Day Camp for Children | West Park Baptist Church, Delray Beach

westpark-baptistdaycamp.com once led to the Day Camp for Children page of West Park Baptist Church in Delray Beach, and this page keeps a record of it. It is not run by West Park Baptist Church and cannot take registrations, bookings or inquiries; for the camp itself, see westpark-baptist.com.

About the Camp

Since 1984, Children's Day Camp at West Park Baptist Church has given local families a learning and activity solution to the School Break Problem for children ages 5 to 15, with crafts, sports, games and an awards ceremony in a safe, caring environment.

The camp page explained the problem simply. During the school year, parents can be confident that their children are well cared for, well supervised and busy with educational and recreational activities at school. During school breaks, working parents need a place that provides supervised activities in a clean, safe environment.

The camp page described its grounds: an on-site swimming pool, which it said made West Park one of the few day camps with a pool of its own, five acres of play area and a fenced-in playground, with swimming supervised by lifeguards and counselors.

In 2025, its 42nd year, the camp described itself as one of Palm Beach County's oldest day camps, with more than 4,900 camp alumni.

Delray Beach from the air, with the Atlantic Ocean beyond

Delray Beach from the air, looking east to the Atlantic. The camp page's own photographs showed campers, so the pictures on this page are of Delray Beach and nearby places.

Camp Highlights

More details:

The Camp Grounds

On-site swimming pool
Five acres of play area
Fenced-in playground area
Canteen for drinks and snacks

Who it was for

Children ages 5 to 15
Juniors, ages 5 to 12
Teens, ages 13 to 15
Working parents during school breaks

Gallery

Delray Beach and nearby places, from Wikimedia Commons

The Atlantic Avenue drawbridge raised over the Intracoastal Waterway

A great blue heron at Wakodahatchee Wetlands

The Roji-en garden sign at the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens

Waterfront homes across the water in Delray Beach

Sunrise reflected in the water at Wakodahatchee Wetlands

A green heron in duckweed at Wakodahatchee Wetlands

Photos via Wikimedia Commons. Top of page: Cmhealy, CC BY-SA 4.0. About: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0. Banner: maarit u, CC BY 3.0.

Gallery, in order: Brother Ralphie, CC BY-SA 2.0; Dori, CC BY-SA 3.0; Emilyenjoysbooks, CC BY 4.0; maarit u, CC BY 3.0; Johnskate17, CC BY-SA 3.0; Kathy & sam, CC BY 2.0.

Things to do: Daniel Di Palma, CC BY-SA 4.0; Johnskate17, public domain; David Balmer, CC BY 3.0.

From day camp to family camping

A summer day camp is often where a child first finds out how much fun the outdoors can be, and plenty of families go on to camp together. lexrope.com has tents with room for the whole family, The Camping Fire shares camping stories and guides, and anyone planning a trip to Britain can compare UK campsites before they book.

Things to do nearby

A stone and wooden bridge in the Morikami gardens

Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens

Japanese gardens, a bonsai garden and museum galleries on farmland that George Morikami gave to Palm Beach County as a park.

Wakodahatchee Wetlands

A three-quarter-mile boardwalk with shaded gazebos crosses ponds, marsh and islands built for nesting and roosting birds.

Waves breaking on the beach at Delray Beach under a cloudy sky

Delray Municipal Beach

A mile and a half of public beach on the Atlantic, centered on the east end of Atlantic Avenue in downtown Delray Beach.

West Park Baptist Church Children's Day Camp