocky River Ranch. I hope to have my children experience camp as I did so many years ago.

‒ Tasha Ancira Roberts Years at camp: 1977-1985

RRR gives young women the chance to excel in areas where they may not have ever had a chance to before … and an opportunity to gain self esteem and confidence. These are such amazing and important gifts that will stay with campers their entire lives. This is why RRR will forever be a "home" to its campers. A place where they feel accepted, and loved and special.

‒ Margaret "Meg" Beecher Lowery Years at camp: '89-2000, 2005

Wow! I just spent ten amazing weeks at Rocky River. It was a great learning experience. My first job also! I had a wonderful time working with the counselors and the kids. I already miss it! I miss singing camp songs too!

‒ Brenda Ly Years at camp: 2004

I had a wonderful experience of being a counselor at RRR 1960-61 and 1966-67. Those first 2 years I knew and loved both Mama Knolk and Jane. Later, I was there with Skeet and Sandy. I have great memories of all those special people and all the fun times at camp. I'm so glad the camp is still going strong!

‒ Mary Jane McDuffie Dillard Years at camp: 1960-61, 1966-67

Oh how I wish I could still be a young girl and go to RRR every summer! I truly miss those wonderful weeks of absolute fun and excitement. This camp holds a very special place in my heart and will always throughout my life. I cannot wait until the day that my newborn little girl will be able to drive through the gate and live the summer days that not only her mother lived, but her grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother enjoyed. I cannot wait until the day that I can tell her all about her special great-great-grandmother (we called her GG, but most knew her as Mama Knolk) that opened beautiful Rocky River Ranch and created a place for many girls to create memories from. I am truly happy to see Mama Knolk's spirit still living on. May it continue to live on the dream that she always wanted.

‒ Allison Turley Torres Years at camp: 1986-1994

I honestly believe that I wouldn't be the same person if not for my many years at Rocky River, and each year that passes makes me more aware of the grace I found here and the gift of the chance to become one of the few ... a Rocky River girl. To the land of the triple R, I pledge my heart to you!

‒ Alyson Stringer Steakley Years at camp: '82-'89, 1993

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