WHERE: Rabun Gap, Georgia
SOCIAL MEDIA: @camphollymont
Girls ages 7 to 15 in search of a unique, exciting and uplifting camp experience should check out Camp Hollymont for Girls. Hollymont is a Christian camp offering a wide variety of skill activities and high-adventure experiences.
Nestled in the north Georgia mountains near Franklin and Highlands, North Carolina, Hollymont is only a four-hour drive from Birmingham.
Mountain Brook resident Missy McKibbens Roper was a Hollymont camper as a child, and she has been the owner and executive director of the camp since 1992.
“Campers at Hollymont grow socially, physically and spiritually, all while gaining self-confidence, building lasting friendships with girls from all over the world, and having lots of fun,” Roper says.
Hollymont leases the property of the Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School and turns it into a camp each summer. Campers live in air-conditioned, dorm-style houses by age group. Campers enjoy the first-class amenities, including an indoor pool, sports fields and a six-acre lake, as well as cheer, tumbling and dance studios, a professional stage, a black box theater for Cirque, and art studios.
For those interested in outdoor activities, there are options such as archery, tennis, volleyball, soccer, basketball, lacrosse, pickleball, yoga and fishing. Other popular activities include cooking, sign language, Zumba, LIFE, Bible journaling and photography. Hiking, camping, horseback trail riding, a high ropes course and whitewater rafting are also available for campers seeking extra adventure.
Hollymont’s Christian focus incorporates songs and skits each morning, age-appropriate Bible stories, lessons and prayer during evening devotions, and a Sunday morning chapel service.
Traditional sessions for girls ages 7 to 15 last two weeks. Hollymont also offers a one-week starter camp for girls ages 7 to 9 and a mother-daughter weekend for moms with daughters ages 6 to 9.
