The Mystic Experience Program is where your child’s camping adventure begins—and where lifelong traditions are made! Campers are grouped with children their age and enjoy a fun-filled mix of activities like swimming, boating, archery, crafts, and more, while making new friends, learning new skills, and building confidence. Through positive role models and everyday summer camp experiences, children grow in confidence, independence, and maturity while embracing our four core values: Honesty, Caring, Respect, and Responsibility. 

Weeks Offered: Weeks 1 thru 8 (week 3 shortened due to Independence Day)

For some campers, one week just isn’t enough! Our two-week Mystic Experience gives campers the opportunity to settle into summer camp, build lasting friendships, and make even more memories. Campers stay at camp over the weekend between their two registered camp sessions and continue enjoying camp activities with their cabin group, including swimming, boating, archery, crafts, and more. Along the way, they build confidence, learn new skills, connect with positive role models, and grow through our four core values: Honesty, Caring, Respect, and Responsibility.

Weeks Offered: 1&2, 4&5, 5&6, 6&7

Camp Starlight, presented in partnership with the Michigan Dyslexia Institute (MDI), offers children with dyslexia a welcoming overnight camp experience designed to build confidence, self-esteem, compassion, and a strong sense of belonging. Campers live and participate alongside Mystic Lake campers, creating opportunities to make new friends, try new things, and discover their strengths. MDI provides an inspiring evening program focused on hope, kindness, perseverance, and reaching our potential, while Mystic Lake staff create a safe, inclusive, and supportive environment. With caring staff, exciting activities, new experiences, and a beautiful setting, Camp Starlight is a place where campers return year after year—and where lifelong friendships are made. 

Week Offered: 1

This coed teen camp has been created to give teens a place to make new friends, try new activities, and have opportunities for overall growth while staying active outdoors with campers their own age. Campers follow the same basic schedule as Mystic Experience while having the opportunity to assist in completing their schedule with activities tailored to older campers such as Bruno's Swing and the high ropes course.

Weeks Offered: 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8

Our Leader In Training (LIT) program will introduce teens to the dynamics of leadership and teamwork. LITs will focus on small group facilitation skills, leadership styles, communication skills, and the YMCA four core values of caring, respect, responsibility, and honesty. LIT s will have opportunities to practice their new leadership skills by leading activities within their group and the camp community.

Week Offered: 4

Our two-week Counselor In Training (CIT) program provides a unique learning opportunity for campers who aspire to become camp counselors or future leaders. CITs will focus on communication skills, coaching and encouraging others, leading activities, and expectations of them as future leaders. CITs will stay on camp over the weekend of their two-week program.

CITs that successfully complete the two weeks of the program will be invited back to do a live-in week later in the summer to practice their new skills as they shadow and assist counselors with an assigned cabin group.

Weeks Offered 1&2