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Lithuanian Youth Camp "Dainava"
Location and directions

 
 

Summer camps have been held at "Dainava" since the early 1960's when the Lithuanian Roman Catholic Federation of America purchased the 225 acre site.  Camp Dainava's location within convenient driving distances from Detroit, Chicago, Toronto, Hamilton, and Cleveland have made it a popular location for Lithuanian summer camps and off-season retreats.

Location and directions

Topographic maps of Dainava

Camp Dainava air photo

Sculpture at Camp Dainava

Lithuanian Language Course

Registration, Cost and Travel

 

Located in the Irish Hills of southern Michigan, Dainava boasts a 5-acre lake called "Spyglys" or Thorn Lake, a rolling topography and impressive oak and pine forests.  A natural ampitheater is the site of numerous evening bonfires or "lau�ai".  Campers live in either the girls or the boys barracks or in the "White House".  Off-season accomodations are limited to the heated "White House"

CAMP DAINAVA (map and directions)
15100 Austin Road
Manchester, Michigan  48158
734 428-8919

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Spyglys Lake

Travel directions:

Air
Fly to Detroit Metro Airport.  Drive west on  Interstate 94 and follow driving directions

Driving
Interstate 94 to Chelsea/Manchester exit.  South to the center of the Town of Manchester.  West on Austin Road seven miles to Camp Dainava.

Camp Dainava is about a five hour drive from Chicago and Toronto and about one hour from Detroit.

 

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