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WATERMARKS
CAM P & RETR E AT CE NTE R
GAMES AND ACTIVITIES
Summer 2020
Table of Contents
2- Full Activities List Overview
3- New for Summer 2020
4- Group/Team Activities
5- Group/Team Activities
6- Night Activities
7- Night Activities
8- Free REC Time Activites
9- Open All Time ActivitiesGAMES AND ACTIVITIES
Summer 2020
group/team ACTIVITIES FREE REC TIME ACTIVITIES
1.5-2 hours for each activity Most will be open everyday during Free REC Time
Connect Course Cyclone Spin
Corn Maze Mega Spin
Mud Tug of War Zipline
Survivor Rockwall
Low Ropes I & II Fishing Lake (canoeing, kayaking, paddleboards)
High Ropes Course 50 Leap of Faith (section of high ropes)
Obs Course Archery/Driving Ranges
Field Games Shooting Range HS shotguns
Shooting/Driving/Archery Ranges Escape Room 20
Indoor Team Building Paintball 40/session
Wiffleball/Kickball 3 Pt. Shootout (in Worship Center)
Mind Games Creative Art Projects
Swim Time at the Lake Basketball, Volleyball, Tetherball (always open)
River Tubing 75/session Cornhole, KanJam, Spikeball (always open)
GagaBall, Skatepark (always open)
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1-2 hours for each activity
Field Games Bus to Activity
Party at the River
Scavenger Hunt
Signup at Breakfast
PacMan
Glow Capture the Flag Group split into teams,
Staff Hunt
rotate through activities
Movie Night + Popcorn
Camp Auction Max capacity for activity
Wiffleball/Kickball
Campfire/Smores
Human Battleship Age restriction for activity
Indoor Team Building
Clue Seasonal
Giant Jenga
Night Scrabble Paintball Additional Fee required
Talent Show + Popcorn
Gaga Tournament
Snack provided by WM
Multiple ways to play activity
2GAMES AND ACTIVITIES
Summer 2020
neW for Summer 2020
SURVIVOR COURSE tribal war or group/team activity
4 brand new elements designed for group team building and/or tribal war competitions. We can do one element daily as a
weeklong competition for Tribal Wars or just run through as a team building course!
Recommended group size- 10-200
ESCAPE ROOM free rec time and group/team activity 20
Sign you and your friends up for an escape room challenge during Free REC Time. Signups will happen at breakfast time the
morning of. Also you can book the Escape room for a team building activity, up to 20 people.
Recommended group size- 0-20
CORN MAZE group/team or night activity
This year at Watermarks, we’re offering 2 new corn mazes. One trivia maze (you must work as a team to find all questions and find the
answers to the puzzle) and a hole punch maze (first team to find all of the punches on their card and gets out wins!) Open July-December
Recommended group size- 0-unlimited
DRIVING RANGE free rec time activity
We’ve added our twist to a Driving Range Challenge. Grab your friends and head down during Free REC Time to compete to
win rounds and see how good your swing is!
Recommended group size- 0-30
PACMAN group/team or night activity
Play as Ghosts or Pacmen, and try to outlast your peers in the human version of Pacman, now in the Maze of Survivor!
Recommended group size- 0-200
SCAVENGER HUNT night activity
Each team is given a clue sheet and must venture around camp with their teams, gather clues and return to their meeting
space to solve the riddle. Solve the new riddle with all new stations/locations, complete the task and you win!
Recommended group size- 0-200
MIND GAMES group/team activity
Groups will be split into teams and must work together to accomplish different challenges using your mind to strategically
accomplish each task. Updated for 2020 with all new stations!
Recommended group size- Unlimited (split into groups of 10-20)
CAMP AUCTION indoor or night activity
Each team will be given a bag full of items. When the game starts, a picture of an item will come up. Each team has to use
what’s in their pillowcase to create that item. Leaders are the judges, and they pick who has the best item that round. Most
round wins at the end of the game wins! All new items in your bags and new items to create!
Recommended group size- Unlimited
3GAMES AND ACTIVITIES
Summer 2020
GROUP/TEAM ACTIVITIES
SURVIVOR COURSE tribal war or group/team activity
4 brand new elements designed for group team building and/or tribal war competitions. We can do one element daily as a
weeklong competition for Tribal Wars or just run through as a team building course!
Recommended group size- 10-200
ESCAPE ROOM 20
Sign you and your friends up for an escape room challenge during Free REC Time. Signups will happen at breakfast time the
morning of. Also you can book the Escape room for a team building activity, up to 20 people.
Recommended group size- 0-20
CORN MAZE
This year at Watermarks, we’re offering 2 new corn mazes. One trivia maze (you must work as a team to find all questions and find the
answers to the puzzle) and a hole punch maze (first team to find all of the punches on their card and gets out wins!) Open July-December
Recommended group size- 0-unlimited
PACMAN team/group or night activity
Play as Ghosts or Pacmen, and try to outlast your peers in the human version of Pacman, now in the Maze of Survivor!
Recommended group size- 0-200
MIND GAMES
Groups will be split into teams and must work together to accomplish different challenges using your mind to strategically
accomplish each task. Updated for 2020 with all new stations!
Recommended group size- Unlimited (split into groups of 10-20)
CONNECT COURSE
This is a team building course all built around staying connected! It’s very similar to a low ropes course, just your whole team
will learn more about staying connected and not being able to do everything on your own. Updated for 2020 with a new twist!
Recommended group size- Unlimited (split into groups of 10-20)
HIGH ROPES COURSE 50
Head high into the air on our two-tier, self-belayed high ropes system and conquer your fears!
Recommended group size- 0-50
LOW ROPES I COURSE
This is the heart of Watermarks Camp. The Low Ropes Course is an outdoor course with different elements designed to build
groups into better teams focusing on teamwork, communication, leadership and other important group dynamics.
Recommended group size- Unlimited (split into groups of 10-20)
LOW ROPES II COURSE
The Low Ropes II course focuses on teambuilding, encouragement, and communication. With a more challenging
environment, it pushes each team to work together and builds a great environment for growth.
Recommended group size- Unlimited (split into groups of 10-20)
4GAMES AND ACTIVITIES
Summer 2020
GROUP/TEAM ACTIVITIES
MUD TUG OF WAR
A true camp classic. Teams get split up and they go tournament style and have a blast all in the same. Bring clothes you can
get ruined because this game is messy and awesome all in the same.
Recommended group size- 10-200
OBSTACLE COURSE
The Obstacle Course, like many other activities at Watermarks can be customized to fit your group’s dynamics. Spend your
time there racing against each team, working out each obstacle as a team building element, or splitting into partners with
one blindfolded to increase your communication, trust and teamwork skills!
Recommended group size- 0-50
FIELD GAMES
Field games gives you 6+ activites to split up into teams and rotate through. Bring your group over, split up and have a blast!
Recommended group size- 0-200
INDOOR TEAM BUILDING
Our indoor teambuilding is a great way for groups to have some fun, laid back time of building teamwork and unity. Students
can spend a morning or afternoon rotating through each station. These collections of teambuilding games are especially
great in cold or rainy weather.
Recommended group size- 0-unlimited
SHOOTING/ARCHERY RANGE HS shotguns
Using rifles and shotguns (shotguns & skeet shooting for rising 8th graders and up) for youth and adults, allow your students
the opportunity to learn gun safety and practice their aim shooting at targets and clay pigeons. Archery is also offered at the
range for all ages. Certified shooting instructors instruct all activities at the courses. NOW OFFERING AX THROWING WITH
SHOOTING RANGE! Skeet Shooting, Shotguns and Ax Throwing for High School only and up!
Recommended group size- 0-50
SWIM TIME AT THE LAKE & RIVER TUBING 75/session
Our lake at Watermarks is the place to be in the summer! With two Waterslides, an 800 ft. Water Zipline, the Blob, water
trampolines, and floating pontoons, the lake is a place for everyone. We also have the Sugar Shack open where pretzels, sno-
cones and pizzas are for sale. We also offer River Tubing on the James!
Recommended group size- Unlimited
5GAMES AND ACTIVITIES
Summer 2020
night ACTIVITIES
SCAVENGER HUNT
Each team is given a clue sheet and must venture around camp with their teams, gather the clues and return to their meet-
ing space to solve the riddle all while staying connected. Solve the new riddle with all new stations/locations, complete the
task and you win!
Recommended group size- 0-200
PARTY AT THE RIVER
Party at the River is a mixture of a couple of activities. This is great for large groups who want a lot of activities to choose from
in one place. We have music, campfire/smores, wiffleball/kickball, cornhole, kanjam, spikeball and ladderball.
Recommended group size- Unlimited
CORN MAZE
This year at Watermarks, we’re offering 2 new corn mazes. One trivia maze (you must work as a team to find all questions and find the
answers to the puzzle) and a hole punch maze (first team to find all of the punches on their card and gets out wins!) Open July-December
Recommended group size- Unlimited
FIELD GAMES
With a fully lighted field, Field Games gives you 6+ activites to split up into teams and rotate through. Bring your group over,
split up and have a blast!
Recommended group size- 0-200
PACMAN
Play as Ghosts or Pacmen, and try to outlast your peers in the human version of Pacman! Now in the Maze of Survivor!
Recommended group size- 0-200
CAMP AUCTION
Each team will be given a bag full of items. When the game starts, a picture of an item will come up. Each team has to use
what’s in their bag to create that item. Leaders are the judges, picking who has the best item that round. Most round wins at
the end of the game wins! All new items in your bags and new items to create!
Recommended group size- Unlimited
STAFF HUNT
The students are split up into cabin groups and go on a hunt for the staff and leaders. Once finding the staff member or lead-
er, they must continue on the journey with the group and bring the staff member or leader back to the starting point. At the
end of the hunt, the team with the most points wins.
Recommended group size- Unlimited
CAMPFIRE/SMORES
What’s camp without a campfire? Pick a night to get your group together and roast some s’mores and we’ll make it happen!
Everyone’s camp experience should include some time at the campfire pit. Whether it’s a fun night with s’mores and laugh-
ter or a serious night of reflection, make your time here complete with a night around the fire! We’ll provide the smores!
Recommended group size- Unlimited
WIFFLEBALL/KICKBALL
This is a great morning or night activity that can be turned into a weeklong tournament or just a day game! The options are
endless! Want to switch it up a bit? We’ll bring out the kickball and enjoy this childhood classic too!
Recommended group size- 10-100
6GAMES AND ACTIVITIES
Summer 2020
night ACTIVITIES
HUMAN BATTLESHIP
The whole group is divided into two teams separated by a large barrier. Players sit on either side and throw balls back and
forth to try and “sink” the other side. The game continues until one team has successfully hit and eliminated the other team.
Recommended group size- 0-50
NIGHT PAINTBALL
Your team, sent one at a time, must compete to gather building blocks around the course. Group leaders will have paintball
guns trying to hold back the players from getting the blocks. While gathering blocks, teams are working to build the tallest
tower. Tallest and strongest tower wins the game!
Recommended group size- 0-100
MOVIE NIGHT
Enjoy a movie (your pick or ours) with your group while snacking on some fresh popcorn, provided by camp. Movies can be
enjoyed inside your meeting space or can be done drive-in style out on the beach with a screen! We’ll provide the popcorn!
Recommended group size- Unlimited
GAGABALL TOURNAMENT
Our version of dodge ball, your students will love playing in our GAGA Pit. A game that has become an addictive favorite
among campers and staff, GAGA is great for a friendly organized tournament or a free time activity.
Recommended group size- Unlimited
GIANT JENGA
This game is exactly how it sounds. It’s the game that many of us grew up playing, but with a few added twists. Split your
students into teams that play against each other to keep the tower growing without letting it tumble. But watch out! If the
piece your team pulls out has a task written on it, the task must be completed before continuing!
Recommended group size- 0-50
CLUE
Gather your team and get your clue cards and dice. Roll the dice to determine how many steps you can take to the multiple
stations to gain info on your clue card. Using the process of elimination, the first time to figure out the scenario wins!
Recommended group size- Unlimited
TALENT SHOW
Get in groups/cabins or by individual talents, and perform for everyone. Let the camp staff run the talent show or you can
take the reigns for a night of fun and skill. It can be skits, group or individual performances, however you want to run it or
want us to. Usually schedule a prep time before if you choose group performance. We’ll provide the popcorn!
Recommended group size- Unlimited
7GAMES AND ACTIVITIES
Summer 2020
FREE REC TIME ACTIVITIES
CYCLONE SPIN
Grab 3 of your friends and jump on the cyclone spin. The harder your push/pull, the faster you spin!
MEGA SPIN
Grab a friend and spin around the mega spin! A staff member will get you going, you decide how long you can last.
ZIPLINE
We offer a 500 ft. zipline through the woods. Come conquer your fear and zip through the trees.
ROCKWALL
With 5 sections of difficulty, see if you can climb all the way to the top of each!
FISHING LAKE
Grab a paddleboard, kayak or a canoe and head out on the lake. Lifejackets are required.
LEAP OF FAITH
This is a section of high ropes and you must climb to the top and jump off the pole and touch the hanging element!
ARCHERY/DRIVING RANGES
Hit a few golf balls or shoot some arrows! Win free camp gear for your accuracy as well.
SHOOTING RANGE HS shotguns
Learn proper gun safety, shoot rifles or shotguns with NRA instructors. HS and up for Shotguns
ESCAPE ROOM 20
Sign your group of 20 up at breakfast time and see how long it takes you to escape!
PAINTBALL 40/session
Sign up at breakfast and get to shooting! You’ll get to play through multiple games and scenarios!
3 POINT SHOOTOUT
Test your basketball shot in the Worship Center as the clock ticks down.
CREATIVE ART PROJECTS
Signup at breakfast to get in on the project of the day! Every day there will be a new project offered!
8GAMES AND ACTIVITIES
Summer 2020
open all the time ACTIVITIES
BASKETBALL, VOLLEYBALL, TETHERBALL, CORNHOLE, KANJAM, SPIKEBALL
These are open anytime, so if you have some down time, feel free to jump on these!
GAGABALL
GagaBall is open anytime, so if you have some down time, feel free to jump in a game! We have 2 pits for playing!
SKATEPARK
Bring your board and helmet and enjoy our park! We offer a half-pipe and multiple ramps and rails! Helmet required
CHILLVILLE
Chillville is always open for lounging, so pick a hammock and enjoy the peace and quiet. You can grab your own in the Camp
Store!
CHECKERS
Play a life size scaled game of checkers anytime in front of our camp store!
CONNECT 4
Grab a friend a play large connect four anytime!
PING PONG
We have multiple outdoor ping pong tables for the avid players!
POOL TABLE
Enjoy a game of pool with friends during down time!
BOARD GAMES
Enjoy many options of board games in the Cafe!
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