This weeklong adventure day camp includes planned activities including: the Four Mounds challenge ropes course, canoeing, caving, ecosystem adventure at Catfish Creek, nature survival, arts and crafts, team building and hiking. The camp runs Monday through Friday, from approximately 8:45 am to 3:15 pm. Dress for outdoor activities and bring a sack lunch; all other supplies are provided by the camp. Convenient pick-up and drop-off locations are at Lincoln School, Jackson Park, and Audubon School.

Four Mounds, a Dubuque Landmark Site, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a Silos and Smokestacks National Heritage Area affiliate site. A model of volunteerism and community partnering at its best, Four Mounds is a non-profit organization with a mission to preserve and educate. We make the historic Four Mounds estate available in a variety of exciting ways...

The site is focused around the historic Grey House, a 1908 Arts & Crafts styled mansion designed by the Chicago architect Lawrence Buck. The cultured grounds were planned out by Chicago landscape architect A. Phelps Wyman. Many buildings on the estate's farm campus were built between 1908 and 1911, including the Barn/Garage, Chauffuer's House, Gardener's House and the Root Cellar. George A. Burden and his wife Viola developed this gentleman's farm in the country outside Dubuque in order to raise their children, George (Bill) and Viola. The Burdens were able to enjoy an idyllic country lifestyle, with downtown Dubuque accessible through the use of their automobile, allowing Mr. Burden to commute to work on a daily basis.



Bill Burden married Elizabeth Adams in 1924 and the second primary residence on site was built for them, the White House. The architect of the White House is unknown, but it is in a traditional Colonial Revival style and always featured its signature white clapboards, columns and interior trim. The Burdens raised their three girls, Frindy, Vidie and Betsy, in the White House. Mrs. Burden occupied the home and the estate until her death.