Camp Tonkawa Outdoor Learning Center, Inc.

08/25/2026

Come join us. Connect with Nature. Connect with your family.

08/23/2026

As soon as this Texas August heat breaks, hope to see you all at our monthly Family camps!

Outdoor play is so important!

Who wouldn't want their kids to be happier, more focused and less anxious? (and oh so many more benefits)

08/23/2026

Horse Club meets year round. Its hot in August, cold in February, rainy in March, but all learning about what it means to own a horse of your own. Great group of kids with fantastic parents for support.

08/17/2026

Lots of evidence to back up being in Nature is a benifit to your health.

🚨BREAKING: A scientist in Japan demonstrated that the air inside a forest can strengthen your immune system for a full month.

Immunologist Qing Li of Nippon Medical School in Tokyo took 12 men on a three-day forest trip consisting of slow walks with no special breathing exercises or set routes.

Blood tests afterward showed a clear surge in natural killer cells — the immune cells that help the body fight viruses and cancerous cells.

The elevated levels were still measurable 30 days later.

A control group that walked the same distance through a city showed no change at all.

Pine, cedar, and cypress trees release airborne compounds called phytoncides as a natural defense. When people breathe them in, these compounds appear to activate immune cells.

Li’s research suggests that one forest walk a month may be enough to keep those cells elevated throughout the year.

Sometimes the best medicine does not require a prescription — just time among the trees.

08/17/2026

Wildlife Camp Water Habitat - Aug 29-30
Lots of fun water activites to stay cool.
Register your family or small Troop today!

08/13/2026

08/10/2026

Attention Teachers: Booking Fall Semester Field Trips for Public and Private School and Homeschoolers. https://www.camptonkawa.org/field-trip

08/05/2026

Calling all Homeschoolers to come and join Nature Awareness Day Camps. Fall semester Sept-Nov, once a month on 2nd Wed or 3rd Tues. Detail https://www.camptonkawa.org/day-camps

07/30/2026

Families and small scout troops welcome.
Five camps to choose from, August - December. Attend all five and receive a free Camp Tonkawa T-shirt.
Proven fact: One weekend with nature a month, improves our overall health.

07/28/2026

Preston Boyd is working on his Eagle Scout Project. Camp Tonkawa will be happy to have our Greenhouse more than double. So appreciate this gift to improve our Organic Gardening Program.