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Back when it was Camp Steiner, it was the highest-elevation Boy Scout camp in the country at 10,400 feet, and campers had to hike a mile to get into the camp. The camp's buildings date back to the ...
Chimney Park Boy Scout Camp offers year-round camping, especially winter camps, at an altitude of about 9,000 feet (2,700 m). The winter snow depth varies typically from 30 to 150 cm (1 to five feet), and the winter daytime high temperatures vary typically from -9 to +7 °C (+15 to +45 °F) The winter nighttime low temperatures vary typically ...
The three-day, adult women-only camp, which started at $600 per person, offered a schedule similar to traditional sleepaway camps. Its attendees could try archery, rock climbing, yoga, and kayaking.
The site was called "New" Camp Powhatan to distinguish it from the council's original camp, "Old" Camp Powhatan. The other base camp, Camp Ottari, was opened in the summer of 1962. After occupying a site leased by the Appalachian Power Company for over 10 years, the Claytor Lake Aquatics Base was established in the summer of 2008. [citation needed]
The She-She-She Camps were camps for unemployed women that were organized by Eleanor Roosevelt (ER) in the United States as a counterpart to the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) programs designed for unemployed men. ER found that the men-only focus of the CCC program left out young women who were willing to work in conservation and forestry ...
Camp Bowman is the only camp in Virginia with an action archery course, where Scouts participate in shooting at aerial, moving ground, field, and long distance targets. [21] In addition, Bowman is the only camp on Goshen Scout Reservation with a rabbit clay trap on their shotgun range.
Plans for The Summit began in 2007 when BSA leadership began looking for a permanent location for the National Scout Jamboree, which had been held at Fort Walker (at the time Fort A.P. Hill), Virginia since 1981 as well as seeking another high adventure base for the large number of Scouts who are wait-listed at the other three high adventure camps every year. [2]
Camp Timanous is a summer camp in Raymond, Maine.It offers a traditional [1] program of land and water activities, aimed at developing "Body, Mind, and Spirit". [1] Camp Timanous is both a progenitor [2] of the Maine sleepaway camping tradition [3] and industry [4] and is one of the oldest continually operating summer camps in America.