Girl Scout Camp
Girl Scouts has a long history of innovative camping activities for girls. Beginning with the purchase of the very first Girl Scout camp by Juliette Gordon Low nearly 100 years ago, Girl Scouts has offered girls of all ages exciting and new opportunities during the summer months. This year is no exception for Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa & Western Illinois (GSEIWI).
Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place. At Girl Scout Camp, girls discover their interests in a safe, natural setting, connect to others and take action to make the world a better place through experiences that are girl led and involve cooperative learning and learning by doing. Our camps provide girls a supportive, safe environment where they are urged to expand their horizons and try new things. While girls learn new physical skills like swimming or horseback riding, they also learn life skills like teamwork, leadership, and self-reliance.
Camp opens up a world of new things for girls. Please understand that the content of the program is only part of what she’ll learn. She will also learn how to be strong, how to be confident, how to live as part of a community, and she’ll have fun!
All four camps are proud to be accredited by the American Camp Association (ACA). Every three years, the ACA visits our camps to measure every facet of camp operation by a set of standards that are internationally recognized in the camping industry. Our camps have earned this mark of distinction during the past four decades.
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Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois is proud to own and operate four camp properties. Each facility is situated on beautiful wooded acreages with rolling hills and peaceful waterways, offering plenty of opportunities for fun and adventure. Each camp’s summer resident camp program adheres to American Camp Association standards. Each camp operates a camp “Trading Post” during the resident camp season. Except for during the resident camp weeks of summer, the camps are available for troop and Girl Scout group usage throughout the year. Inquiries regarding reservations to use any of our great camps should be directed to the camp ranger associated with that property.
Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa & Western Illinois owns and maintains four camp properties. Did you know that, as a Girl Scout, you have access to several great camp properties within your council? We have four camps, each located in a part of the council that invites you to explore Iowa's natural beauty. At least one of the camps is less than 100 miles from where you are. If you can find Decorah, Dubuque, Davenport or Burlington, you can find a camp! Each camp boasts its own assets for you to enjoy!
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Camp Conestoga |
Camp L-Kee-Ta |
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Camp Little Cloud |
Camp Tahigwa |
Our camps are unique and all of them offer the usual Girl Scout lodging facilities. We "strive to meet the high standards set forth by the American Camp Association." Housing ranges from modern lodges and cabins to primitive Adirondack shelters, platform tents, huts and tree houses. Wooded grounds and flowing meadows are connected by walking trails and access roads. Farm ponds and a small lake can be found, too! Native prairie re-establishment projects and tree plantations invite you to explore the grounds. If you would like more more information or want to make a reservation, please contact a Camp Ranger near you.
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