Manor House
Manor House is an old farm house previously owned by the farmer just
outside the gate (who was, incidentally, born in Manor). It is the
first unit that can be seen as you head towards the front gate. The
CITs live there. It includes a foyer, kitchen, great room, downstairs
bedroom for staff, and three bedrooms upstairs for campers. There is a
wraparound front porch, and a latrine just out the door. It was
redecorated by a small group of Girl Scouts for their Silver Award in
2004.
Cypress Meadows
Cypress Meadows is
usually used as a bicycle unit, because of its flat terrain. It is in a
meadow right next to the front gate, near Manor House. It consists of
six platform tents.
Bright Star
Bright Star is a unit of
three cabins next to the Old Dining Hall. It has been used as the Roughin' It unit and the male staff unit in the past.
The largest cabin is fully equipped with a kitchen.
Skyview
Skyview is a unit of nine platform tents on
a hillside, up the hill from Luckystone. Its rocky paths and numerous
trees make it one of the prettiest units on camp. It is usually used
for programs for older girls.
Border Village
Border Village is a unit
of six A-frame cabins and a platform tent (for the staff) at the bottom
of a hill next to Gypsy Dell. It is usually used for the youngest
one-week programs, since the cabins are both smaller and feel more
secure than the tents.
The Glen
The Glen is a unit of nine
platform tents on a rocky hillside near Skyview. The staff sleeps in
two adirondaks at the bottom of the hill. It is usually used for older
one-week campers.
Gypsy Dell
Gypsy Dell is a unit of nine platform
tents on a hillside between Border Village and Conestoga. It is used
for a variety of programs, usually for older campers, including the
increasingly popular Center Stage and After Hours programs. It has the
oldest kitchen shelter on camp.
Rocky Ledges
Rocky Ledges is located right on the
New Side of the main dip in the road, between the New Dining Hall and
Wohl. It consists of three "pods:" double hexagons that can house up to
eight campers each. Because of the more secure feeling of the pods, and
the flat terrain, it is another good unit for younger campers or
bicycle programs. It is also sometimes used as the Roughin' It base.
Tanda
Tanda is located next to Petite
Chalet and the pool, and is made up of nine platform tents. It has mainly been
a Bits'n'Bridles unit for many years, and probably will continue to be
one in the future.
Ahwenasa
Ahwenasa is made up of nine platform tents in a small meadow between
Tanda and Kiamecia. It often houses younger campers, or sometimes a
bicycle program. It has two totem poles across the creek, carved in the
1970s for the Ahwenasa Indian Ceremony tradition, and is home to the
oldest ET on camp, "Clyde."
Kiamecia
Kiamecia is made up of nine
tents, and is located at the end of a gravel road past Ahwenasa. It is
usually a horseback riding unit, for Saddle Sense and sometimes Bits'n'Bridles.
It is another flat unit, though it has too many trees to be considered
a meadow.
Timber Trails
Timber Trails is located on
a hillside across from the Lower Corral. It is made up of nine tents,
and houses another unit of Bits'n'Bridles campers.
Gail's Place
Gail's Place, or the Senior Lodge, is at the top of Cardiac Hill, up
the hill from archery and down the hill from the Upper Corral. It is
home to the WITs, who deserve some indoor plumbing after a hard day's
work. Gail's Place features a bathroom complete with toilets, showers,
and sinks, a large sleeping area partitioned into groups of two bunk
beds each, a staff room, a staff bathroom, a large great room, a full
kitchen with more dishes and utensils than anyone knows what to do
with, a sun deck on the roof, and numerous closets. It does not,
despite rumors to the contrary among younger campers, have air
conditioning.
Conestoga
Conestoga is located down the
road from Gypsy Dell. It is a good place to use ground mats, cots, and
a few hammocks. The outhouse here has two seats, but no partition
between them, and is rather ancient and bug-filled, so it is generally
better to walk down the road to Gypsy Dell's ET if you need to go to
the bathroom in the night. It is also sometimes used for the AWIT horse
overnight.
Whispering Winds
Whispering Winds is
located across from the Lower Corral, and between archery and Timber
Trails. It is rather small, but has plenty of space for one unit to set
up cots, ground mats, and a few hammocks. The latrine there is
particularly rancid, so taking a buddy to Timber Trails is the best
choice if you wake up in the night.
Old CIT Meadow/Prim Lake
Old CIT Meadow is between
Cypress Meadows and the trail to the lake. The CITs stayed there at one
point, and now it is a sleepout site suitable for cots or groundmats.
Adirondaks
This was used as the Pioneer Unit when
camp first opened in 1927. It is located at the top of Pioneer
Mountain. It consists of two or three wooden lean-tos in a clearing.
There is a rocky trail leading up to it from Wohl Meadow, or a wider
but longer route that can also be accessed by horses or vehicles behind
Conestoga. It has been used in the past as an overnight site for the
Roughin' It campers, or for the AWIT horse overnight.
Rock House
Rock House is a massive boulder behind
Conestoga that cracked deeply enough for people to walk through and
over it in many areas. Its walls, hallways, doors, and narrow windows
make it seem like a primitive house, and this makes a fun hike for
older, more coordinated campers.
Elephant Rocks
Elephant Rocks is a mass of large,
rounded rock next to the lake. Part of it looks like an elephant. There
are numerous trails around the rocks, and also a waterfall between
mossy rocks for more adventurous climbers.
Hotel Swimming Pool/Icebox
Decades
ago, there was a hotel in the woods far behind camp. All that remains
of it now (to our knowledge) are a large swimming pool and an icebox/springhouse
from before the days of refrigeration. If you walk down the creek past
Kiamecia, you will eventually find it. The pool is still easily
recognizable, through the area is rather overgrown. The icebox is just
as impressive, consisting of two walls, a plank bridge, and a square
hole opening into a cave of water, which is as cold as a strong air
conditioner. There is also a cave, too small to enter, on the way to
the pool and icebox. This hike can take at least an hour to get there
and back, but it is well worth the trip.
The Office
This is where the ad staff works.
It is a small trailer/cabin consisting of three rooms, located near Rec
Porch. The main room has a few desks and the mailboxes. The second room
has the camp director and assistant director's desks. And the third
room holds the computer and spare supplies. Campers are usually not
allowed in the office unless there is a problem.
Guest House
The ad staff (director,
assistant, program director, and head UL) sleep here. It has two
bedrooms, a living room, a mini-kitchen, a bathroom, and a porch and a
half. It is located next to the office, near Rec Porch. Campers are not
allowed inside, and non-ad staff don't usually go in either.
Old Dining Hall
All of the old side units
eat here. It is located next to Bright Star. It consists of a
screened-in dining area and a small kitchen in back. Breakfast and
lunch are eaten cafeteria-style, and dinner is eaten family-style.
New Dining Hall
New side units eat here.
Located next to the pool, the New Dining Hall is a large room full of
windows, with an unused fireplace at one end and a full kitchen at the
other. Breakfast and lunch are eaten cafeteria-style, and dinner is
eaten family-style.
Rec Porch/Staff House
Originally the camp's dining
hall, Rec Porch now houses a small library, numerous games and
equipment, space for indoor games, and the coveted sno cone machine. It
is located across from the office. Its outdoor field includes a sand
volleyball pit, tetherball pole, and some massive tires and ceramic
tubes for outdoor play.
Staff house is located in the back of Rec Porch. It is open for all
staff to use on their me-time. If there are any male staff members,
they sleep in here. It is off-limits to campers at all times.
Wohl Health Lodge
Wohl is the camp's health lodge.
All medicine is stored and taken here. There is a small screened porch
used as a waiting area, a small kitchen/medicine storage room, a
bathroom, a staff bedroom, a supply closet, and a small room of bunk
beds for sick or injured campers and staff. The health staff usually
stays here all day and all night.
Luckystone Lodge
Located down the hill from
Skyview, Luckystone Lodge is used for Arts and Crafts. In good weather,
these are often done on the porch, but there is also a large room
inside, in addition to a small kitchen and storage room.
Petite Chalet
Petite Chalet is a lodge
usually used as a base for nature programs, when they don't involve
hiking or other far-ranging activities. It is located between Tanda and
the pool. It consists of a large room (with a kitchen attached), a
middle porch, and a small room. When necessary, it is occasionally used
as a spare unit or a storm shelter.
Tan Shed
Tan Shed is located by the main
gate and one of the ranger's houses. It is a storage shed attached to
the ranger's office. It contains everything from sleepout supplies to
ancient craft materials to a small power generator. Despite the fact
that it was painted blue in recent years, it is referred to as Tan Shed
as a result of years of being tan.
The Rangers' Houses
There
are two rangers on camp, each with a house. One is located near the Old
Dining Hall and the front gate of camp. It is a small white house. The
other is a larger white and green house, located across the pasture
from the Upper Corral and the back gate of camp. These living
arrangements allow the rangers to keep an eye on both ends of camp, and
be nearby if they are needed.
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