Search 15+ Summer Camps in the Oak Park Area

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About Oak Park summer camps

Prices

  • A typical week of day camp in the Oak Park area costs about $367, with half of paid options priced between $198 and $545. For comparison, a typical week in the broader Chicagoland area costs about $325.
  • Median tuition for regular camp hours is $17.14 an hour, and 37% of paid options cost less than $300 a week.
  • A week of sleepaway camp within 50 miles typically costs about $1,610.

Aid and policies

  • 42% of camps offer financial aid, 43% offer refunds, and 48% are nonprofits.

Hours and extended care

  • 15% of day camp options cover 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. including extended care, and 1 provider offers that coverage Monday through Friday.
  • Early drop-off by 8 a.m. is available for 35% of day camp options, while 20% allow pickup at 6 p.m. or later.

More options

  • Our listings include 14 day camp providers within 3 miles of Oak Park, compared with 395 in the broader Chicagoland area.
  • Camp choices continue into late summer, with day camps starting August 17 to 31 from 2 providers.
  • For families exploring sleepaway camp close to the Oak Park area, there are 46 providers with venues within 50 miles.
Data is from summer 2026

Based on summer 2026 camp listings.

Area covered

  • U.S. venues within 3 miles of the Oak Park landing-page center for day camps, and within 50 miles for sleepaway camps.
  • Broader Chicagoland comparisons use U.S. day camp venues within 40 miles of the Chicagoland landing-page center.

Prices and care

  • Typical prices are medians (the middle price) of paid camp options. Day-camp weekly tuition is adjusted to five camp days.
  • Sleepaway weekly tuition is adjusted to seven calendar days using the listed session dates.
  • Hourly tuition covers regular camp hours only, excluding extended-care hours and fees.
  • The 8-to-5 weekly price includes required, listed care fees.
  • Separate care prices are medians of listed paid weekly fees. Free care and missing fees are excluded, and packages vary.

How we count

  • Price and hour percentages count options with known prices or hours.
  • Aid, refund and nonprofit percentages count each day or sleepaway camp provider once across both areas, using October 2026 provider records.
  • Policy percentages use all those providers as the denominator, count only explicit positive records, and are rounded to the nearest whole percent.
  • Prices and hour percentages need at least 20 usable options from five providers. Sparse figures are omitted rather than filled in from a larger area.
  • Day camp provider comparisons count each provider once within each search area. The same provider can appear in both counts; regional benchmarks are separate from local figures.

Check with each camp for current prices, care packages and refund terms.