What is the Cub Camp Experience?
We offer an overnight experience called Cub Adventure/Overnight camp where a Cub Scout sleeps in cabin style tent for multiple days. If your Cub is not ready for the overnight experience we offer ad Day Camp experience, where they are come for multiple days, going home to sleep. Both Cub Adventure and Day camp offer multiple activities to help Cubs work on and even earn multiple electives. Activities include BB Gun, swimming, fishing, hiking, camp games and more!
Available at 3 different locations:
Camp Gorton: Located outside of Dundee New York on beautiful Waneta Lake. Camp Gorton offers both Cub Scout Resident (Adventure) camp and Scouts BSA Resident camp programs.
Camp Sam Wood: Located on forested land in Wyoming County along the renowned trout steam Wiscoy Creek. Camp Sam Wood hosts Cub Scout day camp and overnight Cub Scout camp during the summer.
Camp Scouthaven: One of the five oldest Scout camps still in operation in the United States. It’s situated on Crystal Lake among the rolling hills of Cattaraugus County. Camp Scouthaven hosts Scouts BSA weeklong summer camp and Cub Scout overnight camp in the summer.
Day Camp: We have a great program set that will be a fun filled and exciting time for every Cub Scout! Enjoy all the fun and excitement of a summer camp experience at a convenient location to you. Day Camp is open to all Cub Scouts in 1st- 5th Grade for the current school year. One Parent/Guardian is required to attend the whole week for a 1st grader.
Quick Links
- Adventure Camp Information
- Campership
- Address & Phone
- Resident Camp Committee
- Contacts
- Camp Staff
- Calendar
Adventure Camp Information
Using the calendar below, will bring you to the registration and information page for Cub Scout Adventure Camp.
Sessions (Top Right) – Shows each week, click on the register button to start registration process
Pricing – Click on the More Information in the Session box, You will then see a View Pricing link. Click on this link will bring up pricing for all registration types.
Attachments – Right hand side is an attachment box. Here you will find the latest version of all relevant documents and Leader Guides
Campsite Matrix – Bottom of the screen will show you how full camp and each campsite is for each week.
Contacts – Bottom of the screen is a box with contact information for Camp Leaderhsip
Click here for a video on using the Registration Program and it’s updates
Campership
Camperships are designed to supplement the Scout and Parent / Guardian, Unit, and Charter Organization’s ability to ensure a Scout can participate in a Five Rivers Council summer experience.
Be advised, Camperships are not automatic. Scouts in need will typically receive 10%-50% of the Early Bird fee from the Council Campership Fund. Campership funding is partially dependent on Friends of Scouting and other fundraising successes.
The 9th point of the Scout Law is “A Scout is Thrifty”. Scouts are expected to earn some of their summer camp fees by participating in fundraising activities of the unit, like popcorn sales, as well as family support and unit support.
Camperships will be applied for through the registration. A Scout must be registered to be considered for a campership.
Once the Unit names the Scouts that are going they need to turn on Parent Portal
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- Under the Registration Contact, button for Additional Information, Parent Portal
- Enable and download the Parent Logon Credentials
Parents can then log into their Scouts registration through the Parent Portal and fill in the campership form and even make payments.
Camperships are provided through through donations. If you would like to help support the Campership fund CLICK HERE
Address & Phone
607-292-3220 (summer only)
GPS Waypoint- N42 26.440 W77 05.705
Questions? Email our Camp Director
Adventure Camp Committee
Adventure Camp is supported by a year round committee. The committee works on supporting and improving summer camp program for our Scouts, Leaders, and staff. This committee is open to anyone interested in improving the summer camp experience. If you are interested in joining this committee please contact the Summer Camp Committee Chair.
Contacts
VP for Camping Anne Galvin
Summer Camp Committee Chair Jesse Kernan
Camp Director Ian Walruth
Camp Clerk Crystal VanZile
Staff Advisor Karl Ziegenfus
Camp Staff
Interested in being staff! Find out more information here and a job application.
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- Camp Gorton Staff Application – Staff and CIT