List of the Best Survival Schools in the USA

This list of 29 best survival schools tells you where to learn wilderness survival skills, primitive skills, trapping, permaculture, and urban survival.

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Key Details About Wilderness Schools
NOLS' mission is to be the leading source and teacher of wilderness skills and leadership that serve people and the environment. Our community—staff, students, trustees, and alumni—shares a commitment to wilderness , education, leadership, safety, community, and excellence.
Wilderness Courses Sprouts Parent/Child ages 2-5 Classes encourage students to connect within themselves and to the earth, their peers and their parent. Each class includes free play, yoga and sensory awareness games, music, beautiful literature, adventure hikes and nature journaling.

Outdoor School Directory
Our outdoor school directory is the most comprehensive list of outdoor schools (forest schools , nature schools ) in the U.S. and Canada.
Seasoned instructors teach wilderness survival, mentoring, wildlife tracking, and more. NatureMe

Twin Eagles
Nature school and wilderness survival school offering free articles and programs in wilderness survival, permaculture, ethnobotany, wildlife tracking, nature based mentoring, bird language, inner tracking, and more.
About NOLS Who We Are National Outdoor Leadership School NOLS is a nonprofit global wilderness school that believes in the transformative power of leadership through wilderness education. We are dedicated to developing leaders by providing immersive experiences that challenge you to step beyond your comfort zone and unlock your full potential.
Montana Wilderness School
Montana Wilderness School provides empowering expeditionary wilderness courses to youth that foster personal growth and cultivate a conservation ethic through connecting with remote landscapes and wild places.




Courses on wilderness survival, wild edible & medicinal plants, permaculture, wildlife tracking, and outdoor education. Nature & Survival School .