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Camp Recreation
Camp Outdoor Recreational Experience
Choose your next adventure while visiting our properties. Below you will find a list of recreational opportunities to suit your every need. Services are currently limited and must be booked in advance with the property registrar. The recreation services manager will contact you with the availability of services.
Don’t forget to take advantage of the free activities your troop can do on its own. See the Self-Guided Activities and Facilities listing on this page and be sure to view our properties page for more information.
Geo-Caching and Sailing no longer available!
Staff-Facilitated Activities
Learn National Archery Association essentials of equipment and bow handling, including shooting targets successfully and consistently. End with a special contest of archery skill to prove what you know.
Available: Butternut Springs, Greene Wood, Juniper Knoll, River Trails
Ages: Junior Level & Up
Length: 1.5 hours
Cost: $4 girl scouts/$6 for non-profits/$8 for others
Learn the essential strokes of paddling your canoe with a partner. Learn how to right a tipped canoe and how to stay afloat and calm. Take your canoe out for a trip across the lake. Canoeing at River Trails requires 4 week advance notice to allow for permit processing. Pre-requisite: Water Safety and Tip Test.
Available: Butternut Springs, Juniper Knoll, River Trails
Ages: Brownie Level & Up
Length: 2.0 hours
Cost: $4 girl scouts/$6 for non-profits/$8 for others
Enjoy an afternoon of picking out your own handmade ceramic piece, choosing a handful of color to paint it, and being able to take home a beautiful handmade craft. The possibilities are endless just like your imagination.
Available: Juniper Knoll
Ages: Daisy Level & Up
Length: 1.0 – 1.5 hours
Cost: $5 girl scouts/$7.50 for non-profits/$10 for all others
(Not available June 1 - August 1)
Brush up on your campfire songs as you journey around property old fashion style in the back of a hay ride. Food service can have hot apple cider and smore’s waiting for your troop when the journey ends. A camp fire after the hayride would be a nice thing your group could do on your own.
Available: Butternut Springs, Greene Wood, Juniper Knoll, Camp Palos, Pokanoka
Ages: Daisy Level & Up
Length: 1.0 hour
Cost: $3 girl scouts/$5 for non-profits/$6 for all others
Learn the basics of rowing your boat with a partner. Learn how to handle a tipped boat and how to stay afloat and calm. Take your boat out for a trip across the lake.
Available: Butternut Springs, Juniper Knoll
Ages: Junior Level & Up
Length: 1.0 hour
Cost: $2 girl scouts/$3 for non-profits/$4 for all others
Available during the summer months cool off and relax in our swimming pools. Pool toys and a lifeguard are provided with your reservation.
Swimming Pools: Butternut Springs, Pokanoka, River Trails
Lakes: Juniper Knoll
Creek Swimming: Pokanoka, River Trails: FREE
Ages: Daisy Level & Up
Length: billed per two hours
Cost: $6 girl scouts/$9 for non-profits/$12 for all others
Staff Launched
These activities need to have a staff facilitator to launch the activity ensuring participants are outfitted with equipment properly. Then you are on your own to have fun. Equipment rental fees apply.
Cross Country Skiing*
Available: Happy Hollow, Camp Palos, Wild Rose
Ages: Daisy Level & Up
Length: billed per hour
Cost: $3 girl scouts/$4.50 for non-profits/$6 for all others
Mountain Biking*
Available: Happy Hollow
Ages: Brownie Level & Up
Length: billed per hour
Cost: $4 girl scouts/$6 for non-profits/$8 for all others
Snow Shoeing*
Available: Camp Palos
Ages: Daisy & Brownie Level
Length: billed per hour
Cost: $2 girl scouts/$3 for non-profits/$4 for all others
*Must have a minimum of 15 participants
**8 participants per session
Self-Guided Activities and Facilities
These activities/facilities are free with your reservation. These activities are on a FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE basis.
Athletic field use – available at all camps
Fitness Track/Dyna-Track – Butternut Springs, Happy Hollow
Hiking – available at all camps
Mini-golf – Pokanoka, Wild Rose
Outdoor Theater – Meadowbrook, Pokanoka, Wild Rose
For more information, please contact our camp registrar, Celeste Adams Holecek, 312.416.2500, ext. 226. You may also sign-up when you fill out your site rental application.
Due to potential spamming, e-mail addresses are not listed above. All employees can be reached using their first initial and last name @girlscoutsgcnwi.org. Thank you for your understanding.
Don’t forget to take advantage of the free activities your troop can do on its own. See the Self-Guided Activities and Facilities listing on this page and be sure to view our properties page for more information.