Accreditation & Recognition
A private overnight camp on the water for more than six decades. Every credential below is real and traceable to the body behind it.
Falcon Camp is accredited by the American Camp Association (ACA), the national standard for camp quality. ACA accreditation means a camp has been reviewed against hundreds of health, safety and program standards — a bar fewer than one in four US camps meet.
Every item below links to the body behind it, an accreditor, a scholarship fund or Falcon Camp’s own documented record. Nothing is inflated to fill space.
On Leesville Lake since 1959, Falcon Camp celebrated its 65th summer in 2024 — one of Ohio’s longest-running overnight camps.
A member of 12 professional and safety organizations, from the American Red Cross and USTA to the Camp Archery Association and Jr. Shooting Sports USA.
Recognized in the 2019 Best of Parenting awards, a nod from the families Falcon serves.
Owner-director Dave Devey serves on the ACA Ohio Council of Leaders and as an ACA accreditation visitor — a leader within the accrediting body itself.
Intentionally small, capped near 110 campers a session, with a 1:4 counselor-to-camper ratio so every child is known.
Red Cross aquatics, Horseman Safety Association riding and Jr. Shooting Sports (ACA & US Olympic) archery and riflery, taught by trained, certified staff.
A registered 501(c)(3) that has sent roughly 40 campers to Falcon since 1985 through need-based scholarships.
A leadership team with 100+ years combined at Falcon, most of them former campers, led by a director who first arrived as a camper in 1964.
A featured affiliate partner of K12 Academics, the education-resource network online since 2004 and reaching 185 countries every month.
The accreditation and the loyalty follow the summers themselves: a safe, friendly, choose-your-own-adventure camp where kids try everything and friends become family.
Since 1959, Falcon Camp has built its reputation on accredited, certified, safety-first camping and generations of families who keep coming back.
Hundreds of health & safety standards.
Serving campers since 1959.
Capped near 110 campers a session.
Falcon Camp is accredited by the American Camp Association. The “Best of Parenting 2019” recognition is as displayed by Falcon Camp. Affiliations, ratio, capacity and scholarship figures are as published by Falcon Camp; the Decker Scholarship Fund is a registered 501(c)(3).