Each year scores of new girls from all over the world join us at Camp Nakanawa for one of our sessions. We hope you will decide that Camp Nakanawa should be a part of your summer too. Nakanawa, a private summer camp for girls, is located high on the Cumberland Plateau, in Crossville, Tennessee. At an elevation of 2,000 feet Nakanawa enjoys clean, fresh, mountain air, and an average summer temperature of 75 degrees. The environment is ideal for days spent out of doors.
Through pictures, we can share a little of the outside of camp. Scenes of Lake Aloaloa, the 150 acre lake, which is the center of Nakanawa with Junior Camp on one side, Senior Camp set on the other shore. Scenes of the rolling fields and beautiful forest that make up the 1,000 acres for which Nakanawa is named. Our buildings, the cabins, the facilities all of this is the outside of Nakanawa. But seeing this does not show you the inside, the real heart of Nakanawa, the part that makes this camp different from the hundreds of other camps with sparkling lakes and beautiful grounds. So as you look at scenes of the external features of camp, we will try to share with you some of the inner aspects that make Nakanawa so special.
First, the unique people who make each season possible: The Camp Directors, Ann & Pepe Perron, are dedicated to preserving the traditions of Nakanawa. Ann, who was first a camper, then a counselor has spent over 35 summers at Nakanawa. Together, Ann & Pepe work to ensure that Nakanawa remains a place of beauty and wholesome fun. Working with them are the Counselors and Staff, college students and graduates, teachers and Moms, who come to be enriched through the experiences gained from working with young girls in such a beautiful, wholesome atmosphere.
Many of the counselors are former campers who hope to pass on to the girls they work with the love they have for Nakanawa. This love has been passed on from counselor to camper from Mother to Daughter, for over half a century and this legacy of tradition is a very special part of Nakanawa.
