Cherokee Y Camp - Half Pint

All I wanted to know was if I could use their kayak launch as a non-member. I emailed this place several times and no one answered until the third time when they said they don’t know anything and couldn’t answer any of my questions and I’d have to call. So I call. The person I got also couldn’t tell me anything about if I could launch my kayak from this location or not. So I drive all the way down there today thinking worst case scenario I could pay a fee. NOPE! There is a huge chain link gate that closes off the entire road. Not a soul was around to ask for help. The sign said “visitors visit the office” but there is no office. There’s a shack that’s rotting and caving in with spider webs on the door handle making it clear no one’s been there in a long time. I was shocked that the two people who responded to me didn’t even know that the place they worked at had a gate! How do you not know that? Don’t you pass through it to go to work everyday? Staff seems completely incompetent.

What a fabulous camp. Beautiful grounds and lots of first class activities for the kids. Lake is beautiful too. Terrific place to spend the summer. My grandsons will sign up again next year

Do not recommend! When I asked my son what he wanted to do this summer his only answer was to learn how to fish. When I found the YMCA fishing camp he was so excited. He’s never fished before and couldn’t wait. Of the 5 camps he was registered for, this one was all he talked about. When registered I was quick to get emailed a receipt so I knew our email address was accurate but they never sent anything else about what to expect or what the kids need to bring or anything at all. When he was picked up after his first day he was crying. He never got to fish or play any games. The counselors left the kids alone to fish without teaching or telling them anything. And only one kid there had a fishing rod. When we questioned about that they said we are supposed to send our kid with fishing supplies yet the website didn’t have any information on what we needed and there were zero emails or texts or any contact even confirming that camp was even coming up much less that we needed to provide anything. He also said that when it was time to play games, the counselors wouldn’t let them play and just yelled at them. That they used bad language and were really mean. At first I thought maybe there were some kids being really bad, but no. They were yelling and cussing around the whole group not allowing them to play anything. Camps are expensive. Pay hundreds for your kid to go to this fishing camp and he won’t be shown a single thing about fishing and will get yelled by angry cussing counselors and come home crying.

Whenever i went here, it was fine, i made friends and other stuff but my main problems are, #1 they don't let you bring your phone, and if you did then they would take it away. #2 i got athletes foot from this place, their bathrooms at their "cleaned pool" is not clean, it in fact would usually have pee and unknown substances on the floor, and the pool? don;t even get me started. just don't take your kid here during the summer, only the school breaks and what not but i don't have as much a problem with number 1 than i do with number 2.

Really nice. We can enjoy rock climbing up a wall and spring Sports. You can also enjoy outdoor sports like baseball and basketball. And of course the lake is right there near you. I saw it for the first time today and the entire area is absolutely wonderful