504 South Concord Road, West Chester, PA 19382-5261
TEL: 610-696-2900
lat/lon: 39.958545, -75.577895
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Horseshoe Scout Reservation
Ridge Road
Rising Sun, MD
Camp TEL: (717) 549-2525 (During Summer Camp)
Click HERE for a Road Map to Camp Horeshoe.
Click HERE for a Horseshoe Scout Reservation Camp Map.
Click HERE for a Topographic Map of Horseshoe Scout Reservation.
Click HERE for the History of Horseshoe Scout Reservation.
Horseshoe Scout Reservation occupies 1300 acres on the Octoraro River. It opened in 1928 and is in two states and two counties (Chester County, PA and Cecil County, MD). The reservation is split into two camps. Camp Horseshoe is a Boy Scout summer camp and occupies 1000 acres, and Camp Ware which is a Cub Scout and Webelos resident camp that occupies 300 acres.
They offer a beach on the river, a huge swimming pool, canoeing, kayaking, fishing, Camp Horseshoe has 16 tent campsites and 5 cabins, Adirondack (lean-tos) shelters, a dining hall, a rifle range, an archery range, a shotgun range, shower house, a C.O.P.E. course (Challenging Outdoor Personal Experience), mountain biking, an athletic field, a handycraft pavilion, an outdoor chapel, and a health lodge.
The Tent Campsites Feature: latrine, washstand, water fauscet, patrol tarps, tables, steel spring cots.
FACILITY | CAPACITY | IN-COUNCIL FEE | OUT-OF-COUNCIL FEE |
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Schramm Tent Campsite | |||
Clifton Lisle Tent Campsite | |||
Conestoga Tent Campsite | |||
Octoraro Tent Campsite | |||
Rothrock Tent Campsite | |||
Boonesboro Tent Campsite | |||
Kit Carson Tent Campsite | |||
Davy Crockett Tent Campsite | |||
Sherwood Forest Tent Campsite | |||
Bayard Taylor Tent Campsite | |||
Lenni Lenape Tent Campsite | |||
Roberts Tent Campsite | |||
Dan Beard Tent Campsite | |||
Timberline Tent Campsite | |||
Schramm Lodge | |||
Browning Lodge | |||
McIlvaine Lodge | |||
Roberts Lodge (has new kitchen) | |||
Rothrock Lodge (has new kitchen) | |||
Rothrock Lodge (has new kitchen) | |||
Roberts Adirondack | |||
Rothrock Adirondack | |||
Stockades |
Camp John H. Ware III
239 Jubilee Road
Peach Bottom, PA 17563-9740
Camp TEL: (717) 548-2786 (During Summer Camp)
Click HERE for a Map and Directions to Camp John H. Ware III (Adobe Acrobat PDF File Format).
Occupies 300 acres. It is s a Cub Scout, Webelos and Boy Scout resident camp that is open year round. They offers, a BB Gun range, an archery range, a huge swimming pool, Camp Ware has 6 tent campsites and 2 cabins, a dining hall and Family camping. Fore more details see Horseshoe Scout Reservation above.
The Tent Campsites Feature: latrine, washstand, water fauscet, patrol tarps, tables, steel spring cots.
FACILITY | CAPACITY | IN-COUNCIL FEE | OUT-OF-COUNCIL FEE |
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Sloan Lodge | |||
Lawrence Lodge (has new kitchen) | |||
Adirondacks (lean-tos) | |||
Tent Campsites | |||
Allen Memorial Dining Hall | |||
Mahlon Rossitter Center (meeting facility) |
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