FAQ Summer Camp

Group leaders should book all programming at least 3 weeks in advance and should coordinate this with guest services at the time of the event booking when possible. More than one group may be at camp during your stay, so early booking helps assure staffing and program availability. Camp Mack provides their own lifeguards for swimming and boating, and they are required to be on duty for swimming or boating.

Only enter the lake with a lifeguard on duty or when given permission through guest services.

Swimming can be scheduled Memorial Day to Labor Day. Thunder and lightning will close the beaches for 30 minutes and will reopen 30 minutes after lightning is last seen and thunder is last heard. available late May through early September, depending on weather conditions and whether the beaches are ready. If there is thunder or lightning, swimming is delayed 30 minutes after that. The clock will restart if more lightning or thunder occurs.

• Life jackets and/or other flotation devices must be Coast Guard approved and may be worn in the shallow end of the swimming beach only. Deep end swimmers must pass a swim test that consists of swimming and treading water.
• Swimming is also available at the public Waubee Lake Beach less than a mile from Camp. This swimming beach is managed by the town of Milford.

Boating can be scheduled April through October. 

• Thunder and lightning will close the beach for 30 minutes and will reopen 30 minutes after lightning is last seen or thunder is last heard.
• White caps on the lake, a sign of high winds, will close down boating. 
• Life jackets are required to be worn and properly fastened while boating.
• Life jackets and all boating equipment is provided by Camp Mack.
• Rowboats, canoes, kayaks, and sailboats are available depending on the age and experience of your group.

Adventure activities offered include our Challenge Course (climbing tower, zipline, high ropes courses, low ropes, and team building), an archery range, and the Flying Squirrel. They are available most of the year. The availability is dependent on staff and weather. 

• Most of these we request that participants are age 10 and up. Other requirements may apply. Please contact Camp Mack for more details.
• A Camp Mack facilitator must be present and a session booked to be on the low ropes course, high ropes course, climbing tower, zip line, archery range, Flying Squirrel, and any other adventure activities.
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