FACILITIES
Camping Areas: Lane, Shippey, Laemmli, and Nusser:
These camping areas are open for free use by Boy Scout troops. Water and latrine facilities are found in each area.
Outpost Camps: Troops may hike to outpost camps in Blackberry Hollow and Toad Hollow.
Winter Cabins: Nine cabins are available for Scout troops as follows: seven with capacity of 20, heated by wood stoves; two with capacity of 14, heated by furnaces. AH cabins have electricity, electric stove, and double bunks with mattresses. Cabins are available for Webelos use from April through September only. Lottery: A cabin lottery is held in July
of each year for units wishing to use a cabin
or lodge.
Deposit Refunds: The Camp Ranger returns deposit when there is no damage, the cabin is left clean, and the wood box is refilled.
Nagel Base
The base of operations for our horse and hayride programs also has the following:
• Rec Hall: Great for a pack or troop meeting or Venture crew activity. The facility is heated and has electricity, and outdoor bathrooms. Sleeping quarters (one room with six
bunk beds) are available,
• Adirondacks: 13 shelters each hold four Scouts, Venturers or Explorers year-round weekends.
• Camping: For Scouts, Venturers, and Explorers.
• Picnic Area: For Cub Scouts.
PROGRAMS
• Orienteering: How good are you at finding your way using a map and compass? You can improve your skills and have a lot of fun if you use the orienteering facilities available at Beaumont. There is an orienteering kit available for those units who have leaders certified to use the kit. With it you can learn to use a map and compass, to make your own map, and to run a real orienteering course. For those units which feel themselves already skilled in map and compass use, there is a 21-stake permanent orienteering course available by reservation.
• Pioneering Kit: This is a great experience just waiting for your troop. All the materials necessary to build more than 12 different pioneering projects are available to Scout troops. Scout troops can rent the kit. Each troop provides its own instructor to conduct a day of fun and challenge. Leader training is available, in the spring and fall.
• Charter Oak Camp: This excellent weekend program is designed to give new troops, or newly reorganized troops, a good first overnight camping experience, guided by trained, veteran Scout leaders. A staff of Charter Oak
camp masters conducts training in camping, cooking, hiking, and how to live comfortably in the outdoors. Weekends are in the spring.
Horseback Riding Trips
for Boy Scouts, Venturers, and
Explorers
Hundreds of enthusiastic Boy Scouts, Venturers, arid Explorers take advantage of this program each year and are signing up
again this year. The council provides this fun-filled adventure with experienced members of the Trail Guide committee guiding the horseback riding sessions.
Horseback riding sessions of various lengths are offered any Saturday or Sunday on a year-round basis, weather permitting.
Rides are scheduled as follows (all costs are per person, per ride):
• 5 1/2-hour ride (Venture crews only): 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. with your own lunch on the trail. Cost: $30.
• 3-hour ride: 9 a.m. to
12:30 p.m. Cost: $20.
There are generally 20 horses available from September to June.
Restrictions: Persons weighing more than 250 lbs. will be safety-checked and may not be able to ride.
Note: The Trail Guides have the responsibility to restrict any person from riding who may, in their opinion, pose a safety risk to themselves, others, or the horse.
Hayrides
Wagons are available to packs, troops, teams, crews, and posts for hayrides. Hay-ride groups may rent the Nagel Recreation Hall after hayrides for parties. All hayrides begin and end at the Nagel Base and last for about one hour. Horse and hayrides will not be cancelled because of weather until the day of the event. Hayrides are available March through May and August through November.
Note: Maximum 20persons per wagon. Two leaders from the unit is required on the rides.
Climbing Tower
This facility is available to Boy Scouts, Venturers, and Explorers and has lights for night climbing. The unit provides its own trained leader. Climbing Training courses for leaders takes place in the spring and fall. See the training section for more information. Challenge Course
The course is available for Boy Scouts, Venturers, and Explorers. The 12-eventlow course and exciting high course is a team-building and self-esteem boost! Your unit provides the trained leaders for group limited to a maximum of 12. Two or three trained leaders are required to lead the group. Challenge Course training courses for leaders take place in the spring and fall.
See the training section for more information.
Camp Grizzly Cub World
This facility provides Cub Scout dens and packs with a wide variety of fun activities, spaces for family camping, and facilities for pack meetings and picnics.
Use of Camp Grizzly Cub World and Tigers Den Family Camp is by reservation only for dens or packs, not by an individual family. Reservation forms can be obtained from any council service center. Fees must be paid at the time the reservation is made.
Facilities at Camp Grizzly:
• Akela's Council Ring: This ceremonial site is a great facility for pack and den awards ceremonies, or for having a fun-filled Scout-type campfire.
• Cub World Activity Building: A large meeting room is available for pack meetings. A fee is required for its use.
• Tiger Den Family Camp: There are campsites available for dens and packs to enjoy tent camping. Each campsite has a picnic table, fire ring with cooking grate, and trash can. A shower facility with indoor toilets is also available from April 15 to Oct. 15. «
Activity Areas for Tiger Cubs, Cub Scouts, and Webelos:
• Castle Blackhawk: Located high on a hillside with a dungeon, attack ladder, catapult, arid slide, Knights of Yore theme is a natural in this area.
• Eagle's Nest Tower: Located behind Castle Blackhawk on one of the highest points of Beaumont Reservation is the Eagle's
Nest Tower. A three-level tower more than 20-feet high offers a spectacu-
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large view of the surrounding countryside.
• Webelos Way Obstacle Course: A series of physical challenges.
• Maze: Have fun trying to get through the many corridors of the maze. Only one way is correct, so don't be surprised if you find many dead ends.
• Fort Hussmann: This area provides your Webelos the chance to dream about life in a frontier fort. The area contains a fort, fire ring, and picnic tables.
• Sea Wolf Pirate Ship: Relive the days of Blackboard the Pirate. The ship contains cannons, knotting racks, sails, and rigging.
• Lost Beaumont Mine: Sand and tunnels abound in this unique area. A miner's cabin with a potbelly stove is a major feature, along with an ore wagon and panning for gold in Antire Creek.
• Sports Field: A sports field exists for softball or other sports activities in which your Cub Scout pack or den wants to participate.
Note: Because of insurance requirements, any unregistered youth Or adult using Camp Grizzly Cub World or Tigers Den Family Camp must pay a fee of $.50 per day for insurance coverage. This fee is due when the pack arrives at Cub World.
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