Summer camp directors across the country are weighing whether to open their doors to kids during the pandemic. | Thomas Barwick/Getty Images

“Social distancing is the opposite of what camp is supposed to be like.”

The future of summer camps has been decided. And among the 14,000 across the country — from a horse ranch in Wyoming to a science lab in Seattle — there is by no means a consensus.

Many camps have opted to write off 2020 as a lost cause, while some, especially in more rural areas, are expecting to hold camp as normal. Others tried to split the difference: This will be the summer of virtual camp.

The decision-making around whether to close is a strange patchwork. While some states and counties landed hard on one side of the debate — most prominently, Minnesota blocked all overnight