Our Camp  

Presbyterian Camp Carew is located 9 miles south of Carbondale, Illinois and is located on the Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge.  Our camp includes nearly 2 miles of shoreline on beautiful Little Grassy Lake.  We are also located near Giant City State Park and The Shawnee National Forest.  This unique setting provides us with the opportunity to offer many recreational opportunities in a Christian setting.

The purpose of our camping program is to provide a setting in which the Christian faith can be experienced in fellowship with others. We seek to help people deepen their awareness of God, each other, and the natural world by providing a camp program and a setting in which personal growth can take place. Our hope is that campers will strengthen their own sense of personal worth as well as their relationship to others and to Jesus Christ.

Activities at Camp Carew are directed toward Christian community. Through group living in the small unit, campers and leaders are challenged to work, plan, play, study, sing, and worship together.

Camp Carew is an agency of the Southeastern Illinois Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and is accredited by the American Camp Association.