Boys Join Scouting To Go Camping

Located in south-central Pennsylvania, the York-Adams Area Council is blessed with three outstanding camping facilities - Camp Tuckahoe near Dillsburg, PA; Wizard Ranch in Hellam Township; and Camp Conewago near New Oxford, PA. While Camp Tuckahoe serves as the council's summer camp, all three camps are available year-round with a variety of camping opportunities and facilities available.

This section of our site provides visitors with information on the various facilities and programs available at all three camps. Should you need any additional information or wish to place a reservation at any of the council camps, please contact the Camping Service at the Council Service Center at (717) 843-0901 or (800) 569-5197 (outside York).

Camp Tuckahoe

Tuckahoe is located near Dillsburg, PA and has served as the council's summer camp since 1948. With 1,300 acres of lush wooded hills, Tuckahoe is a Scout camp rich in the purest traditions of Scout camping while offering campers of all ages outstanding challenges and adventures.

With nearly $5 million of construction and renovations that were completed in 2003, Tuckahoe sports an air-conditioned dining hall that comfortably seats 500 campers at a time, a 186,000-gallon swimming pool, plus a state-of-the-art Cub World that provides outstanding summer camp programs designed just for our Cub Scout campers.

Boy Scout campers will enjoy the wide array of merit badge opportunities available at Tuckahoe, an outstanding first-year camper program and a challenging Project COPE course for older Scout campers.

Wizard Ranch

Carefully preserved as a primitive camping area, Wizard Ranch is a 300-acre wilderness area located in eastern York County near the Susquehanna River and is available for year-round short-term camping or day use.

Wizard Ranch also serves as the home for one of York-Adams Area Council's signature events - The Great Wizard Safari - which happens every four years and attracts thousands of Scouts and visitors to the property.

Camp Conewago

One of the oldest Scout camps in the United States (first used in 1919), Camp Conewago is located near New Oxford, PA - just north of Hanover, PA.

Camp Conewago is available year-round and provides tent camping opportunities as well as cabins available for rental.

Special Camping Opportunities

2010 National Scout Jamboree

The York-Adams Area Council, BSA will be sending a council contingent consisting of three troops (total of 108 Scouts and 12 adult leaders to the 2010 National Scout Jamboree July 26 to August 4, 2010 at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia.

This will be the final National Jamboree held at Fort A.P. Hill and with the Boy Scouts of America celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2010, you can be sure this National Jamboree will be outstanding.

Rendezvous at Sherman's Creek

This Scout encampment, which will include participants from both Keystone Area and York-Adams Area Councils, will be a fun-filled and action-packed weekend for the entire Scouting family. Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts, Venturers, and their families are all invited to Hidden Valley Scout Reservation near Loysville, PA, for an old-fashioned “rendezvous” on October 2-4, 2009.

This event commemorates the “rendezvous” of old, when frontiersmen would gather to share news and trade for needed goods. Honoring that pioneer heritage, the theme for this event will be “Conquering All Horizons” which will focus on the United States’ historical and technological accomplishments.

Volunteer staff members will be needed from both councils to make this event a success - a staff application is available now that can be downloaded, printed out, and returned to the council service center.